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After a life dedicated to the study of languages, A. Colin Wright
has distilled his life's observations into this engaging collection
of short stories, most of which have been previously published in
literary journals. Now retired, his life's adventures, which
include serving in the British Air Force, attending Cambridge
University, and being a professor of Russian, have inspired this
collection. "I'm a librarian and I kissed a film star once. I
touched her nipples too. At least, I think I did." So begins
"Queen's Grill." Horatio Humphries, one of the unreliable
narrators, strikes up a brief friendship with a movie star on a
rough Atlantic crossing, but his "twin" brother doesn't believe
him. In "A Pregnant Woman with Parcels at Brock and Bagot," an
unnamed woman may or may not have an affair with a man she met at a
party-depending on whether she can get by a woman in front of her.
"Distantly from Gardens," a variant on the theme of the "double"
found often in Russian literature, presents a man with a split
personality, inhabited by two narrators who are his past as well as
his present. While other stories are told in either the first or
third person, the subject here demands the use of the second. The
stories in A Cupboardful of Shoes explore subjects as wide-ranging
as largely disappointed love, violence, and war, sometimes with an
underlying religious theme, serving to illustrate Wright's eclectic
style and literary interests.
This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic
theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in
contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of
'perversion', which has undergone numerous profound changes in
recent years. The book explores a wide range of issues, from
changes in the psychoanalytic clinic, to transformations in the
relationship between 'transgression' and the law; from the
epistemic and diagnostic status of 'perversion' as a term, to the
perverse turn in contemporary politics; from representations of
perversion in cultural productions, to the interpretation of
perverse cultural practices. Topical and controversial, academics
and students of psychoanalysis, critical and cultural theory, and
media studies will find this collection invaluable. In providing
cutting edge theoretical debate, the book will also be attractive
to practising and training psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic
psychotherapists.
To Arthur Fraser, a young Englishman, Sardinia in 1960 is perfect.
It's an island filled with Roman ruins, exotic scenery, local
customs, and morally traditional values-he loves everything. To
assimilate into the strange and belong to a society different from
his own has always been his desire. Arthur arrives in the resort
town of Alghero to work as a representative for a tourist company.
His ambition is to find a Sard girl for himself. He is quickly
thwarted, though, by the orthodox beliefs of the inhabitants.
Unmarried couples cannot meet without chaperones, and anyone with
"continental" attitudes is immoral. Arthur quickly learns that
dating is fraught with real dangers. When Arthur finally falls in
love with Anna, a Sard girl, he discovers that she lives in Rome
and is no longer accepted at home. But she then falls in love with
one of his best friends, and Arthur becomes irrationally obsessed.
He incessantly schemes about winning back her affections, despite
her efforts to dissuade him. In Sardinian Silver, author Wright
masterfully evokes a mysterious society, its flamboyant people, and
the Island's beauty. Like Arthur, you'll never want to leave
Sardinia, with its wide sands, low hills, sun, and blue sea and its
superficial pleasantness of life.
This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic
theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in
contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of
'perversion', which has undergone numerous profound changes in
recent years. The book explores a wide range of issues, from
changes in the psychoanalytic clinic, to transformations in the
relationship between 'transgression' and the law; from the
epistemic and diagnostic status of 'perversion' as a term, to the
perverse turn in contemporary politics; from representations of
perversion in cultural productions, to the interpretation of
perverse cultural practices. Topical and controversial, academics
and students of psychoanalysis, critical and cultural theory, and
media studies will find this collection invaluable. In providing
cutting edge theoretical debate, the book will also be attractive
to practising and training psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic
psychotherapists.
A collection of short stories related to relationships of all
flavors, from the traditional to non-standard. Stories included in
this collection: Coffee with the Other Man Surrogate Settling
Glitter and Wine Hearts Growing Fonder Seance Fiance Years Become
Seconds Spent
Different as we all are - in our thoughts and our actions and the
lives we lead and the goals we pursue - we're all tied together by
death. But even that consistency is inconsistent; a different
experience for each person who faces it. This concise collection
focuses on death and the experience of people facing it. Each story
features different characters, scenarios, and styles, but all are
tied together by their inevitable end. This collection contains the
following stories: Great Party Cough Drop 13F Paperwork Asset Woods
Ranch 1 HP
A brief discussion of religious ideas from a non-traditional
viewpoint that should be of interest for all those questioning what
life is all about. For more about the author, see
www.acolinwright.ca and www.authorsden.com/acolinwright.
A collection of short science fiction, each touching on a different
world-ending scenario. The characters are diverse and the stories
vary wildly, but each asks the question: What will it mean for the
world to end, and at what point are those endings just new
beginnings? Stories presented in this collection: Dog The Door
Higgins Pong Blood Sea Starship Rover Reboot
A collection of fun and challenging Sudoku puzzles.
A collection of fun and challenging Sudoku puzzles.
A collection of fun and challenging Sudoku puzzles.
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