Résultats pour "The Animals" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

In The Other Animals, a worm breaks up with a snail, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more. This funny, moving collection of stories - written by a crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by animal behavioral science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world.

This is a collection of previously released steamy short contemporary romance stories complete with instalove and a guaranteed happily ever-after. If you're looking for a great lunchtime listen, or something to spark sexy dreams before bed, you’ll want to pick these up.

Classic short stories by a beloved virtuoso of language, craft, and madness from the American South In the eight stories collected in Captain Maximus, Barry Hannah explores the lives of everymen and eccentrics alike in a showcase of his acerbic wit, dark humor, and stylistic flare. Hannah’s...

The stories in Animal Husbandry all deal in some way with mythology, from animal fables to imaginary friends to the myths people tell themselves. In some cases, the myths are fantastical: a farmer finds his cow has given birth to a surprising offspring; a guitarist tries to improve his skills with a visit to the crossroads; or a young girl meets with a visitor in the woods to plot against her neighbors. Others concern everyday mythology: a small-town ballplayer struggles to earn a nickname; or a man's clean bill of health arrives at the worst possible time.

From the award-winning author of The Wonder Garden comes a set of linked stories spotlighting human-animal relations—and revealing the tensions that threaten to fracture a suburban New England community Tensions simmer in small-town Connecticut. A city transplant is haunted by the deer carcass...

"Stories for Fun: Animals" is a delightful anthology that brings the animal kingdom to life through ten captivating tales. Each story in this collection showcases the unique personalities and extraordinary capabilities of different animals, from household pets to wild creatures. Inside, you'll meet: Ringo, a loyal Siberian husky who saves his owner's life in the wilderness. Biscuit, a comical bloodhound who helps a city boy find his place on a farm. Chiquita, an adventurous African Grey parrot who explores the world beyond her cage.

A man and his daughter attempt to chase a polar bear out of their small town. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Un profesor enamorado, una pareja que cuenta sus polvos, un pescador muy gordo que termina en un trío con dos jovencitas, un Papá Noel borracho que se ve involucrado en un atraco a mano armada, un padre ausente y extraño que reaparece esporádicamente para revolver las vidas de todos, un par...

An imaginative, moving collection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human condition and drenched in Texas heat, from the best-selling author of We Burn Daylight. Encounters with Unexpected Animals takes readers deep into the heart of bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston’s...

In this unforgettable work of fiction, Donald Ray Pollock peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a...

Animal Behaviour titles each of its short stories with animal facts, but the experiences they describe are very much human. The cast of characters is diverse but the world they inhabit is universal: one in which all of us will recognise fragments of our own lives in some form, an echo of our shared humanity.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort...

Cominciamo a leggere un racconto di Francesca Marciano e, prima ancora di rendercene conto, stiamo già frugando negli angoli più nascosti e vulnerabili delle vite di personaggi apparentemente distanti da noi e lontanissimi l'uno dall'altro. Con scrittura limpida e cinematografica Marciano li porta, nell'arco di una manciata di pagine, a mettere in dubbio tutte le loro certezze, a tuffarsi in avventure inaspettate, ad affrontare decisioni cruciali: una relazione clandestina finisce dolorosamente nella sala di un ristorante.

Stories and animals have long travelled the same routes. Through our heritage of charming, quirky and profound tales, you will find yourself re-acquainted with Britain's wondrous fauna. Find out how hedgehog ended up with spines and what makes him scuttle so fast, discover how pigs saved a prince from leprosy and why the wealthy lord was so intent on capturing the black fox. Sharon Jacksties' wonderful book combines traditional stories, little-known zoological facts and true anecdotes to create a treasure trove of stories for animal lovers of every kind.

Centered in Rome but transporting us into worlds as varied and alluring as they are emotionally real, Francesca Marciano’s stories paint landscapes that are populated—vividly, hauntingly—by animals: from violent seagulls and starlings circling the evening sky in exhilarating formation to...

Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of...

Tres muy mexicanas historias de amor que giran alrededor de dos canciones, narradas por catorce gatos.

“In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative. The 15 stories of Animal Wife are each about girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds.

A los personajes de las cuatro historias que conforman esta novela les han sido arrebatadas diferentes partes del cuerpo, en episodios que implicaron también la pérdida de seres queridos o de sus tierras; aunque los han dejado incompletos, estos personajes se empeñan en repasar sus historias...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY, NPR, VULTURE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE TIMES OF LONDON, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a...