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The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a complex novel by writer Richard Flanagan. The novel tells the story of Alwyn Dorrigo Evans, an Australian man who struggles with war, adultery, and guilt during the World War II era.Born into a working class family in Tasmania, Australia, Dorrigo strives to be more than his class. He becomes a surgeon and courts a young woman, Ella. Dorrigo is attracted to her because he knows if he marries her, he will be recognized...
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Knowings and Knots presents a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the methodology of research-creation and asks how those who make knowledge think about and value it. Not just a method but a site of ongoing experimentation around what counts as knowledge, research-creation is a meeting place of academia, artistic creation, and the wider public. The contributors argue that academic institutions and funders must recognize research-creation as...
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Belle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen, which tells the story of a passionate love affair between Solal, a high-ranking diplomat, and Ariane, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Many of the characters, including the two protagonists, are obsessed with creating and projecting an idealized image of themselves, and the novel explores the various consequences that this mindset can lead to. It is also heavily...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Indiana with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Indiana by George Sand, an exploration of a young woman's decline as she searches for an escape from her loveless marriage through an affair with an eloquent nobleman. George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a French novelist and memoirist who is known not only for her writings,...
5) Havana Noir
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Brand-new stories by: Leonardo Padura, Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Moises Asis, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Yohamna Depestre, Michel Encinosa Fu, Mylene Fernandez Pintado, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Miguel Mejides, Achy Obejas, Oscar F. Ortiz, Ena Lucia Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss.
To most outsiders, Havana is a tropical sin city: a Roman ruin of sex and noise, a parallel universe familiar but exotic, and...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Princess of Clèves with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Princess of Clèves by Madame de La Fayette, a psychological novel which examines the questions of duty, fidelity and passion in marriage. The Princess of Clèves is a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who falls in love with a dashing duke. However, her sense of duty prevents...
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Whampoa Military Academy was China's first modern military institution. For decades the "Spirit of Whampoa" was invoked as the highest praise to all Chinese soldiers who guarded their nation heroically. But of all the battles these soldiers have fought, the most challenging one was the civil war that resulted in the "great divide" of China in the mid-twentieth century. In 1949 the Communists exiled a million soldiers and their families to compounds...
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Twelve international authors have come together to bring you a fresh collection of Steampunk and Gaslamp Fantasy inspired tales. Our stories range, from light and comedic, to dark and full of drama, so fans of the genre both old and new are bound to find something they love within these pages.
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Secrets and Airships -An airship pirate's daughter schemes to escape the reach of her father and discover a long lost treasure. By A. F. Stewart
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