Over 300 anthologies of womens short stories appeared in the literary market between 1970 and 2000. This publishing phenomenon is considered for the first time in this book....Lasīt vairāk
LInnocente (1892) is a psychological novel by the renowned Italian author Gabriele DAnnunzio. Lara Gochin Raffaelli has produced an expert new English translation of a DAnnunzios masterpiece, maintaining his lyrical rhythms and rich imagery, while...Lasīt vairāk
This is the first book-length, English-language translation of the work of this high-profile, prolific New Woman writer from Northeast China....Lasīt vairāk
Black Bag Moon: Doctors Tales from Dusk to Dawn is filled with inspiring, educational, entertaining and often quirky tales. Based on a series of interviews conducted with general practitioners across the globe, the book creatively presents myriad a...Lasīt vairāk
An account of rural and agricultural life in Japan in the early 1900s. It also provides information about farming, courtship, marriage, child-rearing, health care, folk religion and funeral customs in the late Meiji era, when Japans transformation...Lasīt vairāk
In the course of an impressive career as a writer, Herbert Gold has demonstrated many gifts, among them his talent for mak-ing high drama of ordinary events, ordinary people...Lasīt vairāk
An anthology of ten short stories by one of Koreas foremost living writers. The literary world of Pak explores the moral ambiguities inherent in Koreas society today and encourages the reader to question the injustices that prevail in the more imp...Lasīt vairāk
A collection of short stories by scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer Taeko Tomioka. Taeko deconstructs the discourse of the nuclear family and heterosexuality in gendered Japanese culture. Her stories focus on ordinary people unfettered by intro...Lasīt vairāk
This is a tale based on the strike which took place in the mid-1950s at Omi Kenshi, a silk manufacturer not far from Tokyo. The events described reflect the management / labour tensions of the period and is a piece of social commentary on the transf...Lasīt vairāk
Brings together 28 lively and readable stories, many of which are re-published here for the first time since their original appearance. Includes fiction by Maria Edgeworth, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell and Margaret Oliphant....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Jan-1998, Izdevniecība: Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110808063)
Walapai, a language of the Yuman group, is spoken in Northern Arizona. This book contains texts of various genres - myths, stories from everyday life - which were collected by the author in the late 50s and 60s. The texts are presented in morpholo...Lasīt vairāk
