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New Directions
Pub. Date
1940.
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English
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"The political pitch of this novel is several years later than the first; the theme continues as before."--Title page verso.
In the Money is a sequel to White Mule, and the second volume in Dr. William's "Stecher Trilogy", but it also stands alone as a novel complete in itself. White Mule is a study of childhood---of the baby Flossie Steecher and her sister Lottie, and their parents, Joe and Gurlie Stecher, of German and Norwegian origin, living...
8) Siddhartha
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In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life-- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.
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New Directions
Pub. Date
1953]
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English
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Marshlands: A harassed young writer attempts to produce a novel which will persuade his friends to abandon their directionless lives. Prometheus misbound: The titan Prometheus, accompanied by several legendary ancient Greeks, visit modern Paris, where they mix in municipal government, high finance, and cafe society.
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Tennessee Williams's landmark play exposes the emotional lies governing relationships in the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins. The patriarch, Big Daddy, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. His two married sons, Gooper (Brother Man) and Brick, have returned for the occasion, the former with his pregnant wife and five children, the latter with his wife Margaret (Maggie). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a brutally honest examination...
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Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century. Torn between intense sensuality and profound spiritual yearning, racked by debt and disease, Baudelaire transformed his own experience of Parisian life into a work of universal significance. With his unflinching examination of the dark aspects and unconventional manifestations...
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A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.
This nostalgic recollection of Christmas past by celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas evokes the beauty of the season at every turn. Cover comes with gold foil, glossy front picture; and sparkling snowflakes. Inside comes with blue endpapers sprinkled with more snowflakes.
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