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The impressionable young student Arkady Kirsanoff arrives home in the company of his friend Bazarov, a cynical biologist. Arkady's father and uncle, already distressed by the upheaval of the peasants, grow increasingly irritated at Bazarov's outspoken nihilism and his ridicule of the conventions of state, church, and home. The young friends, bored by the rustic life of the Kirsanoff estate, venture off to the provincial capital in search of amusement. There they encounter both romance and alienation.
| LCC: | PG3421 .O813 1998 |
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| FDC: | 891 |
The Cherry Orchard was first produced by the Moscow Art Theatre on Chekhov's last birthday, January 17, 1904. Since that time it has become one of the most critically admired and performed plays in the Western world, a high comedy whose principal theme, the passing of the old semifeudal order, is symbolized in the sale of the cherry orchard owned by Madame Ranevsky.
| LCC: | PG3456.V5 E5 1991 |
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| FDC: | 891 |
Three of Gorky's best knon works appear in this collection - the title story, in which a thieving vagrant takes on a young, unwilling apprentice; Makar Chudra, the story of an ill-fated, tempestuous romance between a pair of nomad lovers; and Twenty-six Men and a Girl, widelyregarded as Gorky's best short story, in which a wretched crew of prezel-makers, laboring in a damp and grimy cellar, destroy their only source of joy.
| LCC: | PG3463 .A15 1999 |
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| FDC: | 891 |
Yoko Tawada's first essay collection in English presents an electrifying new side of the National Book Award-winner as she dives deep into her lifelong fascination with cross-hybridizing languages. The accent here, as in her fiction, is on the art of drawing closer to the world through defamiliarization. Tawada famously writes in both Japanese and German, but her interest in language reaches far beyond any mere dichotomy. The term "exophonic," which she first heard in Senegal, has a special allure for the author: "I was already familiar with similar terms, 'immigrant literature,' or 'creole literature,' but 'exophonic' had a much broader meaning, referring to the general experience of existing outside one's mother tongue." Exophony opens a new vista into Yoko Tawada's world and delivers more of her signature erudite wit - at once cross-grained and generous, laser-focused and multidimensional, slyly ironic and warmly companionable.
| LCC: | PL862.A85 E3613 2025 |
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| FDC: | 306 |
Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is fellow director François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially published in 1967 when Hitchcock was still active, Truffaut later prepared a revised edition that covered the final stages of his career. The book is a storehouse of insight and witticism, including the master's impressions of a classic like Rear Window (''I was feeling very creative at the time, the batteries were well charged''), his technical insight into Psycho's shower scene (''the knife never touched the body; it was all done in the [editing]''), and his ruminations on flops such as Under Capricorn (''If I were to make another picture in Australia today, I'd have a policeman hop into the pocket of a kangaroo and yell 'Follow that car!''').
| LCC: | PN1998.A3 H573 1984 |
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| FDC: | 791 |
Ann Charters knows that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making and the meaning of fiction. Her anthology, The Story and its Writer, is the most comprehensive and diverse introduction to fiction available, notable for its array of the writers' own commentaries on the craft and traditions of fiction and for its adventurous selection of contemporary and multicultural fiction, this time with more emphasis on graphic storytelling and short, short fiction.
| LCC: | PN6120.2 .S85 2011b |
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| FDC: | 808 |
In this groundbreaking, best-selling graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.
| LCC: | PN6727 .B3757 2006 |
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| FDC: | 741 |
¿Qué pasa cuando la vida que tenías asumida da un giro de 180 grados? Nada… Y también todo. Us es la historia de amor de Sara y Diana, y también la historia de la transición de género de Diana. Habla de cómo ese proceso dambió la forma de concebir el mundo de ambas y a la vez hizo que se dieran cuenta de que nada tenía por qué cambiar tanto.
| LCC: | PN6727 .S56 U7 2021 |
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| FDC: | 741 |
This complete works of William Shakespeare combines exemplary textual scholarship with elegant writing and design. It is based on the iconic 1623 First Folio: the original Complete Works lovingly assembled by Shakespeare's fellow actors, and the version of Shakespeare's text preferred by many actors and directors today. This edition goes further to present Shakespeare's plays as they were originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed onstage. It features the entire range of Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets.
| LCC: | PR2754 .O74 2002 |
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| FDC: | 822 |
Read Romeo and Juliet in all its brilliance and actually understand what it means. No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Romeo and Juliet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy to understand translation on the right.
| LCC: | PR2831 .A25 2003 |
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| FDC: | 822 |
The Awakening charts Edna Pontellier's journey of self-discovery. The time spent with a younger friend on a summer holiday on Grand Isle in Lousiana unlocks a feeling in her that she can't close away again. On returning to her family home in New Orleans, she starts to transition from unthinking housewife and mother into something freer and more confident, although this doesn't meet with the full approval of the society she's a part of.
| LCC: | PS1294.C63 |
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| FDC: | 813 |
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize - winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. This Viking Critical Library edition of Death of a Salesman contains the complete text of the play, typescript facsimilies, and extensive critical and contextual material.
| LCC: | PS3525.I5156 D438 1977 |
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| FDC: | 812 |
Nora and Fern's relationship as mother and daughter is a tumble of love and mistrust. To Nora, her daughter is an enigma - at the same time wonderful and unfindable. Fern sees her mother as treacherous - for busting up their family to move in with her lover, Jeanne. As their lives become complicated by the arrivals of a bike-messenger boyfriend for Fern, a shadowy affair for Nora, and a baby in need of a family, this mother and daughter find their way onto a fresh footing with each other.
| LCC: | PS3551.N7147 L83 2002 |
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| FDC: | 813 |
In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South; it is a saga that will change the way we think about the conflict. He reminds us that much of the fight for independence took place in that region and that it was a struggle of both great and small battles and of terrible brutality, with neighbor turned against neighbor, the Indians' support sought by both sides, and no quarter asked or given. The Hornet's Nest follows a cast of characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict - including some who are based on the author's ancestors.
| LCC: | PS3553.A78144 H67 2003 |
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| FDC: | 813 |
The President is dead - and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's newest and most extraordinary novel.
| LCC: | PS3553.L245 E9 1996 |
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| FDC: | 813 |
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