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Magic Terror Magic Terror Peter Straub No one tells a story like Peter Straub. He dazzles with the complexity of his plots. He delights with the sophistication and eloquence of his prose. He startles you into laughter in the face of event… OL114293W
Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the evolution of the casebook novel Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the evolution of the casebook novel A. B. Emrys "Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular novelists during England's Victorian era. This critical study explores his formal ingenuity, particularly the novel of testimony constructed from epistolar… OL15980039W
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates Harold Bloom A collection of critical essays on this well-known American writer and her works. OL16051704W
Homesick For Another World Homesick For Another World Ottessa Moshfegh,Alexandre Gombau Arnau Features stories, in which the flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful, but beauty comes from strange sources. In this book, the author shows us … OL17640880W
More stories from the Twilight zone More stories from the Twilight zone Rod Serling,Carol Serling,Robert J. Serling A collection of short stories that were inspired by the television series Twilight Zone. OL17677527W
Stay up with me Stay up with me Tom Barbash A newly single mother wrestles with the evidence of her son's love life during his Christmas vacation; an anxious husband persists in playing the host at his annual drinks party even though his marri… OL17870504W
My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation Alba Dedeu Surribas,Ottessa Moshfegh It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time… OL17889978W
Day/Night Day/Night Paul Auster "Day/Night brings together two metaphysical novels that mirror each other and are meant to be read in tandem: two men, each confined to a room, one suddenly alert to his existence, the other desperat… OL18011857W
The feminine "no!" The feminine "no!" Todd McGowan "The Feminine "No!" sheds new light on the recent culture wars and debates about changes to the literary canon. Todd McGowan argues that the dynamics of canon change, rather than being the isolated c… OL18317547W
The best revenge The best revenge Stephen White In a riveting new novel of psychological suspense, Stephen White shines a brilliant light on the darkness that hides just beneath the surface of ordinary lives, on the fears that cripple us and the p… OL19870283W
Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith Harrison, Russell In this, the first full-length critical study of Patricia Highsmith's literary achievements, Russell Harrison offers a thoughtful consideration of the most successful and representative of the writer… OL2671889W
The Aspern Papers The Aspern Papers Henry James,Robin Field,Success Oceo With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into inc… OL276315W
Things that fall from the sky Things that fall from the sky Kevin Brockmeier A collection of eleven short stories by award-winning American author Kevin Brockmeier. OL5718594W
Mermaids on the Golf Coure Mermaids on the Golf Coure Patricia Highsmith Mermaids on the Golf Course (1985) is a collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith, which contain themes of murder, violence, secrets and insanity. OL59445W
Nothing That Meets the Eye Nothing That Meets the Eye Patricia Highsmith Short Stories. This volume of stories, many of them published here for the first time, spans almost fifty years of Highsmith's career. Showing the evolution of her writing from her days as a struggli… OL59465W
A Routledge literary sourcebook on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick A Routledge literary sourcebook on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick Michael J. Davey 189 p. ; 23 cm OL6026749W
Bleachers Bleachers John Grisham Bij het sterfbed van zijn coach maakt de voormalige sterspeler van een American football team de balans op van zijn jeugd. OL76979W
Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult The startling and poignant story of the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting, from the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and The Pact.'Picoult makes us ponder the ambiguous relationships… OL891945W