Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Migration and literature Migration and literature Søren Frank "We live in an age of migration and more and more authors have migrant backgrounds. Migration and Literature offers a thorough and thought-provoking examination of the thematic and formal role of mig… OL11818317W
The scarlet goose The scarlet goose E. M. Almedingen When he decides to become an artist, a Renaissance boy is disowned by disapproving brothers and friends. OL1183958W
The elusive "I" in the novel The elusive "I" in the novel Hamilton H. H. Beck ix, 161 p. ; 23 cm OL13535699W
The narrative shape of truth The narrative shape of truth Ilya Kliger "Draws on philosophical and novelistic texts from the Western European and Russian canons to explore a crucial moment in the epistemological history of narrative and present a nonreductive way of con… OL15998954W
The libertine's nemesis The libertine's nemesis J. E. Fowler "What is the role of the prude in the 'roman libertin'? James Fowler argues that in the most famous novels of the genre (by Richardson, Crébillon fils, Laclos and Sade) the prude is not the libertine… OL16452838W
Jepp, who defied the stars Jepp, who defied the stars Katherine Marsh Imprisoned and compelled to be a court dwarf in a royal Spanish palace after leaving his countryside home, Jepp of Astraveld endures a humiliating existence along with his friend Lia before an escape… OL17867602W
The sign of the weeping virgin The sign of the weeping virgin Alana White In 1480, Florentine investigator Guid' Antonio Vespucci and his nephew, Amerigo, are entangled in events that threaten to destroy them and their beloved city. Marauding Turks abduct a beautiful young… OL17889015W
The anatomist The anatomist Federico Andahazi After testing scores of prostitutes, Mateo Colombo, a 16th century Italian physician, finally discovers the organ governing woman's love--the clitoris. But the publication of his discovery attracts t… OL19870263W
Amphitrite the bubbly Amphitrite the bubbly Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams When a mermaid named Amphitrite arrives at Mount Olympus Academy, she finds herself falling for Poseidon, but his quirks may be too much for her. OL20007383W
La tía Tula La tía Tula Miguel de Unamuno Esta novela narra la vida de Gertrudis, también llamada la Tía Tula, y los sacrificios que realiza durante su vida para satisfacer sus ansias de maternidad. Una de las novelas más conocidas de Unamun… OL503512W
Proust, Mann, Joyce in the modernist context Proust, Mann, Joyce in the modernist context Gerald Ernest Paul Gillespie xiii, 324 pages ; 24 cm OL5091050W
Kat and the missing notebooks Kat and the missing notebooks Emma Bradford Kat and Aunt Jessie visit Renaissance Italy with their time machine, where Kat and her friend, a would-be artist, inadvertently become involved in a plot to steal notebooks from Leonardo da Vinci. OL529207W
The Vampire Armand The Vampire Armand Anne Rice The previous volume of the Vampire Chronicles, Memnoch the Devil, was called 'a modern Paradise Lost' by the Washington Post. Taking the Vampire Lestat from fiction into legend, it left him lying in … OL77832W
Arcadies malheureuses Arcadies malheureuses Françoise Lavocat 535 p. ; 23 cm OL9921653W