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  • Disturbances in the Field

    A Novel

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    "A more-than-welcome return to a classic idea of the novel . . . A wonder to read" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review).The field is all around us. It's our needs and our wants. This is what George tells Lydia. A disturbance, however, is something that keeps us from grasping and attaining the things we need. Usually, we can adapt to these disturbances and move forward. But, what happens if a ... Leer más

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  • Truthtelling

    Stories, Fables, Glimpses

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    "A grab bag of realist and experimental stories, each one a treasure . . . Wise, wry, and witty—theses stories in all their stylistic variations are perfect." — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA man generously lends his car to his ex-wife, and is bewildered when she not only neglects to return it but makes increasingly implausible excuses for her actions. A neat and orderly clothing store owner is ... Leer más

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  • The Writing on the Wall

    A Novel

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    The emotionally realistic and elegant portrait of mourning in the days and months following 9/11As Renata, a linguist for the New York City Public Library, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge on her way to work one morning, she looks up to see a flash of orange and blue. Two planes have hit the World Trade Center, and with that, her world changes entirely.Renata's connection to the tragedy grows deeper as ... Leer más

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  • Referred Pain

    Stories

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    Everyone has a face that they show to the outside world—but our thoughts, fears, and perversions lie just beneath"Referred pain" describes the sensation of pain, not at the actual point of injury, but somewhere else in the body. This disorientation of the senses is felt, in one way or another, by many of the characters in this collection from Lynne Sharon Schwartz, one of America's foremost ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Acquainted with the Night

    Stories

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    A rich and diverse collection of stories detailing life in all its daily battles and yearningsLynne Sharon Schwartz is a master of tone, deft at creating realistic settings and characters. In Acquainted with the Night, she unleashes sixteen wickedly smart, wholly believable short stories. In the title story, for instance, a man's nocturnal battle against a floating globule in his eye forces him to ... Leer más

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  • The Melting Pot

    Stories

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    A dynamic collection of stories that portrays different generations and explores various genres with compassion and dry witIn The Melting Pot, nothing is ever what it seems. In these short stories from critically acclaimed author Lynne Sharon Schwartz, characters grapple with the desires and needs of daily life, no matter how absurd or mundane. In the title story, a woman finally reveals her ... Leer más

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  • Il fantasma della memoria

    Conversazioni con W.G. Sebald

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Filippo Tuena ...
    Series series Visioni
    Autore di capolavori come Austerlitz, Gli anelli di Saturno e Vertigini, W.G. Sebald non ha mai indietreggiato dalla responsabilità di sentirsi parte di un popolo – quello tedesco – che egli riteneva avesse l'obbligo di farsi carico della memoria delle atrocità compiute. In questo testo Sebald racconta a chi sono ispirati i personaggi dei suoi libri, e ricorda l'infanzia trascorsa in Germania e la ... Leer más

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  • Rough Strife

    A Novel

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    The arithmetic of marriage is never easy to understand—as time passes, the variables constantly changeCaroline is set adrift in 1950s Rome when she meets Ivan. Though things start slowly, Ivan wins her over after a strong pursuit, and the two marry, agreeing never to inflict any "irreparable wounds." But though Ivan proves to be a fine father, he is a distant husband, and Caroline finds herself ... Leer más

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  • Balancing Acts

    A Novel

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    Retirement doesn't spell the end after all, in this rousing journey through loss and rebirthMax has lived a long and fulfilling life. He and his wife were star trapeze artists and acrobats in the Brandon Brothers circus. But with her passing, he's left alone in New York, and suffers a heart attack after a terrifying mugging. Without family to fall back on, Max is forced to leave his beloved ... Leer más

    $8.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Run for Your Life

    de Silvana Gandolfi, Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    From one of Italy’s favorite authors of young adult literature comes a gripping, true-to-life thriller of a Sicilian boy’s fight to survive after his family is torn apart by the Mafia.A talented young runner, Santino lives in Palermo, Sicily—a beautiful region of Italy that’s dominated by the Mafia. With Santino’s first communion approaching, his father and grandfather carry out a theft to pay for ... Leer más

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  • A Stranger Comes to Town

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of Disturbances in the Field and Leaving Brooklyn, returns with a psychological novel about memory, identity, and the ways we create ourselves."What's the last thing you remember?" This is the question posed to Joe Marzino after being found on a sidewalk, knocked down by a bicycle on Columbus Avenue, one block from New York's Central Park. Joe remembers nothing, not ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Face to Face

    A Reader in the World

    de Lynne Sharon Schwartz ...
    With a reader's perspective and a master writer's skill, critically acclaimed novelist Lynne Sharon Schwartz takes on the world at largeCommunication, while essential, is almost impossible to maintain perfectly—a truism Lynne Sharon Schwartz demonstrates in this stunning essay collection. In one section, she discovers that one typo could completely derail a project while translating an Italian ... Leer más

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