Narrates the spiritual odyssey of Peter, a young man from a Pentecostal fundamentalist background, who loses his faith while a student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. This book follows the changes of Peter's beliefs, exploring the aspects of Protestant theology and ethics.
A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award.
Featuring fictional and historical characters, this novel explores the roles women have played, from grandmother, sister and wife, to businesswoman, prostitute, warrior, artist and martyr. In this edition, Harris reintroduces her work, providing background to the milieu in which it was produced.
Featuring fictional and historical characters, this novel explores the roles women have played, from grandmother, sister and wife, to businesswoman, prostitute, warrior, artist and martyr. In this edition, Harris reintroduces her work, providing background to the milieu in which it was produced.
The Western Shoshone people live throughout eastern Nevada and western Utah (Goshute). When Anne Smith visited the region in 1939 there was only one formally designated reservation. Smith and her companion Alden Hayes traveled countless mile of remote road collecting stories, documenting Western Shoshonean tradition, and seeking to determine the ......
This novel by the French writer Gabriel Josipovici is an exploration into the power of memory and imagination, also raising the question of how far it is possible for non-Jews to understand Jews. Josipovici's other works include "Text and Voice" and "Steps: selected fiction and drama".
Gatsby's Party contributes to the ongoing research on, and application of systems theory and information theory to, literary texts. White applies current research toward an architectural understanding of narrative structure, moving beyond interpretations (and applications) of systems theory that have been largely thematic or author-centered. it ......
These stories mark the return of Mark Costello's now-legendary creation Michael Murphy, the character who first appeared in the acclaimed collection The Murphy Stories. Joyce Carol Oates wrote in the Washington Post Book World, "Murphy is a Midwestern cousin of Donleavy's Ginger Man, but much more human and troubled. . . . ......
It's 1975. Bud Salem, 18-years-old, is fleeing his mother's TV church and meets a woman pitching oranges in the Mojave. She's Sylvia Cushman, a 45-year-old housewife, who loves driving alone through the desert. After sharing adventures in Detroit, New York, and Amherst, the travelers part...
