Юмористическая фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Юмористическая фантастикаRendez-Vous in Cannes
From the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets . A sweeping, bittersweet love story amidst the glitz and the glamour of the French Riviera. Two very different women are starring in their own real-life dramas behind the scenes of the Cannes Film Festival.Newly in love, Anna Carson returns to the Festival for the first time in nearly 40 years hoping to reconcile her past with her present-day happiness. Journalist Daisy Harris is looking for a big scoop at her first Festival and is determined to embrace her new single status amongst all the glitz and glamour.Behind the champagne and parties, secrets from the past are bubbling to the surface and difficult decisions need to be taken.One thing's for certain – by the end of the Film Festival their lives will have changed forever…
Fierce Pretty Things
<P><P>In these eight darkly comic stories, Tom Howard explores the instincts for violence and tenderness that mark his character's lives. A brother and sister wander the pier after a deadly plague destroys most of humanity. A high school bully struggles to overcome his demons. A man in the grips of dementia is visited by his children's ghosts. The people in these blistering tales grapple with past mistakes, trying to navigate their way toward redemption and resurrection and failing often—but always with a ferocious heart. Their unforgettable voices guide us through schoolyards, cemeteries, drive-in theaters, and the rich landscapes of their own imaginations.</P><br><P>Equal parts funny, tragic, and wise, <I>Fierce Pretty Things </I>is a striking debut that teaches us how to live in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.</P></P>
Пёс из породы хранителей
Среди всех пород собак есть одна совершенно особая – порода псов-хранителей. Они умеют чуять опасность и недобрые намерения, невысказанную угрозу или ложь, которые могут повредить хозяину. Именно такой пёс чуть не погиб на оживлённой трассе, но его нашла и спасла та, кто станет для Урса настоящей хозяйкой. Она никому не позволить выгнать или обидеть пса, а он теперь будет охранять и защищать её, ведь в этом и есть смысл жизни пса-хранителя.
Oh!
The fourth Counterpoint Robison reissue, after Tell Me in Spring 2018, released in tandem with An Amateur’s Guide to the Night Robison, a beloved writer and essential voice on the Counterpoint list, is one of the writers Counterpoint is celebrating by reissuing importance books from the backlist Major national media outlets have already expressed enthusiasm over the Robison reissues, and strong positive coverage is expected Display and newsletter co-ops available and encouraged
In the Memorial Room
Harry Gill, a moderately successful writer of historical fiction, has been awarded the annual Watercress-Armstrong Fellowship—a ‘living memorial’ to the poet, Margaret Rose Hurndell. He arrives in the small French village of Menton, where Hurndell once lived and worked, to write. But the Memorial Room is not suitable—it has no electricity or water. Hurndell never wrote here, though it is expected of Harry.Janet Frame’s previously unpublished novel draws on her own experiences in Menton, France as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow. It is a wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of the dead author, and—in the best tradition of Frame—a fascinating exploration of the complexity and the beauty of language.
Everyone Wants To Be Ambassador to France
• First edition won the Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, but the press shut down the season the book was first released, killing any chance of substantial sales • Endorsements from famous short story writers T.C. Boyle, Aimee Bender, and Alissa Nutting • Literary and unique writing style incorporated with humor and irony, a little dark at times • Writing comparable to that of George Saunders • Excerpts have been published in several publications: The American Reader, Connu, Denver Quarterly, Guernica, Hot Metal Bridge, Joyland, The Kenyon Review Online, The Los Angeles Review, New England Review, Salt Hill Journal, Tikkun, Tin House, The Toast, TriQuarterly, and Watchlist: 32 Stories from Persons of Interest.
The Box from Japan
At the time of its publication, 1932, this was the longest mystery ever written. Would you believe, 313,000 words – many of them in a strange Hispano-German dialect. It's a simple story about world war in 1942 between an alliance between Germany, Japan, and Mexico against the US and the rest of the world. 3D TV figures prominently, as well as a cactus that proves to be the world's most perfect food source. A remarkable novel, far ahead of its time!
Manalive
Perhaps the most light-hearted of all Chesterton's «serious» works, Manalive pits a group of disillusioned young people against Mr. Innocent Smith, a bubbly, high-spirited gentleman who literally falls into their midst. Accused of murder and denounced for repeatedly marrying his wife and attempting to live in various houses (all of which turn out to be his own), Smith prompts his newfound acquaintances to recognize an important idea: that life is worth living.