https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(MARGARET%20%2B%20ATWOOD)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20margaret%20atwood%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1840503&CF=BIB A novel written by more than twenty-five major literary voices follows the tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan during the COVID-19 shutdown, as they gather on the roof, share stories, and become real neighbours. A novel written by more than twenty-five major literary voices follows the tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan during the COVID-19 shutdown, as they gather on the roof, share stories, and become real neighbours.<br />First Harper Large Print edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Harper Large Print, [2024]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024.<br />xiv, 570 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Success Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - Large Print Fiction - F FOU - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 31111090738988<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1988492&CF=BIB Women. Antiquities. This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Open up this cabinet of curiosities and you'll find objects that have been highly esteemed - even, like the Bayeux tapestry, fought over by nations - and others that are humble and domestic. Some (like a 16th century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, some (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived. Through the variety and nuance in all these 101 objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history - teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating. This overdue corrective reveals what a healed femur says about civilisation, what men have to fear from hat pins, and it shows that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it. Women. Antiquities. This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Open up this cabinet of curiosities and you'll find objects that have been highly esteemed - even, like the Bayeux tapestry, fought over by nations - and others that are humble and domestic. Some (like a 16th century glass dildo) are objects of female pleasure, some (a thumbscrew) of female subjugation. There are artefacts of women celebrated by history and of women unfairly forgotten by it; examples of female rebellion and of self-revelation; objects that are inspiring, curious or (like radium-laced chocolate) just fundamentally ill-conceived. Through the variety and nuance in all these 101 objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history - teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating. This overdue corrective reveals what a healed femur says about civilisation, what men have to fear from hat pins, and it shows that the past has always been as complicated and fascinating as the women that peopled it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hirsch, Annabelle<br />MP3 edition ; Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>℗2024<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2024.<br />1 audio disc (MP3 CD) (12 hr., 15 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container<br /><br />Spearwood Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - On Order - On order (Set: 12 Jan 2024)<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1992076&CF=BIB Joyce Carol Oates assembles a spectacular cast to explore, subvert and reinvent one of horror's most visceral of subgenres. Focusing on distortions of the human body, the fifteen short stories of A Darker Shade will delight, disgust and shock you.From the metaphysical horror of a snail trapped in body of a young office worker, to a women cursed to dance endlessly, her body ravaged and torn, these are stories that confront the inextricable link between physical and mental terror.Featuring brand-new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, Lisa Tuttle, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret and Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma. Joyce Carol Oates assembles a spectacular cast to explore, subvert and reinvent one of horror's most visceral of subgenres. Focusing on distortions of the human body, the fifteen short stories of A Darker Shade will delight, disgust and shock you.From the metaphysical horror of a snail trapped in body of a young office worker, to a women cursed to dance endlessly, her body ravaged and torn, these are stories that confront the inextricable link between physical and mental terror.Featuring brand-new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, Lisa Tuttle, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret and Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Oates, Joyce Carol<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Footnote Press, 2024<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2029010&CF=BIB Short Stories. Horror fiction. Ghost Stories. Joyce Carol Oates assembles a spectacular cast to explore, subvert and reinvent one of horror's most visceral of sub-genres. Focusing on distortions of the human body, the fifteen short stories of A Darker Shade will delight, disgust and shock you. From the metaphysical horror of a snail trapped in body of a young office worker, to a women cursed to dance endlessly, her body ravaged and torn, these are stories that confront the inextricable link between physical and mental terror. Featuring brand-new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, Lisa Tuttle, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret and Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma. Short Stories. Horror fiction. Ghost Stories. Joyce Carol Oates assembles a spectacular cast to explore, subvert and reinvent one of horror's most visceral of sub-genres. Focusing on distortions of the human body, the fifteen short stories of A Darker Shade will delight, disgust and shock you. From the metaphysical horror of a snail trapped in body of a young office worker, to a women cursed to dance endlessly, her body ravaged and torn, these are stories that confront the inextricable link between physical and mental terror. Featuring brand-new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, Lisa Tuttle, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret and Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Oates, Joyce Carol<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Great Britain : Footnote (UBD), 2024.<br />272 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Coolbellup Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - On Order - On order (Set: 29 Feb 2024)<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2033757&CF=BIB The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women - a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for any woman. Founded in 1980s London against a backdrop of homophobia and misogyny, it was a testament to the power of community, growing into Europe's biggest women's bookshop and hosting a constellation of literary stars from Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou to Angela Carter. While contending with day-to-day struggles common to other booksellers, plus the additional burdens of misogyny and the occasional hate crime, Jane Cholmeley and her booksellers created a thriving business. But they also played a crucial and relatively unsung part in one the biggest social movements of our time.A Bookshop of One's Own is a fascinating slice of social history from the heart of the women's liberation movement, from a true feminist and lesbian icon. Written with heart and humour, it reveals the struggle and joy that comes with starting an underdog business, while being a celebration of the power women have to change the narrative when they are the ones holding the pen. The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women - a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for any woman. Founded in 1980s London against a backdrop of homophobia and misogyny, it was a testament to the power of community, growing into Europe's biggest women's bookshop and hosting a constellation of literary stars from Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou to Angela Carter. While contending with day-to-day struggles common to other booksellers, plus the additional burdens of misogyny and the occasional hate crime, Jane Cholmeley and her booksellers created a thriving business. But they also played a crucial and relatively unsung part in one the biggest social movements of our time.A Bookshop of One's Own is a fascinating slice of social history from the heart of the women's liberation movement, from a true feminist and lesbian icon. Written with heart and humour, it reveals the struggle and joy that comes with starting an underdog business, while being a celebration of the power women have to change the narrative when they are the ones holding the pen.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cholmeley, Jane<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Mudlark, 2024<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2034033&CF=BIB DISCOVER THE GRIPPING 2024 BRITISH CRIME NOVEL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT: 'A remarkable debut. It is funny, creepy, gory and moving.' THE TIMES 'Utterly mesmerising' - PETER JAMES 'A crime novel I wish I had written' - LYNDA LA PLANTE 'Marie's writing is beautiful' - BELINDA BAUER 'Exceptional in every way' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'A dark glittering gem of a book' - LISA GRAY 'Gloriously dark, deadly and deathly' - C. J. SKUSE 'An incredible debut. Damn near perfect' - SUSI HOLLIDAY 'Tierney is a name to watch' - SAM HOLLAND 'A masterpiece' - WILLIAM HUSSEY Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney possesses an unusual intellect far beyond her years. While her friends play, Ava's fascination lies in the intricate process of animal decomposition, studying roadkill found in the streets around her home. But, one night, Ava's secret nocturnal routine takes a chilling turn when she stumbles upon the lifeless body of fellow schoolmate, Mickey Grant. As Detective Seth Delahaye takes charge of the perplexing case, Ava refuses to sit idle. Determined and resourceful, she embarks on a daring quest to unveil the truth behind the string of chilling deaths plaguing her community. Armed with her unique skills and unrivalled local knowledge, Ava becomes an unlikely force in the race to apprehend the elusive killer before more lives are claimed. 'Deadly Animals is a shockingly beautiful, rare and heartbreaking gem. I really can't recommend it highly enough' - CHRIS WHITAKER DISCOVER THE GRIPPING 2024 BRITISH CRIME NOVEL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT: 'A remarkable debut. It is funny, creepy, gory and moving.' THE TIMES 'Utterly mesmerising' - PETER JAMES 'A crime novel I wish I had written' - LYNDA LA PLANTE 'Marie's writing is beautiful' - BELINDA BAUER 'Exceptional in every way' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'A dark glittering gem of a book' - LISA GRAY 'Gloriously dark, deadly and deathly' - C. J. SKUSE 'An incredible debut. Damn near perfect' - SUSI HOLLIDAY 'Tierney is a name to watch' - SAM HOLLAND 'A masterpiece' - WILLIAM HUSSEY Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney possesses an unusual intellect far beyond her years. While her friends play, Ava's fascination lies in the intricate process of animal decomposition, studying roadkill found in the streets around her home. But, one night, Ava's secret nocturnal routine takes a chilling turn when she stumbles upon the lifeless body of fellow schoolmate, Mickey Grant. As Detective Seth Delahaye takes charge of the perplexing case, Ava refuses to sit idle. Determined and resourceful, she embarks on a daring quest to unveil the truth behind the string of chilling deaths plaguing her community. Armed with her unique skills and unrivalled local knowledge, Ava becomes an unlikely force in the race to apprehend the elusive killer before more lives are claimed. 'Deadly Animals is a shockingly beautiful, rare and heartbreaking gem. I really can't recommend it highly enough' - CHRIS WHITAKER<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tierney, Marie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bonnier Publishing Fiction, 2024<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2035623&CF=BIB "As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories." - Margaret Atwood Incomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to "meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness." And what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the World Was offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places. Whether writing about a solo vacation inside the Iron Curtain, meeting the reclusive writer Elizabeth Smart in a dilapidated cottage in the English countryside, reflecting on how Chilean society responded to Pinochet's coup, or tracking down the people who knew Svetlana Alliluyeva for Stalin's Daughter, Sullivan delivers a master class in cul... "As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories." - Margaret Atwood Incomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to "meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness." And what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the World Was offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places. Whether writing about a solo vacation inside the Iron Curtain, meeting the reclusive writer Elizabeth Smart in a dilapidated cottage in the English countryside, reflecting on how Chilean society responded to Pinochet's coup, or tracking down the people who knew Svetlana Alliluyeva for Stalin's Daughter, Sullivan delivers a master class in cul...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sullivan, Rosemary<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Goose Lane Editions, 2023<br />304 pages<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2080926&CF=BIB **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024** Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother's loneliness had been. 'A magnificent novel' SALLY ROONEY Nell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions. From our greatest chronicler of family life, The Wren, The Wren is a story of the love that can unite us, and the individual acts that threaten this vital bond. 'A triumph...treasure it' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the great living writers on the subject of family' NEW YORK TIMES 'A must-read' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter) 'Might just be Anne Enright's best yet' LOUISE KENNEDY *A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, TLS, HARPER'S BAZAAR, NEW STATESMAN, THE NEW YORKER, TIME AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR* *WINNER OF THE WRITER'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024** Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother's loneliness had been. 'A magnificent novel' SALLY ROONEY Nell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions. From our greatest chronicler of family life, The Wren, The Wren is a story of the love that can unite us, and the individual acts that threaten this vital bond. 'A triumph...treasure it' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the great living writers on the subject of family' NEW YORK TIMES 'A must-read' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter) 'Might just be Anne Enright's best yet' LOUISE KENNEDY *A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, TLS, HARPER'S BAZAAR, NEW STATESMAN, THE NEW YORKER, TIME AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR* *WINNER OF THE WRITER'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Enright, Anne<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1938096&CF=BIB Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian journalists about their craft – how (and why) they bring us the stories that inform our lives. Leigh Sales is one of Australia's most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC's flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and anchored numerous elections for the ABC. In this book, she turns her interviewing skills onto her own profession, those usually asking the questions: the journalists. In ten sections – from News Reporting to Editing, via Investigative, Commentary and of course Interviewing – Sales takes us on a tour of the profession, letting the leaders in their field talk direct to us about how they get their leads, survive in war zones, write a profile, tell a story with pictures, and keep the show on the road. A who's-who of Australian journalism – including Lisa Millar, Kate McClymont, Hedley Thomas, Trent Dalton, Benjamin Law, Tracy Grimshaw, Richard Fidler, David Speers, Stan Grant, Niki Savva, Waleed Aly, Annabel Crabb, Karl Stefanovic and Mia Freedman – talk candidly about their greatest lessons and their trade secrets. A fascinating insight into a vital and much-misunderstood profession, Storytellers is a book for anyone who's ever wanted to be a journalist, or even just wondered how the news gets made. Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian journalists about their craft – how (and why) they bring us the stories that inform our lives. Leigh Sales is one of Australia's most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC's flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and anchored numerous elections for the ABC. In this book, she turns her interviewing skills onto her own profession, those usually asking the questions: the journalists. In ten sections – from News Reporting to Editing, via Investigative, Commentary and of course Interviewing – Sales takes us on a tour of the profession, letting the leaders in their field talk direct to us about how they get their leads, survive in war zones, write a profile, tell a story with pictures, and keep the show on the road. A who's-who of Australian journalism – including Lisa Millar, Kate McClymont, Hedley Thomas, Trent Dalton, Benjamin Law, Tracy Grimshaw, Richard Fidler, David Speers, Stan Grant, Niki Savva, Waleed Aly, Annabel Crabb, Karl Stefanovic and Mia Freedman – talk candidly about their greatest lessons and their trade secrets. A fascinating insight into a vital and much-misunderstood profession, Storytellers is a book for anyone who's ever wanted to be a journalist, or even just wondered how the news gets made.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sales, Leigh<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1945817&CF=BIB * AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * 'A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL 'One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON 'Extraordinary' GUARDIAN 'The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY ———————————- The first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand. On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother's resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother. Everything she knows, she learned from her mother – how to fight, how to be strong, how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness. When she is sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans, and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching for relief in memories of her mother, she opens herself to a world beyond her own, teeming with spirits of earth, water, history and myth. A reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching, Let Us Descend offers a magnificent portrait of the strength of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. This is a story of beauty, love, rebirth and reclamation – a masterwork for the ages. Praise for Sing, Unburied, Sing 'A must' Margaret Atwood 'One of the most important writers in America today' Ann Patchett 'Ward is a lyrical, visceral storyteller' Daily Mail 'A searing, urgent read' Celeste Ng 'Plays out like a grand epic ... Staggering' Marlon James * AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * 'A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL 'One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON 'Extraordinary' GUARDIAN 'The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY ———————————- The first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand. On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother's resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother. Everything she knows, she learned from her mother – how to fight, how to be strong, how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness. When she is sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans, and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching for relief in memories of her mother, she opens herself to a world beyond her own, teeming with spirits of earth, water, history and myth. A reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching, Let Us Descend offers a magnificent portrait of the strength of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. This is a story of beauty, love, rebirth and reclamation – a masterwork for the ages. Praise for Sing, Unburied, Sing 'A must' Margaret Atwood 'One of the most important writers in America today' Ann Patchett 'Ward is a lyrical, visceral storyteller' Daily Mail 'A searing, urgent read' Celeste Ng 'Plays out like a grand epic ... Staggering' Marlon James<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ward, Jesmyn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1947718&CF=BIB The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture.Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey recounted ancient Greece, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a chivalric romance in Middle English, but it was not until the seventeenth century, when the European middle classes had money and leisure, that anything so frivolous as a novel could be sold for entertainment.Colin Salter traces the evolution of the novel from the earliest examples through to the postmodernist best-sellers of the 21st century. Rather than dwelling too long on the technical nuances of innovative writing style he has amassed 100 of the greatest novel writers and chosen their most significant work.For writers such as Herman Melville, James Joyce or Harper Lee the decision is not a difficult one. For Charles Dickens, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, the choice is perhaps more difficult.Following the style set with previous books in the 100 series, most notably 100 Children's Books and 100 Science Discoveries, each author is given a concise biography and their major novel analysed and then set in context with their other published work.Readers can become ridiculously well-read in 224 pages.Authors included: Alexandre Dumas, Daniel Defoe, Victor Hugo, Mary Shelly, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Emily Bronte, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hilary Mantel, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, JRR Tolkien, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, Harper Lee, Erich Maria Remarque, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Erica Jong, Margaret Atwood, Truman Capote, Alice Walker, Jules Verne, HG Wells, Virginia Woolf, Stephen King, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Louisa M. Alcott, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, John Steinbeck, CS Lewis, Chinua Achebe, Jack Kerouac, John Le Carre, Arundhati Roy, Mila Kundera, Joseph Heller, Harper Lee, JD Salinger, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Miguel Cervantes, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Graves, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, Hunter S. Thompson, Khaled Hosseini. The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture.Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey recounted ancient Greece, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a chivalric romance in Middle English, but it was not until the seventeenth century, when the European middle classes had money and leisure, that anything so frivolous as a novel could be sold for entertainment.Colin Salter traces the evolution of the novel from the earliest examples through to the postmodernist best-sellers of the 21st century. Rather than dwelling too long on the technical nuances of innovative writing style he has amassed 100 of the greatest novel writers and chosen their most significant work.For writers such as Herman Melville, James Joyce or Harper Lee the decision is not a difficult one. For Charles Dickens, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, the choice is perhaps more difficult.Following the style set with previous books in the 100 series, most notably 100 Children's Books and 100 Science Discoveries, each author is given a concise biography and their major novel analysed and then set in context with their other published work.Readers can become ridiculously well-read in 224 pages.Authors included: Alexandre Dumas, Daniel Defoe, Victor Hugo, Mary Shelly, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Emily Bronte, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hilary Mantel, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, JRR Tolkien, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, Harper Lee, Erich Maria Remarque, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Erica Jong, Margaret Atwood, Truman Capote, Alice Walker, Jules Verne, HG Wells, Virginia Woolf, Stephen King, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Louisa M. Alcott, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, John Steinbeck, CS Lewis, Chinua Achebe, Jack Kerouac, John Le Carre, Arundhati Roy, Mila Kundera, Joseph Heller, Harper Lee, JD Salinger, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Miguel Cervantes, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Graves, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, Hunter S. Thompson, Khaled Hosseini.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Salter, Colin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Pavilion Books, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1969667&CF=BIB 作者简介[加]玛格丽特·阿特伍德（Margaret Atwood）出生于1939年11月18日，曾两获布克奖，诺贝尔文学奖热门候选人。作品被翻译成40多种语言，畅销50余国。自20世纪60年代起，出版了近40部小说、18部诗集，荣获140多项世界文学重磅奖项。在她获得全美书评人协会奖的终身成就奖时，颁奖人说："她不是一个女人，而是20个女人，30个女人。作为作家，她拥有那么多不同的声音。"《纸帐篷》是阿式思想的吉光片羽，形式包括短故事、微型传记、童话、诗歌、谈话、寓言、思想片段等，展现阿特伍德对女性以及人类社会富有温度的注视与期盼。内容简介《纸帐篷》内含35种灵妙的女性表达，包括思想片段、诗歌、童话、微型小说等。即使被误解、被攻击，阿特伍德也决不停止言说女性命运与世界真相： 我栽培我的好嗓音，让它成为摇钱树，让它成为吮吸我生命的蝙蝠；我们呼唤妈妈回家，她成了尖叫的疯妇，被家庭中的意外毁了一生；哀嚎遍地的荒野，女守夜人在纸帐篷上疯狂书写，地狱怪物的侵袭。 作者简介[加]玛格丽特·阿特伍德（Margaret Atwood）出生于1939年11月18日，曾两获布克奖，诺贝尔文学奖热门候选人。作品被翻译成40多种语言，畅销50余国。自20世纪60年代起，出版了近40部小说、18部诗集，荣获140多项世界文学重磅奖项。在她获得全美书评人协会奖的终身成就奖时，颁奖人说："她不是一个女人，而是20个女人，30个女人。作为作家，她拥有那么多不同的声音。"《纸帐篷》是阿式思想的吉光片羽，形式包括短故事、微型传记、童话、诗歌、谈话、寓言、思想片段等，展现阿特伍德对女性以及人类社会富有温度的注视与期盼。内容简介《纸帐篷》内含35种灵妙的女性表达，包括思想片段、诗歌、童话、微型小说等。即使被误解、被攻击，阿特伍德也决不停止言说女性命运与世界真相： 我栽培我的好嗓音，让它成为摇钱树，让它成为吮吸我生命的蝙蝠；我们呼唤妈妈回家，她成了尖叫的疯妇，被家庭中的意外毁了一生；哀嚎遍地的荒野，女守夜人在纸帐篷上疯狂书写，地狱怪物的侵袭。<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>阿特伍德, 玛格丽特<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : ShiGuang, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1933962&CF=BIB From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate and find a connection that is more than skin deep? A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 in The Guardian,Bustle, The Millions, LitHub, TOR, Good Housekeeping, Our Culture Mag, and more! '[A] biting satire on the beauty industry' The Guardian 'Awad is a genius, preternaturally gifted at creating vicious, hilarious tales about the depravity inside us.' Vulture "A brilliant, biting critique of western beauty standards as well as a soaring, phantasmagoric, Angela Carter-esque fairy tale about trauma and the loss of self. Rouge is deeply unsettling, funny, obsessive, and unlike anything I've read. A truly mesmerizing read." Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother's demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother's) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, ROUGE explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, ROUGE holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. "Rouge is a fever dream—a brilliant, intense, unforgettable horror story about a beauty cult with a deeply moving mother-daughter story at its core. Mona Awad's signature and singular imagination and black humor and empathy are on full display here, and her wild-ride of a tale is masterfully grounded in the emotional devastation of childhood and grief. I loved every word of this." Laura Zigman, author of Small World "There is nobody else like Mona Awad, daring enough to plunge her hands—rings and all—into the viscera of story and discover an unsettling beauty within. ROUGE is her most magnetic work yet, a thrilling dystopian romp that knows that beneath the glossy, aspirational veneer of self-care lurks the same old gothic abyss." Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun "Unsettling, whimsical, and moving, Rouge is an authentic, innovative kind of narrative magic that's both surreal and absolute. A striking novel of incandescence and heart." Iain Reid, author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things "Awad's latest is a dreamy (or perhaps nightmarish) gothic fairy tale about a mother, a daughter, and their shared obsession... From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate and find a connection that is more than skin deep? A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 in The Guardian,Bustle, The Millions, LitHub, TOR, Good Housekeeping, Our Culture Mag, and more! '[A] biting satire on the beauty industry' The Guardian 'Awad is a genius, preternaturally gifted at creating vicious, hilarious tales about the depravity inside us.' Vulture "A brilliant, biting critique of western beauty standards as well as a soaring, phantasmagoric, Angela Carter-esque fairy tale about trauma and the loss of self. Rouge is deeply unsettling, funny, obsessive, and unlike anything I've read. A truly mesmerizing read." Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother's demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother's) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, ROUGE explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, ROUGE holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. "Rouge is a fever dream—a brilliant, intense, unforgettable horror story about a beauty cult with a deeply moving mother-daughter story at its core. Mona Awad's signature and singular imagination and black humor and empathy are on full display here, and her wild-ride of a tale is masterfully grounded in the emotional devastation of childhood and grief. I loved every word of this." Laura Zigman, author of Small World "There is nobody else like Mona Awad, daring enough to plunge her hands—rings and all—into the viscera of story and discover an unsettling beauty within. ROUGE is her most magnetic work yet, a thrilling dystopian romp that knows that beneath the glossy, aspirational veneer of self-care lurks the same old gothic abyss." Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun "Unsettling, whimsical, and moving, Rouge is an authentic, innovative kind of narrative magic that's both surreal and absolute. A striking novel of incandescence and heart." Iain Reid, author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things "Awad's latest is a dreamy (or perhaps nightmarish) gothic fairy tale about a mother, a daughter, and their shared obsession...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Awad, Mona<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Scribner UK, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1859454&CF=BIB Ustanova – Ninni Holmqvist   Distopijski roman švedske autorice Ninni Holmqvist zamišlja društvo u kojem se žene starije od pedeset i muškarce od šezdeset godina, koji su samci, bez djece i rade u neisplativim granama industrije, šalje u zajednicu „nepotrebnih" stanovnika zvanu „Ustanova". Svi oni dobivaju raskošne stanove smještene među prekrasnim vrtovima i imaju besplatan pristup najrazličitijim uslugama: hrane se gurmanskim jelima, odlaze na zabave, masaže i u saune. To je naizgled idilično mjesto, ali postoji kvaka: stanovnici – znani kao „nepotrebni" – moraju sudjelovati u različitim medicinskim eksperimentima i donirati svoje organe „potrebnima", jedan po jedan, sve do završne donacije. Kada Dorrit Weger stigne u Ustanovu, pomirena je sa sudbinom. No jedan susret s „nepotrebnim" kolegom piscem sve će promijeniti. Ovo je roman o mirenju sa životom i nenadanoj ljubavi, o boli i suosjećanju, ali i okrutnosti društva prerušenoj u brigu o svojim stanovnicima, sve u skladu sa zakonima „demokracije" i kapitala. Jezik Ninne Holmqvist jednostavan je, katkad poetičan, katkad klinički precizan i činjeničan dok dočarava raskoš, automatizam i okrutnost tog, ne tako nemogućeg svijeta. Ovaj istodobno zastrašujući i dirljiv roman, u kojem odjekuju brojna djela distopijske fikcije, postavlja važna pitanja o vrijednosti i smislu ljudskog života. Knjiga je to koja ne može ne izazvati rasprave. „Jako mi se svidio roman Ustanova... Znam da ćete uz njega biti prikovani, kao što sam i ja bila." MARGARET ATWOOD   „Poput Sluškinjine priče Margaret Atwood, i ovaj roman dočarava hladnu distopiju: žena srednjih godina, sama i bez djece, smatra se nepotrebnom." MORE MAGAZINE   O autorici   Ninni Holmqvist rođena je u Lundu i trenutno živi u pokrajini Skåne, na jugu Švedske. Autorica je triju zbirki priča i dvaju romana. Svjetsku pozornost privukla je romanom „Ustanova", objavljenim 2006. godine. Ovaj distopijski roman preveden je na niz jezika, a engleski prijevod, prvi put objavljen 2009., doživio je više reizdanja. Taj je roman privukao veliku pozornost kritike i publike, a zbog svoje tematike predmet je brojnih analiza u akademskim časopisima. Osim što se bavi pisanjem, Ninni Holmqvist prevoditeljica je i voditeljica radionica kreativnog pisanja.   O prevoditeljici   Željka Černok diplomirala je engleski i švedski jezik i književnost na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu. Prevela je više od sedamdeset knjiga sa švedskog i norveškog jezika, među ostalima djela Tove Jansson, Stiega Larssona, Frodea Gryttena, Hjalmara Söderberga, Linn Ullmann, Ingmara Bergmana itd. Za Treći program Hrvatskoga radija prevodi poeziju, piše osvrte o švedskoj književnosti i recenzira berlinsku kazališnu scenu. Godine 2022. dobila je nagradu Švedske akademije za svoj prevodilački rad. Ustanova – Ninni Holmqvist   Distopijski roman švedske autorice Ninni Holmqvist zamišlja društvo u kojem se žene starije od pedeset i muškarce od šezdeset godina, koji su samci, bez djece i rade u neisplativim granama industrije, šalje u zajednicu „nepotrebnih" stanovnika zvanu „Ustanova". Svi oni dobivaju raskošne stanove smještene među prekrasnim vrtovima i imaju besplatan pristup najrazličitijim uslugama: hrane se gurmanskim jelima, odlaze na zabave, masaže i u saune. To je naizgled idilično mjesto, ali postoji kvaka: stanovnici – znani kao „nepotrebni" – moraju sudjelovati u različitim medicinskim eksperimentima i donirati svoje organe „potrebnima", jedan po jedan, sve do završne donacije. Kada Dorrit Weger stigne u Ustanovu, pomirena je sa sudbinom. No jedan susret s „nepotrebnim" kolegom piscem sve će promijeniti. Ovo je roman o mirenju sa životom i nenadanoj ljubavi, o boli i suosjećanju, ali i okrutnosti društva prerušenoj u brigu o svojim stanovnicima, sve u skladu sa zakonima „demokracije" i kapitala. Jezik Ninne Holmqvist jednostavan je, katkad poetičan, katkad klinički precizan i činjeničan dok dočarava raskoš, automatizam i okrutnost tog, ne tako nemogućeg svijeta. Ovaj istodobno zastrašujući i dirljiv roman, u kojem odjekuju brojna djela distopijske fikcije, postavlja važna pitanja o vrijednosti i smislu ljudskog života. Knjiga je to koja ne može ne izazvati rasprave. „Jako mi se svidio roman Ustanova... Znam da ćete uz njega biti prikovani, kao što sam i ja bila." MARGARET ATWOOD   „Poput Sluškinjine priče Margaret Atwood, i ovaj roman dočarava hladnu distopiju: žena srednjih godina, sama i bez djece, smatra se nepotrebnom." MORE MAGAZINE   O autorici   Ninni Holmqvist rođena je u Lundu i trenutno živi u pokrajini Skåne, na jugu Švedske. Autorica je triju zbirki priča i dvaju romana. Svjetsku pozornost privukla je romanom „Ustanova", objavljenim 2006. godine. Ovaj distopijski roman preveden je na niz jezika, a engleski prijevod, prvi put objavljen 2009., doživio je više reizdanja. Taj je roman privukao veliku pozornost kritike i publike, a zbog svoje tematike predmet je brojnih analiza u akademskim časopisima. Osim što se bavi pisanjem, Ninni Holmqvist prevoditeljica je i voditeljica radionica kreativnog pisanja.   O prevoditeljici   Željka Černok diplomirala je engleski i švedski jezik i književnost na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu. Prevela je više od sedamdeset knjiga sa švedskog i norveškog jezika, među ostalima djela Tove Jansson, Stiega Larssona, Frodea Gryttena, Hjalmara Söderberga, Linn Ullmann, Ingmara Bergmana itd. Za Treći program Hrvatskoga radija prevodi poeziju, piše osvrte o švedskoj književnosti i recenzira berlinsku kazališnu scenu. Godine 2022. dobila je nagradu Švedske akademije za svoj prevodilački rad.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Holmqvist, Ninni<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : V.B.Z. d.o.o., 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Književnost koja uključuje<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Excerpt<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - Libby by Overdrive - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1879135&CF=BIB Atwood's first new fiction publication since The Testaments, this deeply personal collection includes a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes afterThe stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales.'Gripping... a writer in full possession of her powers' Financial Times'These reflections on marriage, mortality and many-tentacled aliens show Atwood's mastery of the short form' Guardian'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times 'A living legend' New York Times Book Review Atwood's first new fiction publication since The Testaments, this deeply personal collection includes a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes afterThe stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales.'Gripping... a writer in full possession of her powers' Financial Times'These reflections on marriage, mortality and many-tentacled aliens show Atwood's mastery of the short form' Guardian'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times 'A living legend' New York Times Book Review<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Atwood, Margaret<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Vintage Digital, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1892780&CF=BIB Ce guide de lecture pratique propose un résumé et une analyse complets de La servante écarlate de Margaret Atwood. Il fournit une exploration approfondie de l'intrigue, des personnages et des principaux thèmes du roman, ainsi qu'une introduction utile aux procédés narratifs utilisés par Atwood et à la question du genre. Le style clair et concis facilite la compréhension, offrant ainsi l'occasion idéale d'améliorer vos connaissances littéraires en un rien de temps. Ce guide de lecture pratique propose un résumé et une analyse complets de La servante écarlate de Margaret Atwood. Il fournit une exploration approfondie de l'intrigue, des personnages et des principaux thèmes du roman, ainsi qu'une introduction utile aux procédés narratifs utilisés par Atwood et à la question du genre. Le style clair et concis facilite la compréhension, offrant ainsi l'occasion idéale d'améliorer vos connaissances littéraires en un rien de temps.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Georgina Murphy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : LePetitLitteraire.fr (new), 2023<br />29 pages<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1905364&CF=BIB Modern Fiction. Led by Margaret Atwood, a star-studded cast create a dazzling, heartwarming response to the darkness cast by the pandemic. Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the pandemic, Fourteen Days is a dazzling, heartwarming novel with an unusual twist, each character has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice, from Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston to Dave Eggers and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants, some of whom have barely spoken to each other, become real neighbours. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editor Margaret Atwood, Authors Guild president Douglas Preston, and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn't get away from the city when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming collection, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger. Modern Fiction. Led by Margaret Atwood, a star-studded cast create a dazzling, heartwarming response to the darkness cast by the pandemic. Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the pandemic, Fourteen Days is a dazzling, heartwarming novel with an unusual twist, each character has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice, from Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston to Dave Eggers and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants, some of whom have barely spoken to each other, become real neighbours. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editor Margaret Atwood, Authors Guild president Douglas Preston, and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn't get away from the city when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming collection, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Great Britain : Vintage Arrow - Mass Market (UBD), 2023.<br />336 p. ; 24 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Spearwood Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - On Order - On order (Set: 22 Aug 2023)<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1927087&CF=BIB June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead's influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise in power. June, Luke and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah. June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead's influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise in power. June, Luke and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Roadshow Entertainment, [2023]<br />3 DVD-videos (approximately 486 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.<br />The Handmaid's tale<br /><br />Spearwood Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - DVD MA15+ - Restricted - F HAN - Available - L10302661462<br />Success Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - DVD MA15+ - Restricted - F HAN - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - L10302625563<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1773825&CF=BIB '1984', de George Orwell, se ha convertido en un relato definitorio del mundo moderno. Su influencia cultural puede observarse en algunas de las creaciones más notables de los últimos setenta años, desde 'El cuento de la criada' de Margaret Atwood hasta el hito televisivo Gran Hermano, mientras que ideas como "policía del pensamiento", "doblepensamiento" y "Newspeak" están arraigadas en nuestro lenguaje. 'El Ministerio de la Verdad' traza la vida de uno de los libros más influyentes del siglo XX y una obra que es cada vez más relevante en esta tumultuosa era de "noticias falsas" y "hechos alternativos". Dorian Lynskey investiga las influencias que confluyeron en la escritura de 1984, desde las experiencias de Orwell en la Guerra Civil española y en el Londres de la guerra hasta su fascinación por la ficción utópica y distópica. Lynskey explora el fenómeno en que se convirtió la novela cuando se publicó por primera vez en 1949 y las formas cambiantes en que se ha leído desde entonces, r... '1984', de George Orwell, se ha convertido en un relato definitorio del mundo moderno. Su influencia cultural puede observarse en algunas de las creaciones más notables de los últimos setenta años, desde 'El cuento de la criada' de Margaret Atwood hasta el hito televisivo Gran Hermano, mientras que ideas como "policía del pensamiento", "doblepensamiento" y "Newspeak" están arraigadas en nuestro lenguaje. 'El Ministerio de la Verdad' traza la vida de uno de los libros más influyentes del siglo XX y una obra que es cada vez más relevante en esta tumultuosa era de "noticias falsas" y "hechos alternativos". Dorian Lynskey investiga las influencias que confluyeron en la escritura de 1984, desde las experiencias de Orwell en la Guerra Civil española y en el Londres de la guerra hasta su fascinación por la ficción utópica y distópica. Lynskey explora el fenómeno en que se convirtió la novela cuando se publicó por primera vez en 1949 y las formas cambiantes en que se ha leído desde entonces, r...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dorian Lynskey<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : BookaVivo, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file) (16h 15m 0s)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - Audio Books - Downloadable - hoopla - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1794144&CF=BIB Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world.These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as Second World War parade swords.They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love – and what comes after.The glorious range of Atwood’s creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate. Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world.These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as Second World War parade swords.They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love – and what comes after.The glorious range of Atwood’s creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Atwood, Margaret<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda audio, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - Audio Books - Downloadable - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1790091&CF=BIB "Blaise is probably the greatest living Canadian writer most Canadians have never heard of." -Quill & Quire "If you want to understand something about what life was like in the restless, peripatetic, striving, anxiety-ridden, shimmer cultural soup of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries," writes Margaret Atwood, "read the stories of Clark Blaise." This Time, That Place draws together twenty-four stories that span the entirety of Blaise's career, including one never previously published. Moving swiftly across place and time, through and between languages-from Florida's Confederate swamps, to working-class Pittsburgh, to Montreal and abroad-they demonstrate Blaise's profound mastery of the short story and reveal the range of his lifelong preoccupation with identity as fallacy, fable, and dream. This Time, That Place: Selected Stories confirms Clark Blaise as one of the best and most enduring masters of the form-on either side of our shared borders. "Blaise is probably the greatest living Canadian writer most Canadians have never heard of." -Quill & Quire "If you want to understand something about what life was like in the restless, peripatetic, striving, anxiety-ridden, shimmer cultural soup of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries," writes Margaret Atwood, "read the stories of Clark Blaise." This Time, That Place draws together twenty-four stories that span the entirety of Blaise's career, including one never previously published. Moving swiftly across place and time, through and between languages-from Florida's Confederate swamps, to working-class Pittsburgh, to Montreal and abroad-they demonstrate Blaise's profound mastery of the short story and reveal the range of his lifelong preoccupation with identity as fallacy, fable, and dream. This Time, That Place: Selected Stories confirms Clark Blaise as one of the best and most enduring masters of the form-on either side of our shared borders.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Clark Blaise<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Biblioasis, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Reset (Biblioasis)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1750834&CF=BIB Detrás de la cultura, de la emoción e intensidad vital que suscita, solo hay personas con su nombre de pila, su lugar de nacimiento y sus gustos para el tiempo libre. Son las extraordinarias obras que han creado y el reconocimiento que han obtenido lo que las aleja de los demás mortales. Esas personas especiales son los verdaderos protagonistas de este libro que, además de funcionar como guía y prescriptor –no en vano Sergio Vila-Sanjuán es uno de los periodistas culturales más destacados del país–, las hace accesibles. De su mano nos acercamos a ellas, conversamos, alcanzamos algún secreto o algún detalle suculento, y se nos permite vislumbrar la cueva donde, como dice uno de los protagonistas, se convierte "la realidad más prosaica en fantasía". Escritores (Margaret Atwood, Gabriel García Márquez, Susan Sontag, Arturo Pérez-Reverte o Mario Vargas Llosa, en su faceta teatral), periodistas (Tom Wolfe, Ryszard Kapuscinski...), pintores (Miquel Barceló, Joan Ponç...) y figuras de otras d... Detrás de la cultura, de la emoción e intensidad vital que suscita, solo hay personas con su nombre de pila, su lugar de nacimiento y sus gustos para el tiempo libre. Son las extraordinarias obras que han creado y el reconocimiento que han obtenido lo que las aleja de los demás mortales. Esas personas especiales son los verdaderos protagonistas de este libro que, además de funcionar como guía y prescriptor –no en vano Sergio Vila-Sanjuán es uno de los periodistas culturales más destacados del país–, las hace accesibles. De su mano nos acercamos a ellas, conversamos, alcanzamos algún secreto o algún detalle suculento, y se nos permite vislumbrar la cueva donde, como dice uno de los protagonistas, se convierte "la realidad más prosaica en fantasía". Escritores (Margaret Atwood, Gabriel García Márquez, Susan Sontag, Arturo Pérez-Reverte o Mario Vargas Llosa, en su faceta teatral), periodistas (Tom Wolfe, Ryszard Kapuscinski...), pintores (Miquel Barceló, Joan Ponç...) y figuras de otras d...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sergio Vila-Sanjuán<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Libros de Vanguardia, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1472563&CF=BIB With fairy tale-like stories about Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier, and Rachel Carson, Rebel Girls Climate Warriors: 25 Tales of Environmental Allies spotlights the world-changing work of women on the frontlines of the fight for climate justice. Meet conservationists, activists, water protectors, philanthropists, authors, and other women from all over the world, who have stood up to polluters and used their amazing talents to protect the planet. Climate Warriors is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. Join Greta Thunberg for a climate strike. Plant a tree with Wangari Maathai. Stand with water protector Autumn Peltier. And turn trash into profits and independence with Isatou Ceesay. Rebel Girls Climate Warriors tells the stories of the ingenuity and commitment of these women and more, including Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, Nigerian activist Esohe Ozigbo, Indigenous Ecuadorian leader Nemonte Nenquimo, and Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom... With fairy tale-like stories about Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier, and Rachel Carson, Rebel Girls Climate Warriors: 25 Tales of Environmental Allies spotlights the world-changing work of women on the frontlines of the fight for climate justice. Meet conservationists, activists, water protectors, philanthropists, authors, and other women from all over the world, who have stood up to polluters and used their amazing talents to protect the planet. Climate Warriors is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. Join Greta Thunberg for a climate strike. Plant a tree with Wangari Maathai. Stand with water protector Autumn Peltier. And turn trash into profits and independence with Isatou Ceesay. Rebel Girls Climate Warriors tells the stories of the ingenuity and commitment of these women and more, including Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, Nigerian activist Esohe Ozigbo, Indigenous Ecuadorian leader Nemonte Nenquimo, and Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rebel Girls<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Rebel Girls, 2022<br />64 pages<br />Rebel Girls Minis<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1601519&CF=BIB After losing her college scholarship, Arden Firth-with the help of Justin Kirish, a law student with a mysterious past-becomes the reluctant leader of a movement to ban corporations. South Dakota Ballot Initiative 99 is Arden's last hope to save her grandmother's farm from foreclosure, but as the movement grows, shadowy forces conspire to quash it, and Arden sees "99" begin to spiral out of her control. A novel charting the intersection between idealism, extremism, and forgiveness, fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood will love The Third Way-the story of a young woman struggling with her own demons while trying to articulate a vision that could change the world. After losing her college scholarship, Arden Firth-with the help of Justin Kirish, a law student with a mysterious past-becomes the reluctant leader of a movement to ban corporations. South Dakota Ballot Initiative 99 is Arden's last hope to save her grandmother's farm from foreclosure, but as the movement grows, shadowy forces conspire to quash it, and Arden sees "99" begin to spiral out of her control. A novel charting the intersection between idealism, extremism, and forgiveness, fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood will love The Third Way-the story of a young woman struggling with her own demons while trying to articulate a vision that could change the world.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Aimee Hoben<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : She Writes Press, 2022<br />312 pages<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1608116&CF=BIB "A wonderful Young Adult debut that has Margaret Atwood undertones." - Efthalia, author of the Phi Athanatoi Series The Culling took the life of every single man on earth. The surviving women believed that man had been erased from the face of the earth for a reason, and they lived in continuous fear of his return. Jasira lives in The Border, one of the two remaining cities in the world. At the age of twenty-one, every woman must undergo the Procedure, a modern method of pregnancy. However, only female children can be born through the Procedure. When Jasira gives birth in an isolated cave outside the city, she realises her baby is different. Her baby is the first male child born in over two hundred years. Seven years after the boy's birth, Jasira moves to the only other city left in the world, Monday, with a long-time friend and oracle, Prianaj. Like every mother, Jasira stops at nothing to protect her child. Along the way, she discovers dangerous secrets about the people closest to her... "A wonderful Young Adult debut that has Margaret Atwood undertones." - Efthalia, author of the Phi Athanatoi Series The Culling took the life of every single man on earth. The surviving women believed that man had been erased from the face of the earth for a reason, and they lived in continuous fear of his return. Jasira lives in The Border, one of the two remaining cities in the world. At the age of twenty-one, every woman must undergo the Procedure, a modern method of pregnancy. However, only female children can be born through the Procedure. When Jasira gives birth in an isolated cave outside the city, she realises her baby is different. Her baby is the first male child born in over two hundred years. Seven years after the boy's birth, Jasira moves to the only other city left in the world, Monday, with a long-time friend and oracle, Prianaj. Like every mother, Jasira stops at nothing to protect her child. Along the way, she discovers dangerous secrets about the people closest to her...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>G. A. John<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Silasta Press, 2022<br />208 pages<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - hoopla - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1629982&CF=BIB An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek "I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time." So writes Sumana Roy at the start of How I Became a Tree, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. Drawn to trees' wisdom, their nonviolent way of being, their ability to cope with loneliness and pain, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through their engagement with trees-from Rabindranath Tagore to Tomas Tranströmer, Ovid to Octavio Paz, William Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood. Her stunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves. Hailed upon its original publication in India as "a lo... An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek "I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time." So writes Sumana Roy at the start of How I Became a Tree, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. Drawn to trees' wisdom, their nonviolent way of being, their ability to cope with loneliness and pain, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through their engagement with trees-from Rabindranath Tagore to Tomas Tranströmer, Ovid to Octavio Paz, William Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood. Her stunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves. Hailed upon its original publication in India as "a lo...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sumana Roy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 audio file) (8h 57m 0s)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - Audio Books - Downloadable - hoopla - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1858628&CF=BIB NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE Samuel has lived alone for a long time; one morning he finds the sea has brought someone to offer companionship and to threaten his solitude… An intense and powerful novel about guilt and fear, friendship and rejection; about the meaning of home. "A gripping, terrifying and unforgettable story." ELLEKE BOEHMER "...a moving, transfixing novel of loss, political upheaval, history, identity, all rendered in majestic and extraordinary prose." BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES "Karen Jennings...is showing all the signs that she is destined for the kind of greatness achieved by Margaret Atwood, Nadine Gordimer or Jeanette Winterson..." KARINA MAGDALENA, Cape Times NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE Samuel has lived alone for a long time; one morning he finds the sea has brought someone to offer companionship and to threaten his solitude… An intense and powerful novel about guilt and fear, friendship and rejection; about the meaning of home. "A gripping, terrifying and unforgettable story." ELLEKE BOEHMER "...a moving, transfixing novel of loss, political upheaval, history, identity, all rendered in majestic and extraordinary prose." BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES "Karen Jennings...is showing all the signs that she is destined for the kind of greatness achieved by Margaret Atwood, Nadine Gordimer or Jeanette Winterson..." KARINA MAGDALENA, Cape Times<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jennings, Karen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Clipper Audiobooks, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 audio file) (5h 25m 0s)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - Audio Books - Downloadable - hoopla - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2003829&CF=BIB ** Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 ** In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. 'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter 'Beautiful and moving' - Neil Gaiman via Twitter 'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.' Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can – and Medusa is changed forever. Writhing snakes replace her hair, and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. The power cannot be controlled: Medusa can look at nothing without destroy... ** Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 ** In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. 'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter 'Beautiful and moving' - Neil Gaiman via Twitter 'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.' Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can – and Medusa is changed forever. Writhing snakes replace her hair, and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. The power cannot be controlled: Medusa can look at nothing without destroy...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Haynes, Natalie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 audio file) (8h 41m 0s)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - Audio Books - Downloadable - hoopla - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=588608&CF=BIB Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? In over 50 pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom, from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe. Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? In over 50 pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom, from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Atwood, Margaret, 1939-<br />Large print edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Random House Large Print, [2022]<br />750 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Spearwood Library - (Cockburn Libraries) - Large Print Non Fiction - 814.54 ATW - Onloan - Due: 29 Apr 2024 - 31111082795095<br /> https://cockburnlibrary.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=590504&CF=BIB Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian's evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian's family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise.When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . .Silverview is the mesmerising story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In this last complete masterwork from the greatest chronicler of our age, John le Carré asks what you owe to your country when you no longer recognise it.'The finest, wisest storyteller' Richard Osman 'A towering writer' Margaret Atwood 'A literary giant' Stephen King Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian's evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian's family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise.When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . .Silverview is the mesmerising story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In this last complete masterwork from the greatest chronicler of our age, John le Carré asks what you owe to your country when you no longer recognise it.'The finest, wisest storyteller' Richard Osman 'A towering writer' Margaret Atwood 'A literary giant' Stephen King<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Le Carré, John, 1931-2020<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online - (Cockburn Libraries) - eBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br />