biblioasis apr 2021 (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An NPR Best Book of 2021New and selected fiction, over half in English for the first time, from the winner of the 2014 Neustadt Prize.Known internationally for his novels, Neustadt Prize-winner Mia Couto first became famous for his short stories. Sea Loves Me includes sixty-four of his best, thirty-six of which appear in English for the first time. Covering the entire arc of Couto's career, this collection displays the Mozambican author's inventiveness, sensitivity, and social range with greater richness than any previous collection-from early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism; to magical tales of rural Africa; to contemporary fables of the fluidity of race and gender, environmental disaster, and the clash between the countryside and the city. The title novella, long acclaimed as one of Couto's best works but never before available in English, caps this collection with the lyrical story of a search for a lost father that leads unexpectedly to love.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Finalist for the 2022 Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry Shortlisted for the 2023 E.J. Pratt Family Poetry AwardSet against the backdrop of a post-moratorium St. John's, Newfoundland,The Debtexplores tensions between tradition and innovation, and between past and present in a province unmoored by loss and grief.The Debtis about development and change, idleness and activism, ecological stewardship, feminism, motherhood, the personal and the political. It is also about resistanceagainst the encroaching forces of greed and capitalism, even against the accumulated notions of the self. The poems are an argument for community and connection in an age increasingly associated with isolation of the individual.The Debtexplores the dues we all owe: to nature, to those who came before us, and to one another.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the Speaker's Book Award Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book"You have taken our civil rightswe want our human rights."On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston Penitentiary and seized control, making headlines around the world. For four intense days, the prisoners held the guards hostage while their leaders negotiated with a citizens' committee of journalists and lawyers, drawing attention to the dehumanizing realities of their incarceration, including overcrowding, harsh punishment and extreme isolation. But when another group of convicts turned their pent-up rage towards some of the weakest prisoners, tensions inside the old stone walls erupted, with tragic consequences. As heavily armed soldiers prepared to regain control of the prison through a full military assault, the inmates were finally forced to surrender.Murder on the Inside tells the harrowing story of a prison in crisis against the backdrop of a pivotal moment in the history of human rights. Occurring just months before the uprising at Attica Prison, the Kingston riot has remained largely undocumented, and few have known the detailsyet the tense drama chronicled here is more relevant today than ever. A gripping account of the standoff and the efforts for justice and reform it inspired, Murder on the Inside is essential reading for our times.Includes 24 pages of photographs.