World Literature

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....

India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....

The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine, edited by Refaat Alareer, is a compelling collection of short stories from 15 young writers in Gaza....

R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels....

For two decades Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered....

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread....

Inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada - only to face accusations of terrorism....

In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....

Questa non è una storia d'amore, ma parla d'amore... Una fredda mattina del 1995, Sam Masur scende dalla metropolitana e, tra la folla che si accalca...

Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations....

Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story....

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

For some fifty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned again and again to his celebrated themes: dreams, duels, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gauchos, knife fighters, tigers, and the elusive nature of identity itself....

Ein universeller Roman über Genuss, Lebenskunst und die Geschichte einer weiblichen Befreiung. Für alle LeserInnen von Han Kangs...

BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work....

From victims to victims to victors, this collection of stories contains intricate details of 13 women who went on to leave their permanent mark on the face of the Mumbai Mafiosi....

In her long-awaited new novel, Lee explores with devastating poignancy the emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in the same small expat community in Hong Kong....

Dr. Bashir Badra is considered an Urdu poet of such stature, who has not only transcended into his readers' hearts and minds through the fame of his published couplets but also into the literary hall of fame of well-received Urdu poets....

Rakhi, a young painter and single mother, is struggling to come to terms with her relationship with ex-husband Sonny, a hip Bay Area DJ, and with her dreamteller mother....

Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community....

For fans of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and My Brilliant Friend, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community....

Ein außergewöhnlicher Generationenroman über drei Frauen am Stettiner Haff, die gegen Unrecht aufbegehren. 1936 wird die 14-jährige Gine zum Landjahr ans Stettiner Haff geschickt, wo endlose Weite Hoffnung verspricht und salzige Böden die Geheimnisse der Menschen hüten. Als sich dort ein Mann an Gine vergeht, schwört das Mädchen Rache und ahnt nicht, wie sehr es damit den Lauf der Zeit beeinflussen wird. Jahrzehnte später zieht sich die überarbeitete Berliner Ärztin Nina in die endlosen Weiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns zurück und macht einen erschreckenden Fund.

Гранатовый браслет - одно из самых поэтичных и трогательных художественных произведений русской литературы. В этой трагической истории безответной любви мелкого чиновника к замужней женщине ее создатель, Александр Куприн, предстал перед читателем как мастер создания психологического портрета и передачи тонких душевных нюансов.

Христианство оказало глубокое воздействие на мировую литературу, поэтому во многих произведениях нашли свое художественное воплощение и события Священного Писания, и память о них — церковные праздники. Так, литературное значение Рождества давно признано и писателями, и читателями: существует даже жанр «рождественского или святочного рассказа». А вот Пасха как главный православный праздник получала художественное развитие преимущественно в русской литературе.

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Über die Verbundenheit zu einer Insel, die alles überdauert. Zwischen Austernfischern und Regenpfeifern ist Nanning zu Hause: Amrum, die wilde Nordseeinsel mit ihren Sandbänken und den leuchtenden Heidekrautfeldern ist alles, was er kennt. Doch der Krieg geht auch an der kleinen Inselgemeinde nicht spurlos vorbei. Lebensmittel sind knapp, und solange der Vater nicht bei ihnen ist, muss Nanning sich um die hochschwangere Mutter und seine kleinen Geschwister kümmern.

Sur le sable d'une plage hongkongaise, une main soulève des draps. La jeune Anh, 16 ans, reconnaît ses parents et quatre de ses frères et soeurs, noyés. Anh et ses deux frères, Thanh et Minh, sont désormais seuls au monde. Il y a quelques mois à peine, ils étaient encore une famille. Une famille obligée de fuir le Vietnam après le départ des dernières troupes américaines.

Jackie Kay’s new collection is a lyric counterpart to her memoir, Red Dust Road, the extraordinary story of the search for her Nigerian and Highland birth-parents; but it is also a moving book in its own right, and a deep enquiry into all forms of human friendship. Fiere – Scots for ‘companion, friend, equal’ – is a vivid description of the many paths our lives take, and of how those journeys are made meaningful by our companions on the road: lovers, friends, parents, children, mentors – as well as all the remarkable and chance acquaintances we would not otherwise have made.

May Day is the long-awaited collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay. As the title suggests, these poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Kay’s childhood, accompanying her parents’ Socialist campaigns, through the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, up to the present day when a global pandemic intersects with the urgency of Black Lives Matter.

Pssssst! Hey, You, Yes…YOUR Generation (whichever that may be). Are you looking for Saccharin love sonnets? Maudlin two-line musings? Droning co-opted hip hop lyrics? You won't find that here....

An elderly Blackfeet warrior tells the story of his youth, when his tribe owned and lived free on the great plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. During those days of freedom and plenty, they hunted the vast herds of buffalo, worshipped their ancient gods, and sought glory in war parties against their traditional tribal enemies. In order to achieve his adulthood in the tribe, Little Otter must face the dangerous vision quest to find his sacred helper and then risk death as a member of a daring war party. Most of all, though, Little Otter wants to become a Sun priest.

Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over a consonant.

Zwei Meisterwerke des großen russischen Realisten. In Der Schneesturm nimmt Tolstoi die Leserinnen und Leser mit auf eine Irrfahrt durch eine lebensfeindliche Umwelt: Eine Gruppe von Männern versucht, mit Pferdeschlitten durch einen Schneesturm hindurch an ihr Ziel zu gelangen und verliert dabei die Orientierung. Wie mit einem Brennglas entwirft Tolstoi Psychogramme der handelnden Figuren und beschreibt - nicht ohne eine Prise Humor – ihr Verhalten im Angesicht latenter Lebensgefahr durch die übermächtige Natur.

El año en que la democracia se perdió, una mujer lo dejó todo para impedirlo. Mientras Alfonso maneja hacia Tixtla donde agoniza Ubalda, una maestra rural y luchadora social, recuerda el momento en que la conoció, así como los acontecimientos políticos y sociales que sacudieron la vida democrática de México en los años ochenta y que, inevitablemente, terminaron marcando la historia de ella: el abandono de su hija, la desaparición forzada de su esposo, y su doloroso exilio.

In fuga dalla schiavitù, il viaggio di una madre alla ricerca dei figli e della libertà. "È questa la libertà?" si chiede Rachel, mentre corre in una foresta immersa nel buio, sola, atterrita, esausta. Sta scappando dalla piantagione in cui ha trascorso tutta la sua esistenza, da un lavoro sfibrante, da un padrone brutale. Lo stesso padrone che, quella mattina del 1834, ha annunciato la fine della schiavitù, per poi aggiungere che tutti loro avrebbero dovuto prestare servizio come apprendisti per altri sei anni. Una beffa atroce. In quell'istante, qualcosa in Rachel si è spezzato.

In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants-and the fragility of citizenship-are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago.