Showing results for "Heidi" in World Literature

For five years Ashira Wernick has thrown herself into the company her mother built, continuing her work as a matchmaker in the Orthodox Jewish community. But when a small (read: huge) faux pas lands her in hot water with one of the most powerful families in Brooklyn, Ashira's future starts to look a little shaky. Now, her only hope of saving her mother's legacy is to make the match of the century and she has just the person in mind: New York City's most eligible (and eternally single) bachelor, Caleb Kahn.

This Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play is the tale of a baby-boomer's long hard road from 1960s confusion to 1990s self-made woman...or so she hopes.

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds, and series editor Heidi Pitlor. “There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now,” proclaims guest editor...

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. “Without stories, we cannot live well,” shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short...

“To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,” recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. “They were windows into emotions I had and hadn’t had, into other settings and...

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands...

The daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I., Rachel survives a family tragedy only to face new challenges. Sent to live with her strict African-American grandmother in a racially divided Northwest city, she must suppress her grief and reinvent herself in a mostly black community. A beauty with light brown skin and blue eyes, she attracts much attention in her new home. The world wants to see her as either black or white, but that's not how she sees herself.

Die Titelnovelle "Die nutzlose Schönheit" berichtet von der schönen Gräfin Mascaret und ihrer Ehe mit dem eifersüchtigen Gatten. Alle Geschichten schildern Menschen, die von ihrer Vergangenheit, von jugendlichen Wirren und Fehltritten eingeholt werden, berichten von erotischen Dreiecksbeziehungen, gescheiterten Ehen und fehlgeleiteten Trieben. Die letzten und schönsten Erzählungen des großen französischen Realisten.

Bangkok, 1974. Den 22-årige Alexa Wu arbejder som gogodanser, mens hun drømmer om at blive topmodel og rejse verden rundt. Hun har trodset sine konservative forældre i New York og lever et selvstændigt liv med skiftende elskere og løsslupne fester i den lyserøde villa. The Hamptons, 1995. Eks-model Alexa Wu har inviteret sine ungdomsvenner på besøg. De skal spise middag og genoplive gamle minder fra diskotidens Bangkok. Tror de. For hvad skete der egentlig dengang i halvfjerdserne, hvor kærligheden var fri? Alle er nysgerrige efter at høre sandheden om Alexa Wu og hendes elskere...

New York, 1984. Topmodel Alexa Wu besøger den eksklusive natklub Studio 54 og mindes sine unge dage i det pulserende Bangkok. Det bliver dog ikke ved minderne – for pludselig dukker hendes store kærlighed fra dengang også op. De er begge gift, men alligevel har de svært ved at holde sig fra hinanden. The Hamptons, 1995. Alexa har samlet sine ungdomsvenner fra Bangkok, og nu ankommer den sidste gæst. Et strømsvigt og et afslørende brev vender alt på hovedet. Er Alexa og hendes gæster klar til at høre sandheden? Og kan kærligheden spire igen, når alle løgnene er kommet frem?

Bangkok, 1975. Alexa Wu er topmodel og har rejst til alle de vigtige modebyer verden over. Nu vender hun tilbage til Bangkok, og i lufthavnen står en ganske særlig mand klar til at hente hende. Han har ikke kunnet glemme hende efter deres møde i den lyserøde villa – og nu skal de bo under samme tag i det store hus. The Hamptons, 1995. Alexa har samlet sine venner fra ungdommens Bangkok, og nu begynder hemmelighederne at blive afsløret. Hvem er Alexas store kærlighed? Og hvem er egentlig far til June, hendes attenårige datter?

A comedy-drama about the good-hearted workers at North Shore Fish, a seafood processing plant in Gloucester, Massachusetts. When a government inspector lays down the law, their jobs and lives face irrevocable changes. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Kristin Ace, Karen Caplan, Laura Sigrid Crook, Heidi J. Dallin, John Fiore, Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary Klug, Marina Re and M.H. Rogers. Directed by Grey Johnson. Recorded before a live audience in March 1993.

A scathing examination of a wealthy Southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina’s brothers have inherited their father’s wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless guile to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future.