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In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances with her mother, and a woman with a terminal illness contemplates her exit. Filled with the sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language Moore has become famous for, these nine glittering tales marked the introduction of an extravagantly gifted writer.

More than a hundred years into the future, as the US approaches its 400th anniversary, Tomas, a young graduate student, searches for the real identity of one of the cyborgs that maintained American homes. He has been haunted for years by an audio clip of a cyborg named Felipe and is intent on writing Felipe’s biography. In the clip, Felipe can only recite that he was made in America, but Tomas must find out: Where was the Self-made Man really from?

What if a single day could strip away every comforting illusion? In “Revelations” by Katherine Mansfield, a woman’s carefully constructed sense of self is quietly undone as she moves through a series of encounters that force her to confront truths she would rather avoid. Set against the routines of social obligation and polite interaction, the story follows an emotional shift that unfolds not through dramatic action, but through subtle perception and inward reckoning.

“A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and to be considered) an American.""...

Что вы представляете, когда речь заходит об уюте? Может быть, чашку чая или осенний парк? В книге Счастье на ладони. Душевные истории о самом важном собраны удивительные рассказы о том, что касается каждого из нас, – любви, доброте и чуде. Городские зарисовки, первая любовь, дружба – каждый читатель найдет свой уют. Ольга Брюс – автор популярного блога на Дзене, чьи истории вселили любовь и радость уже в тысячи сердец! Входит в топ-20 самых популярных авторов Дзена!

Una poderosa exploración del dolor y la resiliencia después de la pérdida Cada quien lidia con el duelo a su manera: Helen Macdonald halló consuelo al entrenar a un halcón salvaje; Cheryl Strayed encontró fuerza en una caminata a través de Estados Unidos, mientras que Carol Smith, periodista nominada al Premio Pulitzer y autora de este libro, afrontó la muerte de su hijo pequeño entregándose a su trabajo.

Striking in their emotional immediacy, the stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self are based in a world where inequality is reality but where the insecurities of adolescence and young adulthood, and the tensions within family and the community, are sometimes the biggest complicating forces in one's sense of identity and the choices one makes.

Das Leben ist voller Möglichkeiten. Bist du bereit, sie zu entdecken? Dieses Buch ist eine Schatztruhe gefüllt mit inspirierenden Erzählungen, die dir neue Perspektiven eröffnen. Jede der 52 Kurzgeschichten ist ein kleines Meisterwerk voller Wahrheit und Weisheit . Sie laden dich ein, die Türen zu den unzähligen Chancen des Lebens zu öffnen und sie mit offenen Armen zu empfangen. Was alle Geschichten gemeinsam haben? Sie sind wohlwollend und tun gut.