Barbara H. Solomon Knihy

This stunning collection of 28 stories brings readers a literary portrait of the American family from 1894 to today. A collection of works that captures the essence of American families from living together and apart to loving and letting go.Regret / Kate Chopin --The lombardy poplar / Mary Wilkins Freeman --The widow's might / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --Old Rogaum and his Theresa / Theodore Dreiser --The sorrows of gin / John Cheever --I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --Simple and Counsin F.D. Roosevelt Brown / Langston Hughes --The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --My Coney Island uncle / Harvey Swados --My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --Final dwarf / Henry Roth --And Sarah laughed / Joanne Greenberg --Wedding day / Roberta Silman --The legacy of Beau Kremel / Stephen Wolf --Kiswana Brown / Gloria Naylor --Tuesdays / Mary Hedin --Afloat / Ann Beattie --Winterblossom garden / David Low --Old things / Bobbie Ann Mason --Starlight / Marian Thurm --The writer in the family / E.L. Doctorow --The rich brother / Tobias Wolff --My legacy / Don Zacharia --Violation / Mary Gordon --Appropriate affect / Sue Miller --What I did for love / Lynne Sharon Schwartz --Still of some use / John Updike --Elephant / Raymond Carver

Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters struggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disintegrating relationships. Reflecting a continent with a tragic history, An African Quilt depicts a place where even everyday life is extraordinary, and the continent’s history changes what it means to be a woman, an employee, a couple, a passerby, and, of course, a citizen. Revealed through the backdrop of postcolonial Africa, the struggles within these stories resonate beyond their context and appeal to every reader’s sense of what it means to be human. With Stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nadine Gordimer (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Bessie Head, Doris Lessing (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Others

At the turn of the century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a celebrity—acclaimed as a leader in the feminist movement and castigated for her divorce, her relinquishment of custody of her daughter, and her unconventional second marriage. She was also widely read, with stories in popular magazines and with dozens of books in print. But her most famous short story, the intensely personal "The Yellow Wallpaper," read as a horror story when first published in 1891 and lapsed into obscurity before being rediscovered and reinterpreted by feminist scholars in the 1970s, and her landmark feminist utopian novel, Herland, remained unavailable for more than sixty years.Herland --The unexpected --My poor aunt --The yellow wallpaper --Three Thanksgivings --Her housekeeper --When I was a witch --Martha's mother --The boys and the butter --Making a living --Old Mrs. Crosley --Turned --Making a change --A mischievous rudiment --Mrs. Elder's idea --Her beauty --If I were a man --Spoken to --Dr. Clair's place --Joan's defender --Mrs. Beazley's deeds

Psychologický román, jehož děj je situován do americké vyšší jižanské společnosti konce 19. století. Hrdinka, matka dvou dětí, žije poklidný život dobře zaopatřené kreolské dámy. Tradičně tráví léto v přímořském letovisku v uzavřené společnosti sobě rovných. Zdánlivě nezávazné citové sblížení s mladým mužem Robertem se stane impulsem k vlastnímu sebepoznávání. Musí si připustit, že její dosavadní život neodpovídá jejímu vnitřnímu založení: milující manžel, poskytující materiální blahobyt výměnou za slepou poslušnost, dvě děti, které ji zotročují. Hrdinka se vnitřně vzbouří a pokouší se všem konvencím navzdory najít sama sebe – oprostí se od společenských závazků (manžel je shovívavý a považuje to za pouhý ženský vrtoch), odešle děti na venkov k milující babičce, usilovně se věnuje malířské zálibě a najme si malý domek, kde hodlá završit své osvobození.

They are the fearful images that have stalked humanity’s nightmares for centuries, supernatural creatures that feast on flesh and haunt the soul, macabre and uncanny beings that frighten and fascinate the imagination. Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts collects classic stories from literary masters inspired by folklore and mythology who dared to explore the darker side of human nature and crafted tales that defied convention, stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that has endured for generations. With stories by Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Anne Sexton, Oscar Wilde, Yvonne Navarro, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Angela Carter, and others…