Written in 1935 at the height of Czech Surrealism but not published until 1945, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a bizarre erotic fantasy of a young girl's maturation into womanhood. Drawing on Matthew Lewis's The Monk, Sade's Justine, K.H....
In TO TRY MEN'S SOULS, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen cast a new light on the year 1776 and the man who would become the father of our nation, George Washington. CRUCIBLE OF VICTORY picks up the narrative a year after Washington's triumphant...
From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia! — a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize — a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell’s gifts at their inimitable best.
A dejected teenager discovers that...
The three novellas collected in Van Gogh's Room at Arles demonstrate once again Stanley Elkin's mastery of the English language, with exuberant rants on almost every page, unexpected plot twists, and jokes that leave readers torn between laughter...
ШЕЛЛЕР, Александр Константинович, псевдоним — А. Михайлов (30.VII(11.VIII).1838, Петербург — 21.XI(4.XII). 1900, там же) — прозаик, поэт. Отец — родом из...