![]() ![]() ![]() Wanting desperately to be successful and well liked, Willy had fallen victim to the false values of society and cannot cope with his failure or that of Biff, once a high-school football hero, now moody and jobless. ![]() Play by Arthur Miller, produced and published in 1949, won a Pulitzer Prize.Willy Loman, a bewildered, well-intentioned, unsuccessful traveling salesman aged 63, is pleased by the return home for a visit of his sons Biff and Happy, but they are upset by his peculiar behavior and hallucinatory conversations with figures of a happier past, and they worry about the effect on Linda, their compassionate mother, who loves her husband and recognizes that his actions stem from the disparity of his “massive dreams” and a disappointing reality. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single entry from a reference work in OR for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice).ĭate: Death of a Salesman, Source: The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature Author(s): James D. PRINTED FROM OXFORD REFERENCE ((c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2023. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The story is about kids who turn out to be clones. I really liked reading this adventure novel. On a breakneck journey from Jackson Hole to a maximum security prison-Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik will stop at nothing to take Project Osiris down. I just finished reading the book Masterminds: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman (the second Masterminds book). Hammerstrom-and trapped in Serenity for good. ![]() ![]() And the wrong move could send them right back into the arms of Dr. But the outside world isn’t exactly what they expected-strangers aren’t just unfriendly, they’re dangerous. What they discover will change everything, leading them straight into the Plastic Works and the heart of the experiment, in order to uncover the deadly criminals they’re cloned from-and any evidence that will convince the outside world to believe the truth. Evading capture by breaking laws and sneaking into houses, hotels, buses, and cars-are they becoming the criminals they were destined to be? ![]() They decide to track down Tamara Dunleavy, the mysterious billionaire and founder of Project Osiris. After their narrow escape from their “perfect” hometown, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik are finally in the real world and determined to expose the leaders of Serenity. The clones of Project Osiris are free-but they’re being hunted. The second book in the acclaimed, action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. "A terrific page-turner, full of unexpected twists and revelations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The title No Longer Human refers to when an individual no longer deserves to be treated as a person. Having tried to commit suicide five times, Osamu Dazai is known for his brilliant portrayal of suffering. While Japanese literature is quite different from English fiction, it’s just as appealing, and to get you started, we’re sharing some of our favourite books by Japanese authors. Japanese authors are known for their melancholic writing style, as well as the suppressive nature of the fictional characters they create. We love browsing the best bookstores in the city and reading everything from graphic novels to literature by Chinese authors. Osamu Dazai (Photography: Osamu Dazai via Facebook) These classic books by Japanese authors are definitely worth making a cup of tea and getting comfortable for ![]() ![]() ![]() “ An epic, action-packed tale of love, revenge, and betrayal.” - Jennifer Estep, New York Times bestselling author of Kill the Queen And as her feelings for Aren transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save… and which kingdom she’ll destroy. ![]() ![]() Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. So when she’s sent as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara’s homeland. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. Ī warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. What if you fell in love with the one person you’d sworn to destroy? Passionate and violent, THE BRIDGE KINGDOM is a seductive fantasy perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses. ![]() ![]() ![]() When a destitute young woman hires Royce and Hadrian to help save her remote village from nocturnal attacks, they are once more drawn into the schemes of the wizard Esrahaddon. Avempartha is the second of a six book series entitled the Riyria Revelations. Sentenced to death, they have only one way out.and so begins this tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to murder the king. There is no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Crown Conspiracy is the first book in the captivating Riyria Revelations. Theft of Swords contains The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha, books 1 and 2 of Riyria Revelations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() King, “Alligator Stroll” starring Josh Turner, and “Tyrannosaurus Funk” (animated) sung by Samuel L. Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning “One Shoe Blues” starring B.B. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade children’s music. More than 85 million of her books have been sold, “mostly to friends and family,” she says. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five children’s books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children’s author, songwriter, producer, and director. ![]() ![]() Secrets are exposed and lives are changed forever in Keeping 13, the explosive sequel to the bestselling book, Binding 13. ![]() Only one boy has the ability to climb those walls. Beaten and broken, her walls are up and her trust is shaken. Traumatized beyond repair after her return from Dublin, and desperate to protect her little brothers, Shannon finds herself falling into the same old cover-up, barely keeping her head above water, as her future unravels before her eyes. ![]() ![]() She knows that demons and evil men don't just exist in fairytales. The life she was born into demands nothing less. Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon. With his best friend, Gibsie, by his side, Johnny embarks on his quest of exposing the secrets surrounding the girl who haunts his every waking hour. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unraveling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes. His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby.įollowing a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny is struggling to hold onto his dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”- The Washington Post Book Worldįacing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability.Īmong Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now) and Marvin, the moody android. ![]() Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! ![]() ![]() ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Author Tim Powers, a friend of the sci-fi legend, told Orange Coast in 2009. He was just this guy going to Trader Joe’s.” ![]() What there was always more of had been congealed into permanence long ago, as if the automatic factory that cranked out these objects had jammed in the on position.” Nothing changed it just spread out farther and farther in the form of neon ooze. The novel’s local references include an Anaheim Lions Club meeting, a Fiddlers Three coffee shop in Santa Ana, and this trippy vision: “Life in Anaheim, California, was a commercial for itself, endlessly replayed. This one is about a narcotics agent with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department who goes undercover using a high-tech “scramble suit” that disguises his identity. was the ideal grow box for his paranoia-infused fiction. Olling Stone calls Dick “the most brilliant sci-fi mind on any planet.” On Earth, Dick lived in Fullerton and Santa Ana for the last decade of his life, and O.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() We might also question the cause of this change in the narrator. They obviously have the narrator’s wife in common as the most important woman – now Robert’s wife has died – in each of their lives. ![]() Both men like whiskey and, it turns out, smoking weed. Robert had a wife he was close to but he lost her the narrator has a wife, but in many ways he is more lonely than Robert, despite this. There are obviously some interesting parallels between the two men. His moment of deepest insight comes at the end of the story when he closes his eyes while finishing the drawing of a cathedral. While watching the programme on cathedrals and talking to Robert, who cannot see the images on the screen, the narrator comes to realise how little he has observed of the world around him. Nowhere is this clearer than in the ending to the story, which is where most critics and students of ‘Cathedral’ focus the majority of their analysis (and speculation). ![]() And ‘Cathedral’ is as notable for what it doesn’t tell us as for what it does, and the narrator’s account of his evening spent with Robert and his wife invites us to ponder further questions. Carver himself expressed a dislike for this term, but we can certainly see a line between someone like Ernest Hemingway and Carver’s own short stories. Raymond Carver’s work is often associated with the term minimalism, a literary technique marked by a simple descriptive style (often utilising short, clipped sentences) and spare dialogue. ![]() |
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