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Lesbian storyteller Ivan E. Coyote's first book for queer youth includes brand new stories and others culled from previous collections, inspired by the tragic increase in the number of teen suicides resulting from bullying. Funny, inspiring, and full of heart, these stories are about embracing and celebrating difference and feeling comfortable in one's own skin, no matter the circumstance. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA).

These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her most well known tales, 'Babette's Feast', which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in 'Tempests', a mysterious pearl-fisher in 'The Diver' and a brief, tragic encounter in 'The Ring'.

'Though their house was new, the wall had been there a long time.' In these two stories, which have never before been translated into English, Tsushima shows how memories, dreams and fleeting images describe the borders of our lives. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour.

Fourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai's fabled career, some never before seen in English. "No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we're adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and laughable, but how are we to get through the long, hateful period until then?

Here is a new collection of twelve absorbing, deeply compassionate tales that reveal the subtle revenges of love and indifference, the deep wells of affection, and the strange, breathtaking tricks of chance that make up the texture of our lives.

Ivan E. Coyote is a master storyteller; her beautiful, funny stories about growing up a lesbian butch in the Canadian North attract audiences both gay and straight. In her fifth collection, Ivan addresses issues of family, queer youth, and homophobia with a trenchant and wistful eye.

"Nobody writes more astutely or affectingly about [love]... than Penelope Lively." — The Washington Post. An intelligent examination of alternative destinies, choices, and the moments in our lives when we could have chosen a different path, from Booker Prize-winning author Penelope Lively. In this fascinating piece of fiction, Penelope Lively takes moments from her own life and asks "what if" she had made other choices: What if she hadn't escaped from Alexandria at the outbreak of WWII? What would her life have been like if she had become pregnant when she was 18?

Ivan E. Coyote has developed a reputation as one of North America's most disarming storytellers; their tales of life as a queer person on the roads and trails of the North as well as rural America are rich in their plainspoken, honest truths. In Loose End, their third story collection, Ivan focuses their attention on the city—urban life, specifically in the East End of Vancouver, a diverse neighborhood of all types—old, young, gay, straight, white, Black, Asian—communing at local coffee bars over hot rods, the art of skinny-dipping, and changes in the weather.

Louis Leduc sait qu’un grand destin l’attend. Longtemps, on se souviendrait de son nom. Entre engagement politique, voyages autour du globe et amour de la lecture, découvrez sa vie. Extrait : « Très tôt Louis aspira à une vie plus grande que la vie. Son souverain prénom l’y prédisposait-il ? Pour le moins il ne se laisserait pas assigner au peu. Louis le bien nommé transcenderait son plat destin de mortel.

Première partie : Le visage Deuxième partie : L'immortalité Troisième partie : La lutte Les sœurs. Les lunettes noires. Le corps. L'addition et la soustraction. La femme plus âgée, l'homme plus jeune. Le onzième commandement. L'imagologie. Le brillant allié de ses fossoyeurs. L'âne intégral. La chatte. Le geste de protestation contre les atteintes aux droits de l'homme. Être absolument moderne. Être victime de sa gloire. La lutte. Le professeur Avenarius. Le corps. Le geste du désir d'immortalité. L'ambiguïté. La voyante. Le suicide.