Oe introduces Kogito Choko, a writer in his early sixties, as he rekindles a childhood friendship with his estranged brother-in-law, the renowned filmmaker Goro Hanawa.
Three young women bound by ties deeper than blood are swept up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in this haunting gothic tale Rebecca Mandeville arrives at Manorleigh with her mother amid rumors that Rebecca’s politically ambitious ...
Harboring strong desires to love and kill, handsome Simon Blackstone rises from the grave, seduces Sally Lawrence, an American in London, and embarks on a spree of savage murder
In this haunting memoir, Gail Gallant recounts her unbelievable life as a changeling, a child born to replace another. When Gail Gallant was five months old, she died. A year later, she was reborn. Or so her mother said.
The story is a long, slow burn with a lingering sizzle.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “A modern-day tale of terror rooted in ancient myth and folklore, brimming with magical revelation and emotional truth.”—San Francisco Chronicle
This collection of original essays on Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's unsettling revenge tragedy The Changeling represents key new directions in criticism and research.
With language that flits between exuberance and elegy, the plainspoken and the poetic, Joy Williams has created a modern fairy-tale, entirely original and entirely consuming.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Twelve-year-old Charlie must fiddle all night to save his sister who has been kidnapped by faeries.
The birth of their first son deepens the unrest when he proves to be an empty husk of a child. Neither suspect that the child is a changeling.
This classic text is the tale of a woman who becomes involved in murder without realizing the terrible price she will pay for it.
Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653.
Featuring the full and modernized play text, this revised edition includes incisive commentary notes which explain the nuances of the play's vibrant, colloquial language and demonstrate its sly delight in the characters' conscious and ...
Morgan faces the ultimate test - to choose between good or evil.
"Long ago, when gods and demons still roamed the Earth.