Bliss: and other short stories
by Gilley, Ted
fromPrairie schooner book prize in poetry
Bliss and other short stories
by Gilley, Ted
fromPrairie Schooner book prize in fiction
Bliss and other short stories
by Gilley, Ted
fromPrairie Schooner book prize in fiction
This daring collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting. A Cambodian refugee negotiates the icy waters of American social and sexual life. A young couple seeks "peak experiences" to escape grief, o…
Bliss and other short stories
by Gilley, Ted
fromPrairie Schooner book prize in fiction
Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, this daring collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting. A Cambodian refugee negotiates the icy waters of American social and sexual life. A yo…
A collection of short stories written by Katarzyna Grochola about real happiness, including "The right to happiness", "I will never give up", "The surprise", "The waiter", "Make it in time for Christmas", "Fluctuation around zero", and "I do not like women."
A collection of short stories written by Katarzyna Grochola about real happiness, including "The right to happiness", "I will never give up", "The surprise", "The waiter", "Make it in time for Christmas", "Fluctuation around zero", and "I do not like women."
Hope Ladley helps cook for the field hands during the harvest, and her sunny disposition and unstinting love make changes of a different kind in widower Jakob's home, but when Jakob's abusive brother-in-law shows up, he threatens the newfound happiness of the farm.
After ten years, Hansel Nothing returns to his boyhood home, unable to remember anything that has happened to him since he left. Back home, he stays in Zerostrata, a treehouse in the backyard. The Nothing family is as dysfunctional and depressed as ever. His mother keeps a cat o…
"Imaginez ... Vous êtes en vacances à Bali et peu de temps avant votre retour, vous consultez un vieux guérisseur. Sans raison particulière, juste parce que sa grande réputation vous a donné envie de le rencontrer, au cas où ... Son diagnostic est formel : vous êtes en bonne san…
While on a relaxing vacation in Bali, Julian decides to consult a legendary and wise healer whose reputation precedes him. The old Master Samtyang's diagnosis on meeting the schoolteacher is firm: you are healthy, but you are not ... happy. During the series of daily encounters …
"Imaginez ... Vous êtes en vacances à Bali et peu de temps avant votre retour, vous consultez un vieux guérisseur. Sans raison particulière, juste parce que sa grande réputation vous a donné envie de le rencontrer, au cas où ... Son diagnostic est formel : vous êtes en bonne san…
"Pearl's job is to make people happy. As a technician for the Apricity Corporation, with its patented happiness machine, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how doe…
Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. …
Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. …
Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. …