Nadine Gordimer
11) Get a life
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Paul Bannerman, an ecologist living in South Africa, begins to re-examine his life after he is diagnosed with thyroid cancer and begins radiation treatments--an isolating experience that forces him to confront his relationships with family and friends.
Publisher
The Symphony Space
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A narration of short stories previously broadcasted on public radio stations.
"When I first saw New York I was twenty, and it was summertime and I got off a DC-7 at the old Idlewild temporary terminal in a new dress ..."--Goodbye to All That by Joan Didion . Hilarity, suspense and high drama are offered up in this new mix of tales of travel to locales familiar and exotic
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 305
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the theme and characters in Mahfouz's novel and includes excerpts from the book and background information on the author.
Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs (1961) is a multi-faceted story that is equal parts crime thriller, morality tale, and political allegory. The novel begins with career criminal Said Mahran's release from prison. He immediately sets off for the home of his ex-wife's new husband, desperate to settle a score with...