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Επιλογή διηγημάτων από το έργο "Νουβέλες της Πεσκάρας" του Ιταλού συγγραφέα και ποιητή Γκαμπριέλε Ντ' Ανούντσιο. Selected short stories from the book "Le novelle della Pescara" of the Italian writter Gabriele D' Annunzio....

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Οι ειδωλολάτρες,Το ξαγρύπνισμα του νεκρού,Ο θάνατος του δούκα της Οφένα, Ο περατάρης, Το τέλος της Κάντια, Η κασέλα, Ο Τουρλεντάνα επιστρέφει, Ο θαλασσινός χειρουργός. The returne of Turlendana, The idolaters, The downfall o Candia, The death of the duke of Ofena ecc. ...

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In an apocalyptic Nebraska, where it hasn't rained in years, water has become a valuable commodity. At a time when no one can be trusted, 16-year-old Rabbit, is about to find out, just how far the government will go, to reserve resources for those they deem worthy- and for those they do not. Its up to Rabbit, and her father, to find a way to survive, in a chaotic world filled with thirst....

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It’s been four years since the last rainfall graced mother earth with its presence. Crops have withered away, wildlife has diminished, and the world has gone crazy with thirst. I have been scavenging for water wherever I could find it- abandoned homes, and from the rubble of burned out buildings mostly, but it’s never enough. My lips are constantly chapped, and my skin is as dry as a lizard. I try to drink just enough to survive, because I never know when my next score on a case of water is going to be. At a time when I should be celebrating my sweet sixteen, and dating boys- I am instead, dealing with the aftermath of a world without water. Dad had been talking to a few of the other survivors in our project, and they overheard a conversation with some military professionals, and the outlook looks bleak for those of us who have nothing to offer society. We are what the government refers to as “the filth of the human race.” With no degrees to our names, and no skills to offer- other than cleaning up after the rich- we were spared only for their pleasure, and then tossed out like an old toy when something better came along. ...

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* Sixteen-year-old Ned Scoletti is travelling north on a Greyhound bus from Fort Pierce, Florida to Spaulding, Massachusetts, to visit Aunt Josie. Problem is, his mother’s identical twin sister died when Nick was just a toddler. Or did she? * Jesse Caldwell, an auto mechanic, is painfully shy, lives at home and hates his moronic life. Miranda Huffington suffers from a gimpy leg and equally stunted personality. This is not your standard Harlequin romance. * Bartholomew Schroeder, a recent widower and retired plumber, can sweat pipes and fix broken toilets, but, on a weekend excursion to Martha's Vineyard, can he mend a teenage girl's broken spirit? * Maria Santos, who just bought the Breakfast Nook, knows nothing about cross-contamination, pest control, immersion gauges or reduced-oxygen packaging. The new health inspector is every restaurant owner’s worse nightmare, but Maria needn’t worry. She’s got an ace up her culinary sleeve. These are just a few of the situations you will find in this collection of bittersweet short stories, where the characters struggle to manage their lives in a user-unfriendly universe ...

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* Lenny slept with Elsie McGivney, a woman so dim-witted she can't make change or hold down an entry-level job. Lenny bedded the chucklehead but got no sex in the bargain. So why is he going back for more? * Bethany Glaspell approached the first-ever meeting with Great-uncle Vern, a man who returned from the jungles of Vietnam with a Hmong bride and warped personality, much as a cat burglar might plan his next heist, telling no one, neither friend nor family, her intentions. * There are five levels of gifted intelligence ranging from bright to profoundly gifted. One in every thirty thousand is 'exceptional', which makes Curtis Stedman, the part-time dishwasher at Nagel’s Bagels, one smart cookie! * Tawana Saunders is writing the great American novel. Problem is, six months into the project, she’s only got a rough draft plus three lousy paragraphs. These are just a few of the situations you will find in this collection of bittersweet short stories, where the characters struggle to manage their lives in a user-unfriendly universe. ...

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* A young boy spends a magical weekend with his sister, a former collegiate track star crippled in a freak accident. During the visit he learns a poignant lesson about the resilience of monarch butterflies and the human heart * Mrs. Chowdhary named her youngest daughter after Saint Theresa, the Little Flower of Jesus. Unfortunately, Terry has more in common with Attila the Hun than her nineteenth century namesake. * Marcie Callahan’s parents run around the house in their underwear. They belch and fart and do all sorts of gross and disgusting things. The Callahan clan doesn't have a stitch of class, culture, brains or social graces, which is why Marcie is ready for a change. * Dick wants fun. He has no dog. He has no cat. No Spot. No Puff. But he has a plan. See Dick board the plane. See Dick fly away. Far, far away. Hello happiness! Goodbye Jane These are just a few of the situations you will find in this collection of bittersweet short stories, where the characters struggle to manage their lives in a user-unfriendly universe. ...

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* Grace Paulson’s train wreck of a personal life takes a turn for the better when the elementary school teacher meets a gifted artisan whose handmade jewelry boxes are featured at the local museum. Well-versed in nineteenth century Russian literature, Carl Solomon also happens to be the school janitor. * Following his divorce, Dr. Stanley Gilford, chief of cardiology at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, restructured his life on the guiding principle of maximum gain, minimum pain. So what is the well-heeled doctor doing with Ruby, a high school dropout and waitress at the local greasy spoon, and what are his options visa vie the pallid, five year old boy whose damaged heart beats in three-four time? * A year out of high school, Clarissa, who couldn't even score a date for the senior prom, is into tantric sex, Pablo Neruda and orgasms bordering on divine rapture. And she's still a virgin! * While studing to become a rabbi at a yeshivah in Jersusalem, Peter Ostrowski witnesses a senseless act of violence that causes him to abandon the religious life. When he stumbles across the writings of Leo Pinsker, an equally disaffected seventeent...

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​概述 是一部精彩萬分的懸疑諜戰網路文學，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造較為成功之外，關鍵在於本書的時代背景：1950年6月，朝鮮戰爭爆發，美國出兵朝鮮，杜魯門下令第七艦隊進駐臺灣海峽。 故事就是在這一歷史關鍵轉捩點鋪展開來的，局勢對當時的國民黨非常不利，五月舟山、海南相繼淪陷，若戰事無法繼續扭轉，臺灣就岌岌可危了。山雨欲來風滿樓，此刻的臺灣島內民眾要求反腐消除積弊的聲浪此起彼伏，蔣總裁為了挽回民心，同年下令槍斃了陳儀，把228事件的歷史罪責都歸咎於陳儀一人。 為了挽救瀕臨滅亡的國民黨政權，蔣建豐結合當年自己在上海打老虎時期的失敗教訓，重新組建起了一支鐵血救國會，目的是希望鐵血救國會能夠在香港反腐緝私事務中發揮積極作用，找到國民黨內部大老虎們在香港走私洗錢的確鑿證據，自己也好借此機會在島內開展整頓黨務工作，從而肅清黨內的腐敗分子和內奸，淨化黨員隊伍。唯有如此，臺灣島內新的幣值改革才有成功的一線生機。 為了推行新的幣值改革，鐵血救國會不惜遠赴香港搜集情報，然而一場看不見的血雨腥風正在等待著他們，在朝鮮戰爭疑雲密佈下，各路人馬在香港這座彈丸之地粉墨登場，展開了一場你死我活的殊死較量。 鐵血救國會香港出師不利，梁複生雖大難不死卻身負重傷，幸運的是撿回一條性命，為了完成建豐先生的囑託，梁複生重新披掛上陣，並打入孚中公司內部，在探訪中發現一個驚人的密室，密室裏不僅關押著虞時英，還有留在大陸的「一0六」地倉財寶，與此同時隱蔽戰線鬥爭日趨激烈，雙方互相派出重量級的人物來到香港，擺出了一副決戰態勢，梁複生和他的同仁們將會面臨怎麼樣的命運？藏匿在孚中公司的地寶又會花落誰家？香港搶救學人計畫是否會化為泡影？這些故事即將拉開大幕。 ...

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​概述 是一部精彩萬分的懸疑諜戰網路文學，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造較為成功之外，關鍵在於本書的時代背景：1950年6月，朝鮮戰爭爆發，美國出兵朝鮮，杜魯門下令第七艦隊進駐臺灣海峽。 故事就是在這一歷史關鍵轉捩點鋪展開來的，局勢對當時的國民黨非常不利，五月舟山、海南相繼淪陷，若戰事無法繼續扭轉，臺灣就岌岌可危了。山雨欲來風滿樓，此刻的臺灣島內民眾要求反腐消除積弊的聲浪此起彼伏，蔣總裁為了挽回民心，同年下令槍斃了陳儀，把228事件的歷史罪責都歸咎於陳儀一人。 為了挽救瀕臨滅亡的國民黨政權，蔣建豐結合當年自己在上海打老虎時期的失敗教訓，重新組建起了一支鐵血救國會，目的是希望鐵血救國會能夠在香港反腐緝私事務中發揮積極作用，找到國民黨內部大老虎們在香港走私洗錢的確鑿證據，自己也好借此機會在島內開展整頓黨務工作，從而肅清黨內的腐敗分子和內奸，淨化黨員隊伍。唯有如此，臺灣島內新的幣值改革才有成功的一線生機。 為了推行新的幣值改革，鐵血救國會不惜遠赴香港搜集情報，然而一場看不見的血雨腥風正在等待著他們，在朝鮮戰爭疑雲密佈下，各路人馬在香港這座彈丸之地粉墨登場，展開了一場你死我活的殊死較量。 鐵血救國會香港出師不利，梁複生雖大難不死卻身負重傷，幸運的是撿回一條性命，為了完成建豐先生的囑託，梁複生重新披掛上陣，並打入孚中公司內部，在探訪中發現一個驚人的密室，密室裏不僅關押著虞時英，還有留在大陸的「一0六」地倉財寶，與此同時隱蔽戰線鬥爭日趨激烈，雙方互相派出重量級的人物來到香港，擺出了一副決戰態勢，梁複生和他的同仁們將會面臨怎麼樣的命運？藏匿在孚中公司的地寶又會花落誰家？香港搶救學人計畫是否會化為泡影？這些故事即將拉開大幕。 ...

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目錄 概述 主要人物介紹 第一節：蔣建豐驅車探病房，謝穆瀾病榻思情人 第二節：前線戰事淪陷頻傳，重整幣值事在人為 第三節：梁複生掀怒罵狂潮，蔣建豐談孤臣孽子 第四節：行轅會議眾說紛紜，出兵朝鮮意見不合 第五節：謝國棟后海逢玉英，白髮紅顏續寫佳話 第六節：精銳部隊蓄勢待發，以戰養戰計畫泡湯 第七節：梁複生抒鬱勃之氣，蔣建豐論黃埔精神 第八節：謝梁二人喜結良緣，訓練中心開筵設酒 第九節：謝穆瀾枕邊鶯聲泣露，梁複生燈下驗對槍傷 第十節：徐寅貶謫基隆監獄，CC派系勢如危卵 第十一節：梁複生冷嘲熱諷徐寅，蔣建豐過問行總舞弊 第十二節：黃蒲誠甄別洪門中人，蔣建豐燈下閱批點將 第十三節：前線急缺運輸工具，謝老率眾戰略南下 第十四節：謝國棟感慨武裝和平，梁複生一行劈波斬浪 第十五節：宋子亮詫異戲園突訪，謝國棟設計巧獻金條 第十六節：宋子亮攜美眷參加晚會，戰鬥同盟醞釀綁架計畫 第十七節：壯漢夜襲鐵血救國會，謝穆瀾孤膽勇奪手槍 第十八節：梁複生損兵折將受阻香港，蔣建豐摘埴索塗臨危受命 第十九節：鐵血救國會全軍覆沒，謝穆瀾為愛命喪黃泉 第二十節：梁複生折臂大難不死，黃蒲誠奉命前來探望 第二十一節：鈞座邀黃蒲誠等人共商國是，承諾事成授予二位上將軍銜 第二十二節：梁複生潛入孚中一探虛實，雅敘閣二記者酒後吐真言 第二十三節：齊慕棠彙報孚中新聞要案，劉雲下軍棋談論時局莫測 第二十四節：密室驚現地寶線索，時英不幸中箭歸西 第二十五節：藏匿地寶引發激辯，老者揭秘識破天驚 第二十六節：虞時英魂欲葬榆叢，徐寶琴劫後又逢生 第二十七節：粱復生重逢徐寶琴，黃蒲誠吃醋心生恨 第二十八節：黃埔誠單刀赴會，劉云談荊軻刺秦 第二十九節：粱復生為愛禁慾，徐寶琴地窖逃生  第三十節：梁復生辯統制經濟，劉云駁斥自由經濟  第三十一節：黃蒲誠洩密地寶實況，徐寶琴脫逃禀報案情 第三十二節：大災變颶海嘯侵襲，浪濤盡何日君再來...

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Can real love withstand the impact of ego?

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 Pearl Singleton, a forest ranger at the Pemberton Wildlife Preserve, is going to show eighteen year old Shawn Mariano her Osborne Smoke Finder, all six varieties of New England ferns, a beaver dam, and something he never bargained for.  A straight-laced ex-nun must decide what to do with a stolen Sony Trinitron TV. The arrival of a Russian Jew in the apartment complex where she lives resolves the matter of the ’hot’ TV while opening another can of existential worms.  When Ronda Wickford, the assistant manager of Brandenburg’s ShopRite Supermarket, inadvertently hires a middle-age man with a PhD in philosophy to run the fresh produce department, weird things begin to happen. As events unfold, she learns a thing or two about Wittgenstein’s linguistic theories, common decency and how to fix a leaky faucet.  Marie Augustin, an Haitian nurses aide, is blindsided when one of her elderly clients asks her to accompany him on a trip to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform in Tanglewood. Does the green-card immigrant, who witnessed first hand the endemic violence in her native country, follow agency protocol or bend rules to acc...

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Seventeen year-old Laurel Evers is running off to a fictional village in rural Maine in search of an idyllic existence that hasn’t existed since the era of the horse and buggy. Life was simpler, idyllic then. People meandered about in horse-drawn wagons, fished, grew their own potato crops and made throat lozenges from locally-grown spearmint boiled in metal cauldrons over the stove. Women braided floor mats from swamp-grown rushes, and even fashioned sandals from those very same pliable plants. The Civil War was a recent memory not some moldy, historical trivia and neighbors were more 'civil' or at least it seemed that way. ...

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A story of witchcraft in the age of computing.

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Down in Dr Diverse’s digestive system, Bertie was clinging on to Miss White for all he was worth. Foul juices churned around him, and he had to fight to stay attached to Miss White as the muscles of the digestive tract contracted round the frog to drag it further and further towards the dragon’s stomach. That wasn’t all. The smell was awful. It reminded Bertie of the day he was hiding in the compost heap and Jim tipped a slurry of rotting cabbage leaves over him. His wings had stunk for hours, even after he’d flown backwards and forwards through the lawn sprinkler whenever Jim’s back was turned. And this time there was an additional torture. His ears hurt with all the noise of the muscular contractions and liquid slopping about. Slowly, and with difficulty, he tried to crawl along Miss White’s back so he could get to her head and talk to her. But it was a battle he was losing as he was getting more and more tired....

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Charlotte is a two year old Shih Tzu, loved and adored by her "parents". As with all doggies, she is terrified of thunderstorms and fireworks. Go on this journey with Charlotte and she will tell you how doggies find refuge in The Magical Garden from their worldly fears. Read about how Charlotte takes her Daddy to The Magical Garden and how he is reunited with all his pups. A truly touching tale of a couple's love for their pups, their tragic experiences and the joy of reunion....

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The most classic of his adventures must have been with the bull. Every evening, a cowherd would herd his bulls and cows along the road in front of the house on the way to their grazing pasture. Every time Shadow saw the cattle, he would bark non-stop until they were out of sight. Early one Sunday, Daddy and Mommy took Shadow for a walk. They walked quite a distance until they reached a lonely stretch of road with woods on one side and a pasture on the other. Daddy noticed that the cattle were already there and since he was wearing red, told Mommy that they had to turn back – and then the fun really started! Shadow suddenly noticed his least-loved enemies, the cattle. He started barking non-stop as Daddy tried unsuccessfully to shut him up. There was a bull that was closest to them that suddenly looked up into the distance as if thinking, “I know that bark!” Then, he turned his head slowly towards Daddy, Mommy and Shadow and his eyes grew huge with recognition, as if he was saying, “You! I know you!” Daddy tried to muzzle Shadow with his hands, but Shadow wouldn’t stop barking. The bull, growing angrier by the second, started d...

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ONE Home TWO The Magical Garden THREE Shiloh FOUR Shadow FIVE The Cave of Shadows SIX Smokie SEVEN The Everlasting Rainbow EIGHT Brandy NINE Scooby TEN Home...

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A short story about a boy who did not sleep

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In this section Part 1 we are introduced to the area of space where the action takes place. We are told about the major event that provokes an unprecedented response from the Central Council of the empire. So we begin a journey following John Harris into an adventure the likes of which he could never have imagined in his wildest dreams, or for that matter, his worst nightmares. It started with a red flashing mail message on his computer screen....

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Lieutenant Major John Harris was sitting at his desk on the twenty-third floor of the Astor Central Processing Building. He was busy classifying documents for levels of security clearance before entering them into the main archives. On his computer screen flashed the mail icon. Normally you have to open the icon to see your mail; high priority mail, however, flashes up instantly in red. The message flashed up in red. Messenger arriving. Harris was still looking at the message wondering what it meant when the doors at the far end of the large office opened with a rattle. A courier entered, followed by two of the station’s security guards. It seemed to take forever for the three men to walk the whole length of the room to where Harris was sitting. Naturally, all activity in the room stopped as everyone watched the three men to see where they were going. Eventually, the men came to a halt by Harris's desk. They stood in silence towering over Harris. Not that they were particularly tall, it was just that Harris was still sitting. “Lieutenant Major John Harris,” said the courier. “That’s me,” said Harris. ...

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INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 - - THE JOURNEY BEGINS Chapter 2 - - MORSTAN Chapter 3 - - ADMIRAL BAINBRIDGE Chapter 4 - - RAFTOS Chapter 5 - - LIGHT STAR Chapter 6 - - THE JUMP Chapter 7 - - PACKETS STORY Chapter 8 - - KIMLON'S STORY About the Author ...

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A literary novel that touches on drug addiction, domestic violence and coming of age.

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“EDITORIAL DE FUNDACIÓN Ficticia, según diccionarios y enciclopedias, es un ave que, en ciertas regiones de México, emite un canto parecido a la eternidad. Son muchos los aventureros y naturalistas, desde Quetzalcóatl hasta Alexander von Humboldt, que han intentado atraparla, pues la leyenda señala que de lograr enjaular su música, el captor logra su propia inmortalidad. Casi extinta a principios del siglo XX por un fenómeno no del todo explicado, todavía en regiones apartadas, en la selva lacandona, en la sierra tarahumara o en la zona del silencio, hay indígenas que dicen haber soñado con tan melodiosa voz, y al despertar son capaces de contar las más extrañas y fabulosas historias. Son muchos los anecdotistas que le dan a la rara avis la cualidad de dios, pues entre los aztecas, invocar su plumaje, cegador de tan espléndido, era punto de partida para la conversación alrededor del fuego. Por lo que su imagen fue tanto o más importante que las deidades de la agricultura, de la fertilidad o de la guerra, ya que, suponían, era igualmente valioso comer, reproducirse o ir a la batalla, como el tener de qué hablar. De esta manera, e...

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“EDITORIAL DE FUNDACIÓN Ficticia, según diccionarios y enciclopedias, es un ave que, en ciertas regiones de México, emite un canto parecido a la eternidad. Son muchos los aventureros y naturalistas, desde Quetzalcóatl hasta Alexander von Humboldt, que han intentado atraparla, pues la leyenda señala que de lograr enjaular su música, el captor logra su propia inmortalidad. Casi extinta a principios del siglo XX por un fenómeno no del todo explicado, todavía en regiones apartadas, en la selva lacandona, en la sierra tarahumara o en la zona del silencio, hay indígenas que dicen haber soñado con tan melodiosa voz, y al despertar son capaces de contar las más extrañas y fabulosas historias. Son muchos los anecdotistas que le dan a la rara avis la cualidad de dios, pues entre los aztecas, invocar su plumaje, cegador de tan espléndido, era punto de partida para la conversación alrededor del fuego. Por lo que su imagen fue tanto o más importante que las deidades de la agricultura, de la fertilidad o de la guerra, ya que, suponían, era igualmente valioso comer, reproducirse o ir a la batalla, como el tener de qué hablar. De esta manera, e...

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Una de las obras más frescas y originales que haya podido engendrar la literatura de ciencia ficción latinoamericana. El doctor Scott viaja a Rumania, por los funerales de un científico amigo suyo, en donde es atacado por un ser casi sobrenatural, el Monstruo del Baneasa, quien acecha el país con una serie brutal de asesinatos. Dos investigadores de la Interpol son asignados para averiguar el caso y dar con el paradero del Ente. Se descubre luego, en un trama espectacular, que los involucrados de los asesinatos no solo responden al Monstruo del Baneasa sino que a un robot que luego, inevitablemente, choca y se imbuye en una lucha contra el primero....

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–Violenta, pero Libertad al fin y al cabo –se dijo Scott al arribar al aeropuerto Baneasa, al norte de Bucarest, en Rumania, valija en mano, gozoso de pisar un suelo libre de la represión comunista. «Adiós al odio hacia la Naturaleza humana», suspiró satisfecho. Caminaba despacio, feliz, pero desorientado, leyendo los letreros de la Terminal en busca de la sala de espera. Mientras recorría aquellos pasillos, sus ojos no daban crédito a lo que veía: un edificio grandísimo, con nombres de aerolíneas desconocidas para él, «German Wings, My Air y Sky Europe», moderno y atestado de gente, muy lejano de la estrechez y el óxido en las láminas y las canaletas del techo que imaginó, burdamente, a punto de caerle en la cabeza cuando abordaba el avión de ida en Nueva York, la capital financiera del nuevo Imperio, en el aeropuerto John F. Kennedy, quizá el más visitado del mundo después del de Houston. «Soy afortunado», pensaba, «de que hoy, puestos mis pies acá en la estación, que por cierto creía primitiva, estemos ya en el ’92, a tres años de la Caída de ese tirano socialista que respondía al nombre de Nicolae Ceausescu, y he tenido el...

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Post-Gaddis, close third-person tragicomedy; linear storytelling, mise-en-scene not overexpansive.

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Having lost her mother, and virtually rendered `orphan`, in the absence of `father`, a little girl Named Bhoomika, by dint of sheer circumstances, happens to reach a virgin teacher. Here, the `blessed opportunity for education` awaits her, as she is inspired and guided by this benevolent lady towards higher education. Once, she was offered a part-time job of `a reader for a blind class-fellow` of hers at Khadi Degree College, Guhahati: and she gladly accepted it. Of course, some nascent opportunities came to her, even in Delhi, when she was staying in a Working Women’s Hostel, while doing some odd jobs to support self, economically. But the travails of life also came her way; and she coped up with every sort of situation, by way of `fine-tuning` the responses from her brain and heart, every time, with an objective to attaining a quality decision from within. Having once been requested by very senior colleague to stay with one spinster Professor, during her illness, she served the lady so dutifully that the Professor persistently requested her to live with her till the young girl is married off. Having attained some extraordinary ...

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"In fact, I had never spoken to her even a single word, though she continued to send me signals for initiating a dialogue with her. I had to go to fetch my daily quota of water from the water-tap, provided at the back of her tenement, for all the four segments, in the vicinity. Almost every time, we had to place our buckets or utensils, in a queue, while waiting for our turn. Being shy of passing through the front lane, while approaching the water-tap, I preferred to walk along the back of the segment, in our front. God knows, how she could spot me from such a long distance that I had come out of my room, with buckets in my hands. Quite often, I marked her busy in looking towards me with furtive glances, while waiting for her turn, as she would deliberately waste her time, simply to ignore the fact of my arrival there and would thus make room for me to place my buckets before hers.” .......... It pains him to recall his last meeting with that `unfortunate girl`, who was destined to spend a spinster's life and breathe her last, while resting her head at Bihari's knee, who kept caressing her forehead, in the presence of her trusted ...

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The Analytical Sketches of the biography, titled `Jhalla` (A Silly Lad) is an exposition of the various stages, leaving behind sweet and sometimes sour reminiscences on the mind of the author. This treatise aims to provide the glimpses of the life’s journey already traversed by him for over 8 decades. Here, in this book, he jumps from one stage to another, to provide the reader of his past and the present day life. The scheme of the book is based on segments and their contents. These divisions are enumerated as under: Segment one Since birth till the demise of my mother; Segment Two from the age of 11 to the time of my marriage; Segment Three; from our marriage to the time of our first issue’s marriage; Segment Four Almost to the time we became grandparents; Segment Five From the time I joined legal fraternity as an Advocate and Miscellaneous. However, the reader would be enlightened with the details of the story of the author’s life, in the chronological order on the various topics. (i) Memoirs of Jhalla (A Silly Lad) (ii) Jhalla lands into an entirely new world; (iii) Almost decade-long-struggle for subsistence, in the off...