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Lantern Slides is a short story collection by Irish author Edna O'Brien and won the 1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. [1] It contains twelve stories, published in 1990 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the US.
Su has written seven full-length novels and over 200 short stories, some of which have been translated into English, German, Italian and French. [ 4 ] He is best known in the West for his novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally titled Wives and Concubines ), published in 1990.
Paradigm: Some of the inaccuracies that she addresses are the misconception of non-Western dance traditions as formless, frenzied, hyper-sexual, and the assumption that the dances formed spontaneously through community activity, but without dance leaders. She uses the example of dances of the Hopi people (which she studied from 1965 and 1968 ...
Dance Dance Dance received a 69% rating from the book review aggregator iDreamBooks based on seven critics' reviews. [2] Kirkus Reviews said that "Despite intentions and effects that are sometimes too strained", the novel was "a sobering descent into a contemporary hell—with a guide who's made it brilliantly his own dark literary domain."
[4] [7] Scholarly analysis further enriches the understanding of the story's depth. For example, Christopher Hill examines the protagonist's resentment as a reflection of a national identity grappling with Western influence, adding a layer of social commentary to the narrative. [4] "The Dancing Girl" remains a cornerstone of Japanese literature.
October Dreams (also titled October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween) is an anthology of Halloween-themed memories and short stories edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish.
Jack Warren Anderson (June 15, 1935 – October 20, 2023) was an American poet, dance critic, and dance historian. [1] He is well known for his numerous reviews of dance performances in The New York Times and Dance Magazine as well as for his scholarly studies in dance history and for eleven volumes of poetry.
Danse Macabre is a 1981 non-fiction book by Stephen King, about horror fiction in print, TV, radio, film and comics, and the influence of contemporary societal fears and anxieties on the genre. When the book was republished King included a new Forenote dated June 1983 (however not all subsequent editions have included this forenote).