Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories 9781611456059, 1611456053

A collection of short stories by a world-renowned naturalist and author of My Family and Other Animals introduces an ecc

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English Pages 267 pages Year 2011;2012

Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories
9781611456059, 1611456053

Guo Songfen's short stories are masterful psychological portraits that play with the echoes of history and the natu

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The lasting charm of Kaufman’s stories lies in a delightful mix of personal incidents and observations set against an an

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Jun’ichirō Tanizaki is one of the most prominent Japanese writers of the twentieth century. This book presents three pow

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