If Beale Street Could Talk
ISBN : 9780140187977
Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Pay Charles. The narrator of James Baldwin 's novel is Tish, nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fanny. To this love story Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensify, charging it with universal resonance and power.
If I Had Your Face
ISBN : 9780241986356
In Seoul, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge : Kyuri, a beautiful "room salon" girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours. Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite. Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes. Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford.
A liveable future is possible - Confronting the threats to our survival
ISBN : 9781405974233
In this illuminating collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky shares his insights into the pressing challenges that face humanity. A Liveable Future is Possible addresses artificial intelligence and the potential for such programmes to surpass humans in cognitive awareness ; what lies ahead for a world engulfed in a deadly climate crisis ; the rise of neo-fascism internationally, and why we should organize across borders to confront it ; and the striking similarities between Trump and Biden's foreign policies. Noam Chomsky has been an incomparable model of moral clarity and intellectual courage during his many decades as a scholar, political activist and social critic. A Liveable Future is Possible is not only an urgent and informative book, it is also a call to action for those hoping to help carry the torch of one of history's greatest minds.
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
ISBN : 9780241436240
"When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a monstrous cockroach in his bed" Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour, Metamorphosis, the story of an ordinary man transformed into an insect, is brought together in this collection with the rest of his works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Contemplation, a collection of his earlier studies ; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity ; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America ; and a fascinating occasional piece, The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of his literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.
