Catalog Search Results
Showing Results using Keyword index
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Although best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy did not confine his literary talents to voluminous works. He was also a master of the short story and the long story--the particularly Russian form known as povest'. Each of the tales in this collection exhibits the rich detail, vivid narration, and startling truths that characterize Tolstoy's famous novels. Two unusual, intriguing short stores -- "Three Deaths" and "The Three Hermits"...
Author
Series
Oprah's book club volume 2004
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
13) Anna Karenina
Series
Pub. Date
1948.
Language
English
Description
Full screen. Story of passion and family conflict set in 19th century upper-class Russia in which the wife of an aristocrat falls in love with a dashing calvary officer.
Author
Series
Shi jie wen xue ming zhu jing hua ben volume 13
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
Chu ban.
Language
中文(繁體)
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
En este libro ilustrado para niños, Nikolai pregunta a sus amigos los animales las siguientes 3 preguntas: Cuál es el mejor momento para hacer las cosas?, Quién es el ser más importante?, y, Qué es lo que debemos hacer?
Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," a middle-aged judge falls gravely ill and is shunned by his materialistic family; and in "Confession," Tolstoy charts his own religious evolution from his rejection of the Orthodox Church to his embrace of spirituality.
20) Philipok
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Philipok's mother has told him that he is too young to go to school, but one day he sets out to go on his own.
Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Main Library Alliance members might be available in other libraries across New Jersey. You can search JerseyCat and place a request for the item to be sent to your library.
If your library doesn't permit JerseyCat requests or the item can't be found, you can also contact your library for assistance.Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request