Narrative temaer: død, sorg, tab

The Long Arc of Grief offers a compassionate, nuanced understanding of what it means to be a daughter, mother and friend-exploring the small, miraculous moments of discovery, heartbreak and redemption that come with facing loss.

Set on the trans-Siberian railway, these poems take up themes of mobility as well as the body and the self created through loss. In the collection, loss is generated through travel as it strips away the mundane routines used to define ourselves, such as homes, careers, families. For example, one poem focuses on the interaction between the speaker and an elderly Russian woman who perceives something evil in the speaker's surgery scars despite the brief encounter. In each poem, we see the speaker evolving and redefining self-identity through location, through unexpected connections and disconnections, through the present and the past. Dorris focuses on the body's role in mobility and self-creation because she has a genetic bone disorder which causes benign tumors, or osteocondromas, to form at her joints. As she grew, so did the tumors interfering with normal growth patterns; her right leg is shorter, her right arm is several inches longer, and she has strange knobs of bone sticking out. All that said, she walks, jogs if she must, dances and hopscotches (although not gracefully). For years she avoided writing about disability because she wanted to avoid sounding melodramatic and self-pitying, but while completing an MFA, she realized her disability colored the way she perceives the world and her role inside it; consequently, her poetics lean towards erasing, running, and eventually disassembling illusions, as well as contributing to the dialogue of disability poetics.

Award-winning poet Diane Glancy’s radical approach to the perennial mystery of suffering takes the trials of Job—the just man unjustly punished—into the New World.

Engaging and sharply observed, these poems plumb the depths of our collective unconscious by examining both our natural world and our history. By creating palpable experiences of private and public grief, the imagery and tone haunt and delight, teasing the reader to fully realize, by turns, the aching beauty and abject terror of our world.

When Annika Torrey is diagnosed with cancer, she has no one in her life she can turn to. Divorced and estranged from her fundamentalist family, she sells her life insurance policy for cash, hoping to live out her final days in peace. But then Annika is given a rare second chance. Meanwhile, struggling real-estate agent Matt Campbell is drowning in debt. Desperate to save his career and marriage, he lets an old friend invest his money, but the big payout he's promised never materializes. Suspecting fraud, his search for answers leads him to the mysterious Annika, and soon both characters are trapped in a web of deception and desire, their hopes for redemption threatened by the contract that binds them. Viaticum is a taut psychological drama about two people fighting to maintain their dignity in a world that objectifies them. Thematically rich and morally-fraught, this intelligent and finely-crafted novel is timely and relevant.

An exciting, long-awaited collection from the National Book Award finalist, a poet of wild imagination and formidable accomplishmentDavid St. John's new collection of poetry, The Auroras, is the most provocative, adventurous, and stylistically eclectic work of his career. Composed as a triptych of three distinct movements, it opens with a sequence of urgent, subversive, sensually charged poems, crackling with desire.In the center section, St. John returns to the California landscapes of his youth, in both the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These poems are quiet and measured, yet often psychologically troubling.The final section of The Auroras is constructed as an album of philosophical and aesthetic meditations, all haunted by the force of an emerging sense of mortality. In this collection, even the most compelling emanations of light?artistic, intellectual, sexual, or spiritual?are inevitably framed by impending darkness.The beauty, music, and artistry of David St. John's poetry have been long admired; now The Auroras reveals the extent and breadth of his masterful poetic achievement.

»Ich hatte bis heute nicht verstanden, warum es ausgerechnet sie treffen musste.«Zoe liebt ihre kleine Schwester Sky über alles und kümmert sich aufopferungsvoll um sie, denn sie hat eine schlimme Diagnose: Leukämie. Die jahrelange Chemotherapie scheint nicht richtig anzuschlagen, doch Zoe hat Hoffnung, dass Sky wieder gesund wird, denn was würde sie ohne ihre Schwester tun?Und dann ist da noch Jason, der nicht nur in Zoes Klasse geht, sondern auch noch ihr Nachbar ist und sie ständig mit blöden Kommentaren nervt. Verbirgt sich hinter seinem scheinbar arroganten Äußeren vielleicht eine liebenswerte Seite? Kann sich Hass in Liebe verwandeln und die beiden zueinander finden lassen?

Et sted i Sten og spejl lyder det: ”Hvis den virkelige sorg var lige så smuk og ophøjet som kunstens, som et storslået rekviem, og vi ikke følte mere smerte end tonerne, som flyder ud af instrumenterne, så ville vi leve et liv i sorg og svir. Og ikke fornemme stanken af muggent cirkus og rådnende zoologiske haver inde i os.” Passagen er typisk for Ulvens forfatterskab: på den ene side en søgen efter skønhed, på den anden side en sorg over, at virkeligheden ikke kan leve op til kunsten, en markant dødsbevidsthed, en stedvis næsten munter galgenhumor.Sten og spejl er den sidste bog, den norske forfatter Tor Ulven nåede at færdiggøre før sin død. Den regnes for et hovedværk i et forfatterskab, der står som et af de væsentligste norske i nyere tid.Bogens undertitel – mixtum compositum – er også en genrebetegnelse: en kollage af tekster af højst forskellig karakter, som spænder fra aforismer, minimalistiske skuespil og digte over beskrivelser og observationer til korte fortællinger og erindringsglimt, alle med en billedlig eller scenisk karakter.Hver tekst er nummereret og præsenteres med en titel, som angiver en kunstgenre uden for litteraturen, fx ”Udstilling”, ”Koncert”, ”Forestilling”, ”Mellemspil”, og med kuriøse undertitler som ”skyggeteater”, ”readymade”, ”stilleben”, ”nyhedsfoto”, ”opera: duet” m.m. Dette greb får bogen til både at virke som et forsøg på at sprænge eller udvide litteraturens rammer og som en parodi på kunstens forsøg på at begribe en virkelighed, som aldrig lader sig helt begribe.Nogle af teksterne i bogen nærmer sig det absurde, andre er morbide eller desorienterede, atter andre morsomme, rørende, mystiske, men alle er karakteriseret af Ulvens evne til at beskrive forfald med størst mulig præcision, detaljerigdom og skønhed.Sten og spejl er den anden bog på Sidste Århundrede efter romanen Afløsning (2020), som fik strålende anmeldelser, da den udkom.

Take a tour with Iphigenia Corbin through her ancestral catacombs. She is elegant. She is French. She is...a Baku, a creature that eats the nightmares of mortals. Discover the dark and haunting things inside her private collection that only a Baku could assemble. Will you experience the poetic nightmares?

"Beth Dufford's poems frame our fears as well as the terror we are still collectively ok with. With stark humor and steep enjambments, the poems' titles, tonal shifts, size and shape make news of spells, missing women, domestic violence, war, religion, surveillance, protests and political financiers all feel like a scroll through your favorite media feed. 'Because So Much Has Been Sold in the Name of Convenience'if you zoom out far enough [our fear] seems really small."Valyntina Grenier, author of In Our Now and Fever Dream/Take Heart

Quand, pour la bonne cause, une poignée d'auteurs se lance le défi d'écrire autour du thème du secret, le résultat est aussi étonnant que détonant... Sept plumes aux univers et aux styles variés vous livrent des secrets stupéfiants. Du conte onirique au thriller angoissant, vous serez plongés dans des mystères aux multiples saveurs ! 1715. Une jeune femme disparaît de manière brutale et inexpliquée le jour de ses noces... Quel terrible secret cache le silence d'une vieille dame au crépuscule de sa vie ? Une jeune étudiante, encore sous le choc, est pourchassée suite au crime dont elle a été témoin... 2038. Alors que les gouvernements ont pris des mesures draconiennes, qui est celui que Rachel cache désespérément aux yeux du monde ? Une petite fille évoluant dans un univers de contes s'apprête à toucher du doigt un secret millénaire. Sarra se réveille de son coma totalement amnésique. Quand la mémoire lui revient, tout lui semble pourtant étranger... Un groupe d'étudiants collectionneurs accueille en son sein un nouveau membre. Mais que dissimule cette jeune fille au passé bien mystérieux ? Secrets de famille, intrigues haletantes, mystères et sombres destinées sont les ingrédients explosifs de ce recueil de nouvelles aux rebondissements inattendus.

After learning of a family curse that claims the lives of innocents, Bryn journeys to the Perilous Keep to confront her undead ancestor. Can she regain what she lost at their and prove her worth to the person who doubts it the most: herself?

Die Wahrheit hinter dem Schein"Dieser Schnullersammler ist doch verrückt!"Ferdinand schiebt sein altes Fahrrad über den Marktplatz. Am Lenker baumelt eine Kette mit verlorengegangenen Schnullern. Im Korb auf dem Gepäckträger stapeln sich Pullover, ein Seidenschal, einzelne Handschuhe und eine Socke. Er ist erst seit kurzem von seinem Bootshaus in ein Hexenhäuschen im Dorf gezogen. Fremden begegnen die Leute von Mitterwasser grundsätzlich mit Abstand. Doch die Gerüchte, die sich um den schrulligen Segler ranken, halten sich nicht nur hartnäckig, sondern sagen ihm obendrein nach, dass er seinen damaligen Nachbarn umgebracht hat. Was ist dran, an den Anschuldigungen? Ist dieser Neuling ein Mörder oder einfach nur ein Mensch, der eben gerne Dinge sammelt?

"Write to me. Keep me alive," wrote Jory Post to Paola Bruni as he was dying of inoperable cancer.Hence, the quiet conversation ensued - one poet to another - an intimate, and at times playful, sharing of hopes, fears, and grief.

The wandering of the mind. What sought to be imagination became a reality? Only to be found again to be a fantasy. A broken fantasy. Where will we be if we let these emotions overtake us? Maybe back here: back where the book we wrote our stories, our lives and non-sensical realities; provides that this may find peace in what has happened, what could've happened and what will happen. Broken Fantasy is a collection of prose and poems about heartbreak, love, and loss. The chapter diverts back-and-forth from being infatuated to hopelessly falling in love. Different writing finds itself with sweet and bitter words.

"Twenty-six dark and witty poems, each a tragic comedy of innocence and vulnerability. Twenty-six hauntingly beautiful portrayals of injustice and suffering, each from the gifted imagination of Juliette Fogra, illustrator of Beyond Order: 12 More Rules of Life. If A Nightmare before Christmas or Coraline struck you to the heart; if the gothic raillery of Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies seduced you to smile satirically; if the Brothers Grimm were nowhere near grim enough for you; then An ABC of Childhood Tragedy might just be the book you've been pining for." -- www.shoplibrapress.com

After a dramatic series of events, the Artemis crew must now pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. As they all deal with their own dramas, the friends face different challenges that they each have to overcome. None of them know what the future holds, but there's one thing they know for sure... Artemis Advertising will never be the same again.Nathan Stone's world was turned upside down with the arrival of Ashley Granger. For the first time ever, he'd fallen in love, but now his new life has been violently ripped into pieces at the hands of a drug-dealing psychopath. In his girlfriends' blood spattered apartment, Nathan is facing the reality of life without Ashley Granger. Ritchie Carlton is a loveable rogue. Under his mischievous facade, the Aussie larrikin is madly in love with his non-girlfriend, Amy Vaughn. All he really wants is to get married, settle down and raise a family, but Amy is resistant to his proposals and refuses to commit to him. It's time for Ritchie to make a choice, it's either stay or go. Ryan McPherson no longer recognises himself or his life. Full of rage and unable to cope with the discovery that his pregnant wife had cheated on him, Ryan veered off the rails and found himself in rehabs where he's been battling some big demons. But the arrival of Ryan's daughter has made him more determined than ever, to pull himself back together and begin his life with his new family. Kat McPherson made a huge mistake and spent many months dealing with the fall-out. After spending time with her family in Framlingham, Kat decides to move back home so she can be near Ryan while he finishes his stint in rehab, however some unexpected news may change her plans. Will the McPherson's marriage survive this latest trial?

Kannst du dein Ziel erreichen, wenn dich der Schatten deiner Verantwortung jagt? Für die 18-jährige Hiraya ändert sich alles, als ihre Mutter stirbt. Als sie darüber hinaus die Beziehung des Vaters mit Hausmädchen Dolores entdeckt, endet die Konfrontation dramatisch. Aus ihrem Zuhause verstoßen, entlädt sich ihre Wut gegen Dolores in einer Attacke mit ernsten Folgen. Hiraya flieht daraufhin nach Manila, um ihren Traum von einem Leben als professionelle Tinikling-Tänzerin zu verwirklichen. Doch während sie sich als Küchenhilfe in einem Nightlife-Distrikt durchschlagen muss, wird schnell deutlich, dass die junge, unerfahrene Farmerstochter in einen Siedekessel geraten ist, der ihr schonungslos das Leid ihrer Kolleginnen und einen gnadenlosen Überlebenskampf vor Augen führt.Nachdem die junge Frau auf dramatische Weise den tief gläubigen Lokführer Jason und seine Frau Hilaria kennenlernt, nimmt ihr Leben eine unerwartete Wendung, als sie in deren Haus auf ein altes Tanzvideo stößt. Und sie begreift, wer Jason und Hilaria sind. Doch Hiraya wird mit einer Bedingung konfrontiert. Kann sie ihrem Vater vergeben und sich einer Frau stellen, die darauf brennt, für die entstellende Narbe im Gesicht Vergeltung zu bekommen?

This publication of poems is the heartbreak and pain that comes from the inner depths of the soul of any parent who has lost a child, particularly to suicide or, in this case, military suicide. The painful truth is that twenty-two veterans a day commit suicide (twenty-two too many). This chronicles the complicated grief long after the loss of a loved one, one mother's journey written through poems of the pain and grief long after losing her twenty-three-year-old son to suicide while on active duty, and the endless search for answers and the emptiness that follow.