![]() This implicit refusal to belong can ultimately be read as an “ethics of reconnaissance”, an anti-totalitarian counter-politics or negative politics of identity led by persons or small groups that thus become a (fictionally) “significant minority”. ![]() Having as a theoretical premise the idea that “essential personal identities” do not always synchronise with the essential identity of the group they are supposed to belong to, and that this de-synchronisation can have an ethical opposition at its core, the paper focuses on the way in which Mircea Nedelciu’s typical protagonists – nomads, socially marginal individuals with confusing, “unaccomplished identities” – attempt to (culturally and morally) reconstruct their damaged personal identities by disengaging from their social and spatial appurtenance to the national macrogroup (dominated by the moral values, identity models and cultural stereotypes imposed by Ceauşescu’s regime) and phantasmatically “relocating” their identities in the Western Counterculture of “the Sixties”. ![]()
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![]() Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. ![]() In their dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in their Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet-those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. Their paths are being orchestrated by someone.or something. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Malachiasz is at war with who-and what-hes be. ![]() ![]() Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesnt belong to him. About the Book The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet-those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer- Book Synopsis The stunning sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling Wicked Saints, now in paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a wide-angle shot, we follow this minute, ethereal figure as it makes its way intently along the forbidding horizon. ![]() Framed by mountains of rubble, a tiny white figure, barely more than a dot against the dark expanse, slowly and steadily picks its way through this huge mass of debris: a vast, towering slagheap, intersected with great mounds of excavated rock, stony depressions, muddy tracks waiting to be ploughed up by the trucks. Whether it is a woman, in fact, is hard to tell, we’re so far away. Seen from a distance, a woman, etched against the darkness. Vote for the Albertine Prize through April 30th! Translated by Natasha Lehrer and Cécile Menon (Dorothy, a publishing project). Moving between fact and speculation, film criticism and anecdote, Suite for Barbara Loden came out of Nathalie Léger's obsessive investigation into the mysteries of 'Wanda', the only film American actress Barbara Loden ever wrote and directed. Suite for Barbara Loden has been nominated for the Albertine Prize, a reader's choice award for best contemporary French fiction in English translation. ![]() ![]() ![]() But then, thanks to the experiment that irrevocably changed him, he isn't exactly human any longer-and with each passing day, as his blood bond with Seral strengthens, he's less and less sure as to whose side he's on. Nor did Ryker realize he'd be sent to sabotage a planet full of the very beings his world is battling, beings who kill humans on sight. He didn't realize sadistic doctors would turn him into the experiment-by injecting him with blood from a captured Caeorleian, Seral Iorflas. He thought he volunteered for a simple experiment that would help his government in the war. 2014 by Alicia Nordwell (Author) 77 ratings Book 1 of 3: Saving Caeorleia See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 0.00 This title and over 1 million more are available with Kindle Unlimited 3.25 to buy Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 127.20 1 Used from 127. ![]() ![]() Saving Caeorleia: Book OneIn the distant future, humans wage war against the alien planet Caeorleia, with no tactic off-limits if it will help the humans get their hands on Caeorleia's resources. 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The catch? Contestants have to live as in colonial times: no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests of their abilities to survive challenges of the time period. But an unusual opportunity arises in the form of a bizarre contest run by an eccentric relative: Whoever can survive two weeks in the Archibald Family’s colonial manor will inherit the property. Thanks to her mom’s poor financial planning, they are in danger of losing their business and their home. ![]() ![]() But as much as Tori loves having fun, she sometimes wishes her mom would act a little more her age. Not many girls have a mom who’d take them to a graveyard for hide-and-seek or fill the bathtub with ice cream for the world’s biggest sundae. Tori Porter is best friends with her mom, and most of the time it’s awesome. Formerly titled Colonial Madness, a mother-daughter duo take part in a bizarre family challenge in hopes of winning a fortune in this “light, fun read” ( Booklist) that’s Gilmore Girls meets The Westing Game! ![]() ![]() Why else would she return to the place she was dragged to, kicking and screaming, as a teenager? A place she was thrilled to leave when, three years later, she and her mother bolted, leaving Rue and Lauras father heartbroken? But while Laura is irate, Rue wont turn Heidi away. Its not easy, but together, it seems theres nothing the two cant handle until an unexpected, and not entirely welcome guest shows up in the middle of one warm summer night.Heidi Bogue, one time stepsister to Rue and Laura, is back, and shes hiding from something. And its where Rue is raising her preteen daughter on her own while trying to keep her outspoken sister in check. Its where guests flock to get their hands dirty and taste food fresh from the garden. At least, thats what its become since Rue Anderson and her sister Laura transformed their childhood Texas homestead into a successful tourist destination. In her poignant debut, Elizabeth Bass explores the lengths one cobbled-together family will go to for each other, and the power of a connection that never fades.Sassy Spinster Farm is a place to find solace. In her poignant debut, Elizabeth Bass explores the lengths one cobbled-together family will go to for each other, and the power of a… More.įew things are as lasting as the bond between sisters. Elizabeth Bass: Miss You Most of All - new bookįew things are as lasting as the bond between sisters. ![]() ![]() The American-born health columnist Jean Hubbard has relocated from London to idyllic St. ![]() What happens when the spouse you’ve leaned on and trusted for decades turns out to have a secret life? And what do you do with this potentially explosive information if the story is breaking not under the klieg lights of The New York Times, but rather in the relative privacy of a cybercafe on a tropical island in the Indian Ocean? I’m not sure if it’s irony or good luck that landed Isabel Fonseca’s swirling examination of midlife crises on my desk just as the Eliot Spitzer mess broke (infidelity being a duh major wind force), but the coincidence sure made reading this clever, well-observed novel that much more compelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() By challenging the odds against becoming a career author, Josh hopes to show that it is possible to change the world to fit an autistic sensibility, as opposed to having to change himself to fit into the neuro-typical world. Writing is Josh’s declaration of intent to show that autism does not means limits, but rather the removal of limitation, the ability to grow beyond expectations of normalcy. Writing is therapy and bridge, challenge and passion. ![]() Josh’s writing is more than just a career it is a living expression of his connection to the world around him. In 2015, Josh decided to let the rest of humanity into his worlds by writing his first novel, Calling Tower.Īs a proud autistic Josh does not hide his autism, he celebrates it. As a result, he lived a great deal of his time in his own imagination building worlds and creating characters that made sense to him. In addition to being a writer, Josh is also a proud autistic and advocate for the rights and recognition of adults living on the spectrum.īorn in Central NY, Josh spent most of his childhood not fitting in. When not writing, reading or making something, Josh is an amateur researcher of all things paranormally weird and scientifically fringe. 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