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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
[Old English] An aging shipbuilder dotes on the children of his deceased son. His sister disapproves because the old man's son was illegitimate, but he pays her no heed. He secures the financial future of his grandchildren by entering into a shady business deal that is sure to bring him disgrace and ruin. To escape the wrath of his enemies, he commits an elegant suicide by defying his doctor's orders and eating a sumptuous gourmet meal.
[A successful...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
"On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens the gas tap in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove -- to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his badgering, pregnant wife -- that the hours of his life belonged to himself alone. In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Saviour, an aging nun, a Little Nursing Sister of the Sick Poor, appears, unbidden, to direct the way forward for his widow and his unborn...
925) The cloud chamber
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school science fair.
926) Marx can wait
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Italiano
Description
In his most achingly personal film to date, legendary Italian Filmmaker Marco Bellocchio uses the occasion of a family reunion in his hometown of Piacenza to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the death of his twin brother Camillo, who committed suicide in the late '60s at age 29. Through detailed conversations with his siblings, archival footage providing context about 20th-century Italian leftist politics, and occasional clips from his films,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Shares the manuscript Cheslie wrote before her passing, her story in her own words--from the highest highs of passing two bar exams, winning Miss USA, and beginning an exciting career as an entertainment journalist to the lowest lows of heartbreak, betrayal, and persistent depression. Cheslie's mother, April Simpkins, picks up the narrative, sharing what she experienced in the aftermath of Cheslie's suicide.
929) Look again: a memoir
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Trauma can make truth hard to find. Have you ever experienced a terror, grief, or confusion so great that when you try to share it you can only find shattered images floating in darkness? You try over and over, but can’t tell the story, to yourself or to anyone else. Look Again presents us with six variations of the same event, seen through the different lenses caused by other life revelations. It explores the fragmenting nature of trauma by tracing...
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Swedish
Description
In honor of Ingmar Bergman's one hundredth birthday, the Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of his films ever released on home video. One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema, Bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of the most profound metaphysical and spiritual questions. The struggles...
931) Drama for students: Volume 2presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
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