The Harp and the Shadow
Author: Alejo Carpentier
Publisher: San Francisco : Mercury House ; St. Paul, Minn. : Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
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The Harp of Imach Thyssel
Author: Patricia C. Wrede
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2011-12-13
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1453233628
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the magical world of Lyra, a mysterious instrument gives a minstrel undreamed-of powerWhen Emereck and Flindaran leave a caravan in search of adventure, it isn’t long before they stumble upon great danger. Emereck, a trained minstrel, and Flindaran, a nobleman masquerading as a tramp, have found a long-abandoned castle, and in it, one of Lyra’s most sought-after treasures: the Harp of Imach Thyssel. Emereck recognizes the perfect white bow from legend: It is said to possess the power of life and death over all mankind. Now, to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, he’ll have to learn to harness its strength to create and destroy, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance.
Killer Books
Author: Aníbal González
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780292728394
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"AnÃbal González's book is a rich, exquisitely erudite, highly original, brilliantly argued essay about profound ethical issues in the history of writing literature in Spanish America. . . . It is the work of a consummate and recognized critic at the height of his powers."--César A. Salgado, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at AustinWriting and violence have been inextricably linked in Spanish America from the Conquest onward. Spanish authorities used written edicts, laws, permits, regulations, logbooks, and account books to control indigenous peoples whose cultures were predominantly oral, giving rise to a mingled awe and mistrust of the power of the written word that persists in Spanish American culture to the present day. In this masterful study, AnÃbal González traces and describes how Spanish American writers have reflected ethically in their works about writing's relation to violence and about their own relation to writing. Using an approach that owes much to the recent "turn to ethics" in deconstruction and to the works of Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas, he examines selected short stories and novels by major Spanish American authors from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries: Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, Manuel Zeno GandÃa, Teresa de la Parra, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, and Julio Cortázar. He shows how these authors frequently display an attitude he calls "graphophobia," an intense awareness of the potential dangers of the written word.
The Grass Harp
Author: Truman Capote
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Published: 1954
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780822204763
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The Shadow of the Sun
Author: Barbara Friend Ish
Publisher: Mercury Retrograde Press
Published: 2011-02-22
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 1936427001
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Man Cannot Deny the Gods.Ten years ago, Ellion violated a sacred rule of magic and brought tragedy on his family. Forced to abandon his throne, exiled from the holy Aballo Order of wizards, and severed from his patron goddess, he swore never to work magic again. He retreated into music and a bard's footloose existence: living in other men's kingdoms, singing of other men's victories.A Man Cannot Escape Destiny.But then the ard-righ, the king of kings, is murdered in an act of insurrection by a rogue wizard who follows the old gods. As the human nations teeter on the verge of chaos and civil war, Ellion tries to slip even farther away to the Tanaan realms, only to discover that they are threatened by the same enemy.A Man Cannot Hide from the Shadow of the Sun.Now Ellion finds himself the protector of Letitia: a Tanaan princess, daughter of one of the greatest Tanaan heroines, and unwitting key to a great arcane mystery. Pursued by the rogue wizard's minions, enticed by gods he was taught to forswear, challenged by his former mentor, and tempted by the most enchanting woman he has ever encountered, Ellion must battle his faith, his vows, and the darkness his soul yearns to tap as he races to unravel the secret of the rogue's power: the Shadow of the Sun.
Merlin's Shadow
Author: Robert Treskillard
Publisher: Blink
Published: 2013-10-02
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0310735114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Betrayal. After destroying the sinister Druid Stone and freeing his people from its dark control, Merlin finds himself a royal advisor without a king. Along with his friend Garth and Natalenya, his betrothed, Merlin treks north with the orphaned Arthur in hopes of keeping the young ruler safe from soldiers misled by their turncoat captain. Relentlessly pursued by his old nemesis Vortigern, Merlin and his band make for the fortress of Dintaga. But dangers multiply when Merlin realizes that Vortigern is not his only enemy. Even his own sister appears bent on Merlin’s destruction. As the threat on all their lives increases, Merlin discovers their only hope is sailing to the lands of eternal darkness and once again cleansing the world from an ancient and powerful evil.
The Post-Columbus Syndrome
Author: F. Viala
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1137439890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.
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Last Song Before Night
Author: Ilana C. Myer
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2015-09-29
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1466861037
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