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  The Filostrato

  Giovanni Boccaccio

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  The Filostrato by Giovanni Boccaccio is a poignant and richly woven tale of love, longing, and tragic destiny set against the legendary backdrop of the Trojan War. Written in the 14th century, this early masterpiece of Italian literature blends classical legend with the emotional intensity of courtly romance, revealing Boccaccio's growing mastery of poetic storytelling.
  
  Centered on the ill-fated love between Troilus, a Trojan prince, and the beautiful Criseyde, the narrative traces the rise and fall of a passionate relationship shaped by war, fate, and human frailty. When Troilus first beholds Criseyde, he is overwhelmed by desire, and through the clever mediation of Pandarus, the two are brought together in a secret union. Yet their happiness is shadowed by the ongoing conflict between Troy and the Greek forces. When Criseyde is sent to the enemy camp as part of a political exchange, the lovers are separated, and loyalty is tested in the face of uncertainty and temptation.
  
  Through vivid characterization and lyrical expression, Boccaccio explores the psychological depth of his protagonists. Troilus embodies the consuming power of romantic devotion—torn between hope and despair—while Criseyde is portrayed with complexity and nuance, caught between affection, fear, and survival in a world governed by shifting allegiances. The story's emotional resonance lies not only in its tragic outcome but in its sensitive portrayal of the vulnerability of the human heart.
  
  Drawing inspiration from classical sources yet transforming them through the lens of medieval sensibility, The Filostrato stands as one of the earliest narrative poems in the Italian vernacular. Its exploration of love as both ennobling and destructive anticipates later Renaissance themes, and its influence would extend far beyond Italy, shaping works such as Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
  
  At once romantic and somber, heroic and intimate, The Filostrato captures the tension between personal desire and public duty. Boccaccio's poetic craftsmanship, emotional insight, and dramatic pacing create a narrative that feels timeless in its exploration of longing, betrayal, and the fragile nature of trust.
  
  A foundational work of early Renaissance literature, The Filostrato offers readers a compelling blend of epic setting and deeply personal emotion—an enduring story of love tested by fate and remembered through poetry.

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  Fridge

  Emma Zadow

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  Alice hasn't been home for a while – for seven years, in fact. But when her little sister Lo tries to take her own life, she has to return to the life she left behind. The change of scenery from London to Norfolk proves quite the culture shock, however, and Alice has to confront what she left behind all those years ago.
  The sisters' relationship hasn't evolved in Alice's absence, and when she steps through the door she's plunged back into the same world she escaped from. Set against Norfolk's bleak landscapes, but masquerading as childhood nostalgia, Fridge is an all-too-familiar exploration of the broken promises of youth, and a bitter exposition of a generation left behind.

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  The Terrible Prophecy

  Alexender Bestuzhev-Marlinsky

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  Best known for his poetry and historic novels in the style of Sir Walter Scott, Alexender Bestuzhev-Marlinsky takes a turn down a different path with A Terrible Prophecy and delivers classic spooky tale on the dangers of having one's wishes fulfilled to the letter.

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  Whaling Town - Poems

  David Parker Allen

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  This is a place you never hear about in America... 
  A unique American collection of poetry, Whaling Town explores the rough work of self-realization and the roots that anchor us to the unsteady ground of our past.  
  Facing a turning point in his life, David Parker Allen began traversing the landscape of the United States, researching and writing music and assembling the bones of a collection of poetry. His journey led him through a personal family immigrant story in New Bedford, Massachusetts—the whaling town Melville made famous—to small communities across the Mississippi Delta and deep South, Gulf Coast, and Mountain West, as well as the streets of Chicago and New York. Jumping from rural America to urban hubs and back, Whaling Town tells a story of place and people in a gritty world that’s both in and out of our control. 
  With clear-eyed observations and gentle musicality, Allen takes stock of the burden of our collective history and looks directly into passing storms that we each must face alone. When the skies clear, how do we come to terms with self and our place in this world, and what do we build from the wreckage?

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  Routes

  Rhiya Pau

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  At the core of this debut collection is a question – what is worth holding onto?
  Through poetic experiments that blend the academic and the artistic, Rhiya Pau queries complex characters and tender landscapes. Routes journeys from Ba's kitchen in Sonia Gardens to Independence hour in Delhi, across the pink shores of Nakuru, to meet a painter on Lee High Road.
  Celebrating fifty years since her community arrived in the UK, Pau chronicles the migratory histories of her ancestors and simultaneously lays bare the conflicts of identity that arise from being a member of the East African-Indian diaspora. In this multilingual discourse exhibiting vast formal range, Pau wrestles with language, narrative and memory, daring to navigate their collective fallibilities to architect her own identity.
  '[Routes]...holds up to the light the wisdom of the past, and asks what else is passed down along with it...a work of humane intelligence, formal experiment and linguistic verve' - Sarah Howe, Judge of Eric Gregory Awards 2022

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  I Create As I Speak

  Michael David Harkavy

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   There are other paths and destinations within you to be explored and you have the power to change your path at any time. 
   Your unexplored paths require a transcendent mind that goes beyond the limits of your current self-awareness. 
   This book is a tool to help you find your individual path in the universe and the powers that reside within you. 
   If the universe is infinite, then your soul is infinite. 

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