Verlag: Nick Hern Books
Tempers are fraying in the scorching heat as a rural village is overwhelmed by noise, cars and day trippers… Scratch the surface and you'll find danger bubbling away. Matt Hartley's captivating short play Idyll was first presented as an open-air production by Pentabus Theatre Company in 2021.
Playwright Maurice is on the very verge of having success and notoriety upon the opening of his new play. In fact, he's so elated at his future prospects that he's decided to propose to his mistress, Jeanne once the evening is over. However, he comes into contact with a femme fatale named Henriette, who so beguiles him with danger and mystery that he doesn't attend his own show and instead spends the entire night with her, forgetting all about his mistress and child. Word spreads throughout France the following morning, and the public utterly shames the impromptu couple for spending the night together, causing the theater to pull Maurice's play, Jeanne to leave Maurice, and Henriette to scheme upon the molding of this now contemptible beast for her own means.... Come see the consequences of actions and the impact of societal expectations in this strange yet unwavering comedy known as "Crime and Crime."Zum Buch
Mai Der Vang's poetry—lyrically insistent and visually compelling—constitutes a groundbreaking investigation into the collective trauma and resilience experienced by Hmong people and communities, the ongoing cultural and environmental repercussions of the war in Vietnam, the lives of refugees afterward, and the postmemory carried by their descendants. Primordial is a crucial turn to the ecological and generational impact of violence, a powerful and rousing meditation on climate, origin, and fate. With profound and attentive care, Vang addresses the plight of the saola, an extremely rare and critically endangered animal native to the Annamite Mountains in Laos and Vietnam. Remarkably, the saola has only been known to the outside world since 1992, and sightings are so rare that it has now been more than a decade since the last known image of one was captured in a camera trap photo in 2013. Primordial examines the saola's relationship to Hmong refugee identity and cosmology and a shared sense of exile, precarity, privacy, and survival. Can a war-torn landscape and memory provide sanctuary, and what are the consequences for our climate, our origins, our ability to belong to a homeland? Written during a difficult pregnancy and postpartum period, Vang's poems are urgent stays against extinction.Zum Buch
'I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.' Originally self-published in 1855, Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman's bold, life-affirming poetic epic that still permeates American popular culture to this day. A groundbreaking collection of poetry that underwent several additions and alterations throughout Whitman's lifetime, Leaves of Grass is an unapologetic celebration of nature, the body and the interconnectedness of life itself. Including the iconic poems 'Song of Myself', 'I Sing the Body Electric' and 'Song of the Open World', Whitman's free verse exalts the beauty of the self and the natural world, creating a sweeping, spiritual and uniquely American voice that embraces the human experience for all it's worth. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892) was an American poet, journalist and novelist. He is regarded as one of the most influential writers in American literature, famed for his free verse, and the inclusion of both transcendentalism and realism in his works. Although his poetry was controversial at the time of writing, today he remains widely admired and studied.Zum Buch
Just who is the Secret Agent [Delta] of a certain embassy? Just who is Mr Verloc? The proprietor of a certain shop on Brett Street? The Vice-President of a certain revolutionary committee? Forced into a corner by his superiors, he acts in desperation and disaster awaits. A tale of anarchy and realism, by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1905, it is considered one of his great city novels, as well as a great novellestic study of terrorism and it's proponents. Narrated by Michael Ward.Zum Buch
Eric has a miserable childhood in a violent, drunken family in a tough London housing estate. He compensates by looking for perfection. For him, this means worldly success in a diplomatic career as far away from his childhood as possible. His single-minded ambition comes at a price. It makes him leave his childhood sweetheart Katie behind, since he knows that she can’t keep up with him. Their ways part. Eric marries an upper-class woman and becomes an Ambassador. However, Katie and he never quite lose touch. After his wife’s death Eric and Katie come together again. There is action and pace, fun and sadness, a huge variety of life experiences and a sense of providence and redemption.Zum Buch
This Poem is Titled 'Beauty of the Human Form. :: It is a poem about the never ending fascination of People with the Human body. Some might say, its in our DNA. That maybe so. The Greeks knew how to display it, as both eroticism and as an Art form. Showing both sexes in the 'Perfect' perfection of Beauty! Unfortunately; the human form, especially the female human form has been in the last few decades since the new renaissance or as we call the sexual revolution or as is now the 'free society'. Denigrated to an object not of art but purely of desire, or descended into the more pornographic exploitive realms of decor art. *NO A.I. has been used in the creation of this Poem. * As for all his poems & s/stories.* *Just the purity of thought of the Author. ***** Please leave your Review/feedback, many thanks. ***** To see more Poems by the same Author please click the Link HERE: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00SG40RM8 To contact the Author: Please add me Mike Miko on Facebook & then message me, thanks. https://www.facebook.com/wild.poetry.webs I will then contact the Author your behalf. Instagram: wild_poetrys / wild.poetry.webs Please Like :) FB: https://www.facebook.com/New.Poets.Corner Website: www.wild-poetry.com Twitter: miko_1_dollar ~Zum Buch
