What Gives Us Our Names

Alvin Pang

Sinopsis

He’d gotten the idea from a book, not unlike the one you last read and loved, whose lurid covers you have already forgotten. For a canvas, he used not his own skin but his very life, spending his days as if he were made up of the most telling bits of other people. To do this, he learned to watch quietly and look deeply, past the busy surfaces until he could discern the colours beneath, the ones that did not change. One by one he would name them as he wove them into his heart in the deep of night. He touched you once, borrowing pieces of your story in passing. They are here still, in case you wish to look.

Disponible desde: 12/05/2025.

Longitud de impresión: 56 páginas.

Otros libros que te pueden interesar

Cohen of Trinity - From their...

Amy Levy

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.
Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four terms.
Amy’s writing career began early; her poem ‘Ida Grey’ appeared when she was only fourteen. Her acclaimed short stories ‘Cohen of Trinity’ and ‘Wise in Their Generation,’ were published by Oscar Wilde in his magazine ‘Women's World’.
Her poetic writings reveal feminist concerns; ‘Xantippe and Other Verses’, from 1881 includes a poem in the voice of Socrates's wife. ‘A Minor Poet and Other Verse’ from 1884 comprises of dramatic monologues and lyric poems.
In 1886, Amy began a series of essays on Jewish culture and literature for the Jewish Chronicle, including ‘The Ghetto at Florence’, ‘The Jew in Fiction’, ‘Jewish Humour’ and ‘Jewish Children’.
That same year while travelling in Florence she met the writer Vernon Lee. It is generally assumed they fell in love and this inspired the poem ‘To Vernon Lee’.
Her first novel ‘Romance of a Shop’, written in 1888 is based on four sisters who experience the pleasures and hardships of running a London business during the 1880s. This was followed by Reuben Sachs (also 1888) and concerned with Jewish identity and mores in the England of her time and was somewhat controversial.
Her final book of poems, ‘A London Plane-Tree’ from 1889, shows the beginnings of the influence of French symbolism.
Despite many friendships and an active life, Amy suffered for many years with serious depressions and this, together with her growing deafness, led her to commit suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide on September 10th, 1889. She was 27.

Ver libro

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Originally published in Strand Magazine in February 1892, "The Speckled Band" is a classic locked-room mystery that deals with themes of parental greed, inheritance, and freedom. Tinged with Gothic elements, it is considered by many to be one of Doyle's finest works, with the author himself calling it his best story.

Ver libro

The Murders In The Rue Morgue -...

Edgar Allan Poe

With this absorbing and surprising story, Edgar Allan Poe introduced amateur Parisian sleuth C. August Dupin to the world, and invented the modern detective story. This classic tale has lost none of its ability to startle and intrigue. 
Narrated by Robin Reads.

Ver libro

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

One moment of fear. One unforgivable mistake. A lifetime spent trying to make it right.
Young seaman Jim dreams of heroism, but when disaster strikes at sea, a single act of cowardice shatters his reputation. Haunted by guilt, he flees across oceans in search of a place where he can rebuild his honor. In a remote Eastern settlement, he finds trust, purpose, and a fragile peace—until fate tests him once again.

Praised as "one of Conrad's greatest psychological novels," Lord Jim explores shame, courage, loyalty, and the painful journey toward redemption. Its rich atmosphere, moral depth, and unforgettable characters continue to resonate with readers everywhere.

If you love introspective adventure, dramatic moral conflict, and stories of fragile humanity striving for greatness, this masterpiece is essential reading.

Open the book—and follow a man who refuses to let one mistake define his soul.

Ver libro

Amerika

Franz Kafka

'Karl continued to push through, but he no longer had any real hope of achieving anything.' 
 
Unexpected adventures and whirlwind encounters await Karl Rossman when he arrives in New York from Europe. Cast out by his family and determined to make a better life, he soon finds himself making friends as well as enemies in a bizarre and chaotic new world brimming with unknown places, eccentric characters, and ulterior motives. 
 
First published in 1927 and newly translated here, Franz Kafka's Amerika is a gripping and humorous tale of a young exile searching for new opportunities while navigating hope and disillusionment in his pursuit of belonging.

Ver libro

Howards End

E. M. Forster

Howard's End is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of the Edwardian middle class: the Wilcoxes, who are rich capitalists with a fortune made in the Colonies; the half-German Schlegel siblings (Margaret, Tibby, and Helen), who represent the intellectual bourgeoisie and have a lot in common with the real-life Bloomsbury Group; and the Basts, a couple who are struggling members of the lower-middle class. The Schlegel sisters try to help the poor Basts and try to make the Wilcoxes less prejudiced.

Ver libro