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The tsar of love and techno

stories
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena--dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art. This stunning, exquisitely written collection introduces a cast of remarkable characters whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming and heartbreaking. A 1930s Soviet censor painstakingly corrects offending photographs, deep underneath Leningrad, bewitched by the image of a disgraced prima ballerina. A chorus of women recount their stories and those of their grandmothers, former gulag prisoners who settled their Siberian mining town. Two pairs of brothers share a fierce, protective love. Young men across the former USSR face violence at home and in the military. And great sacrifices are made in the name of an oil landscape unremarkable except for the almost incomprehensibly peaceful past it depicts. In stunning prose, with rich character portraits and a sense of history reverberating into the present, The Tsar of Love and Techno is a captivating work from one of our greatest new talents.

The Best short stories of the modern age

1962
Contains twenty short stories recording the odyssey of man's soul during the past hundred years.

Women who wrote

stories and poems from audacious literary mavens
"Celebrate women and stories with these heartwarming selections from some of literature's most beloved writers in this gift-worthy collection"--.

Short stuff

a young adult LGBTQ+ anthology
2020
"It could start anywhere . . . At a summer vacation at the lake, just before heading off to college. In a coffee shop, when the whole world is new. In a dragon's cave, surrounded by gold. At a swim club, with the future in sight. In 'Short Stuff', . . . authors dial down the angst in four meet-cute LGBTQ young adult romances"--Provided by publisher.

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queer we go again
A collection of seventeen short stories from queer YA authors, in which vampires crash prom, aliens run from the government, a president's daughter comes into her own, a true romantic tries to soften the heart of a cynical social media influencer, and a selkie and the sea call out to a lost soul.

How they met, and other stories

A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, and joy of falling in love.
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Adaptations

from short story to big screen : 35 great stories that have inspired great films
Contains a collection of thirty-five short stories that were adapted to film, arranged by genre, and includes an examination of the process of turning a short piece of fiction into a screenplay. Features stories by Harvey Pekar, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and Jean Shepherd.

The eternal smile

three stories
A collection of three graphic stories featuring Duncan, a charming prince hoping to win the princess's hand; Gran'pa Greenbax, a greedy old frog who longs to find true happiness; and Janet, a busy working woman who thinks she has found true love with a Nigerian prince who contacts her through an email asking for her help in liberating his family.

It's a whole spiel

love, latkes, and other Jewish stories
"From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox . . . features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and adventurous, and anything we want to be"--Provided by publisher.
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