Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Author: Torborg Nedreaas

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780803233133

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A young woman recounts her hopeless involvement with her teacher, even after his marriage, and examines the ways society makes women emotionally and economically dependent


Candy Story

Candy Story

Author: Marie Redonnet

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1995-06-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780803289581

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Tells the story of Mia, a young writer trying to carry on as the world around her is collapsing


Julia

Julia

Author: Ana Mar�a Moix

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780803232358

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Sleep eludes Julia as she remembers her history, including her grandfather's inspirational revolutionary fervor, her self-centered mother, her overbearing grandmother, would-be boyfriends, and the haunting events of the past.


The South

The South

Author: Adelaida Garc�a Morales

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780803270800

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Two novellas by a Spanish writer. In The South, a girl returns to her hometown to learn the truth about her father's suicide, while Bene is on a Gypsy woman accused of being possessed by the Devil.


Seduced By Moonlight

Seduced By Moonlight

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2004-02-03

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0345472063

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I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. and Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Fairie. Now there are those among me who whisper I am more. They fear me even as they protect me. And who can blame them? I’ve awakened the dazzling magic that’s slumbered in them for thousands of years. But the thing is, I can’t figure out why. My aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, is no longer distracted by her usual sadistic hobbies. Her obsession has turned unwaveringly to me. The mission to get me pregnant and beat my cousin Prince Cel to the crown is taking longer than expected. Even though I spend each night with the Queen’s Ravens, my immortal guards, no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something else is happening. My magic courses through me uncontrollably. And as I lock my half-mortal body with their full-Sidhe blooded ones, the power surges like never before. It all began with the chalice. I dreamed of it, and it appeared, cool and hard, beside me when I awoke. My guards know the ancient relic well—its disappearance ages ago stripped them of their vital powers. But it is here with us now. My touch resonates with its force, and they’re consumed with it, their Sidhe essences lit up by it. But even as they cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it. Me, a mongrel, only half fey and part mortal. The Unseelie court has suffered for so long, and there are some who would not have it weakened further by an impure queen. My enemies grow in number every day. But they do not know what I am capable of. Nor, for that matter, do I. . . . In Seduced by Moonlight, Laurell K. Hamilton brings the dark, erotic reign of the immortal fey to a startling new depth. Full of sensuality and the consuming anticipation of latent powers unleashed, this world of gods, shapeshifters, and immortal souls is unveiled in all of its supreme magnificence and its treacherous deceits.


Century of Locusts

Century of Locusts

Author: Malika Mokeddem

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780803232549

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What first appears as a tiny moving shadow, no bigger than a fly, on the dazzling horizon slowly reveals itself as the grim shape of violence and death; in the destruction left behind?the mother?s broken body, the hidden child, the crying infant?begins the story of wandering and loss, of exile and desolation that sounds all the sad echoes of disappearing Bedouin life. Set in the first half of the twentieth century, Malika Mokeddem?s Century of Locusts combines the magic of exquisitely wrought desert landscapes, the intrigue of Bedouin tales of madmen and poets, and the personal pain of exile and isolation to evoke a way of life destroyed by the scourge of settler colonialism. The book tells the braided tales of those left to resist: a wandering poet and his mute, stricken daughter, Yasmine; the lunatic Majnoun; and Majnoun's murderous sidekick, Hassan, who twitches and squints with malevolence, lurking along the story?s shadowy borders. Rippling ever outward with allusions and echoes, the tale eventually encompasses Algeria?s legendary past, its colonial injustices, and its uncertain future, even as Mokeddem?s poetry and deft touch confer life and hope on the ravaged body of this desert land.


A Creature of Moonlight

A Creature of Moonlight

Author: Rebecca Hahn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 054410935X

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Marni, a young flower seller who has been living in exile, must choose between claiming her birthright as princess of a realm whose king wants her dead, or a life with the father she has never known--a wild dragon.


Nadirs

Nadirs

Author: Herta M_ller

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published:

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 0803235836

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Memoirs of Leticia Valle

Memoirs of Leticia Valle

Author: Rosa Chacel

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780803263604

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The memoir of a precocious Spanish girl. Atthe age of 11, a woman-friend of her father is so charmedby her, she suggests her husband tutor the girl. Whereupon the girl seduces the husband. The book waspublished in 1945 in Spain and this is its first appearancein English.