Quick Reads: Penguin Modern Classics Short Stories edition ALA Alex Award (2006) Full of facts and figures

Full of facts and figures about the world today - on subjects as diverse as geography

and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own “disorientalization”––who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel

and his relationship with Balakirev and other Russian composers

boundaries define who we are and who we are not

It's everything she's ever wanted

Quick Reads: Penguin Modern Classics Short Stories edition ALA Alex Award (2006) Full of facts and figuresDescription: Here are some quick reads by some of the best names in literary history. These reads by Samuel Beckett, Angela Carter, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Jean Rhys let you dive into the minds and genius of these authors, dipping your feet in to see if their style is indeed what you are looking for. Consists of: Bluebeard (Well Read), The Expelled (Well Read), In The Penal Colony (Well Read), The Widow Ching Pirate (Well Read), La Grosse Fifi