Features critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism; notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index; and, an introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
This book is about Harry, a determined little boy, who is intrinsically motivated to explore his world from an early age. His parents and grandparents find him so fascinating that they keep a written and video diary of Harry's play from when he is 8 months to five years. The author offers theories about how children learn and applies the theories to the observations of Harry.
The bestselling author of The Shell Seekers and September has enthralled readers around the globe with her blend of romance and historical drama. In this beautifully detailed and memorable story, the life and times of Judith Dunbar are chronicled from her pre-war boarding school days, where she makes friends with a wealthy girl and is introduced to a privileged world, to the turbulent WWII years. As it tells the story of Judith's coming of age, the changes brought to England by the war are intricately woven into the story. Full of the warmth and characterization Pilcher's readers have come to expect from the popular author.
The Insulted and Injured is that tale of a love quadrangle -- an improbably unpossessive and uninvidious love quadrangle, at that -- told by a young novelist not to unlike Dostoevsky himself. (A young author who has just published a novel so much like Dostoevsky's Poor Folk, in fact, that we find ourselves tempted to wonder over the author's private life. But we'll refrain.) Vanya (the narrator and fictional author) has a crush on Natasha, who has left her family to live with her new lover, Alyosha. Alyosha is a sweetheart, but he's also a little dim; he's the son of Prince Valkovsky, a Machiavellian character who's the villain of the tale.
In this sweeping novel of Africa, in all its power, beauty and savagery, Bryce Courtenay captures the life of a child and the life of a nation. Whitethorn is a book about tragedy and joy, about love and hatred, and about a boy called Tom who will not rest until justice is done. From the author of Brother Fish and The Power of One comes another moving story you won't forget.
