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“The Bagnios of Algiers” and “The Great Sultana”: Two Plays of Captivity
Best known today as the author of Don Quixote—one of the most beloved and widely read novels in the Western tradition—Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a poet and a playwright as well. After some early successes on the Madrid stage in the 1580s, his theatrical career was interrupted by other literary efforts. Yet, eager to prove himself as a playwright, shortly before his death he published a collection of his later plays before they were ever performed.With their depiction of captives in North Africa and at the Ottoman court, two of these, "The Bagnios of Algiers" and "The Great Sultana," draw heavily on Cervantes's own experiences as a captive, and echo important episodes in Don Quixote. They are set in a Mediterranean world where Spain and its Muslim neighbors clashed repeatedly while still remaining in close contact, with merchants, exiles, captives, soldiers, and renegades frequently crossing between the two sides. The plays provide revealing insights into Spain's complex perception of the world of Mediterranean Islam.Despite their considerable literary and historical interest, these two plays have never before been translated into English. This edition presents them along with an introductory essay that places them in the context of Cervantes's drama, the early modern stage, and the political and cultural relations between Christianity and Islam in the early modern period.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes
"Amongst the Top 50 Horror Books of All Time" - CosmopolitanThree dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella.A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s—a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.A couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son’s death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm…And a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game.From Bram Stoker Award finalist Eric LaRocca, this is devastating, beautifully written horror from one of the genre’s most cutting-edge voices.What have you done today to deserve your eyes?
The Witch’s Heart
When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this fierce, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse myth.Angrboda's story begins where most witch tales end: with being burnt. A punishment from Odin for sharing her visions of the future with the wrong people, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the furthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be the trickster god Loki, and her initial distrust of him and any of his kind grows reluctantly into a deep and abiding love.Their union produces the most important things in her long life: a trio of peculiar children, each with a secret destiny, whom she is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin's all-seeing eye. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life and possibly all of existence is in danger.Angrboda must choose whether she'll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family or rise to remake it.
Verity: The thriller that will capture your heart and blow your mind
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.
The Winter Spirits
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANFeaturing new and original stories from:Bridget Collins, author of The BindingImogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs HancockKiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The MerciesAndrew Michael Hurley, author of The LoneyJess Kidd, author of Things in JarsNatasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetElizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactoryLaura Purcell, author of The Silent CompanionsSusan Stokes-Chapman, author of PandoraLaura Shepherd-Robinson, author of The Square of SevensStuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleCatriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless StreetThe tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience.Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .'I absolutely devoured The Winter Spirits. Every story is a gem' LAURA SHEPPERSON'Another dazzling collection. Chilling, moving and incredibly satisfying' AMANDA MASON'Eerily macabre, hauntingly propulsive' JOANNE BURN
Satantango
Translated by George SzirtesFrom the winner of the Man Booker International PrizeIn the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm.But when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.
L’Homme aux sandales de caoutchouc
La guerre du Vietnam vient d’éclater. Dans un face à face dramatique et démultiplié, Français et Vietnamiens, Vietcongs et Américains s’affrontent par la parole et par le sang, étapes nécessaires vers la libération. Une scène de théâtre, quelques hommes et des chœurs parlés suffisent ici à faire résonner de mille façons la guerre dans ce qu’elle a d’universellement tragique.Kateb Yacine (1929-1989) est l’un des principaux fondateurs de la littérature maghrébine moderne de langue française. Il est notamment l’auteur de Nedjma, Le Polygone étoilé et Le Cercle des représailles, également disponibles en Points.« Le plus grand et le plus brillant des auteurs algériens. »Libération
Le Polygone étoilé (Points)
Dans une suite de poèmes, de dialogues et de rêveries, Kateb Yacine mêle les thèmes essentiels de sa vie et de l’histoire de l’Algérie : la douleur de la colonisation, le lien maternel, le pouvoir des mots et les charmes de Nedjma, dessinant progressivement la figure du « polygone étoilé ». Au carrefour du roman, de la poésie et du théâtre, ce livre est au coeur de la littérature algérienne moderne.Poète, romancier, journaliste et militant pour l’indépendance de l’Algérie, son thème de prédilection, Kateb Yacine (1929-1989) est notamment l’auteur de L’Homme aux sandales de caoutchouc, Le Cercle des représailles et Nedjma, tous trois disponibles en Points.« Il est le Rimbaud de la colère noire et de la misère saignée à blanc. »Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Cercle des représailles
En 1955, lorsque parut Le Cadavre encerclé, pièce écrite par un jeune écrivain algérien inconnu, la violence d'un cri et le timbre particulier d'une voix se faisaient entendre. Cette voix, c'était celle de Kateb Yacine, qui s'est imposé, depuis, comme un des plus grands écrivains de la littérature maghrébine contemporaine.Dans cet ensemble théâtral, constitué de deux tragédies et d'une farce, que clot un poème dramatique, Yacine nous donne à entendre une Algérie omniprésente, sombre et poétique, divisée par les guerres mais unie dans l'amour d'une même terre. En elle s'expand le chant profond d'un peuple tout entier et de sa destinée.Préface de Edouard Glissant
Blizzard
« Avec une maîtrise rare, un souffle pour le moins lyrique, Marie Vingtras nous donne une histoire forte, peuplée d’êtres solitaires, violents, en quête de rédemption. »Bruno Corty, ?Le FigaroLe blizzard fait rage en Alaska.Au coeur de la tempête, un jeune garçon disparaît. Il n'aura fallu que quelques secondes, le temps de refaire ses lacets, pour que Bess lâche la main de l'enfant et le perde de vue. Elle se lance à sa recherche, suivie de près par les rares habitants de ce bout du monde. Une course effrénée contre la mort s'engage alors, où la destinée de chacun, face aux éléments, se dévoile.Marie Vingtras est née à Rennes en 1972. Blizzard est son premier roman.Prix des libraires 2022Prix Libr’à nous 2022
Le voile de Téhéran (Points grands romans)
Massoumeh a 16 ans, et un rêve : poursuivre ses études. Sur le chemin du lycée, elle rencontre Saiid, avec lequel elle partagera un amour innocent… mais ses frères les découvrent. Battue par sa famille, elle est mariée de force à Hamid, de 14 ans son aîné. Par chance, il la respecte et l’encourage à se libérer de la tyrannie et de la tradition. Mais entre la chute du shah, la montée de l’intégrisme religieux et la guerre, le couple est rattrapé par l’histoire mouvementée de son pays. About the Author Parinoush Saniee vit à Téhéran. Elle est sociologue, psychologue, écrivain. Le Voile de Téhéran, son premier roman publié en France, a reçu un accueil enthousiaste dans le monde entier.