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Miss Fanny's Voice
A woman finds her own true voice in this award-winning novel from an Israeli author. Once a student of classical singing, Miss Fanny, deciding she lacks the talent to succeed, has sentenced herself to silence. She has a humdrum job in an umbrella company in Tel Aviv, and her only friend is her elderly aunt Leda who is consumed with nostalgia for pre-war Germany. But her job changes, the boss shows her a porno film and she resigns. Her days are long and empty, so when an old suitor invites her to a nightclub in Jaffa, she goes. And when the microphone is thrust in Fanny s face, she sings. Brilliantly. Fanny gets the singer s job and a new life begins. She makes real friends for the first time, she falls in love, she stands up to Aunt Leda. She becomes herself."
Quality Street
The scene is the blue and white room in the house of the Misses Susan and Phoebe Throssel in Quality Street; and in this little country town there is a satisfaction about living in Quality Street which even religion cannot give. Through the bowed window at the back we have a glimpse of the street. It is pleasantly broad and grass-grown, and is linked to the outer world by one demure shop, whose door rings a bell every time it opens and shuts. Thus by merely peeping, every one in Quality Street can know at once who has been buying a Whimsy cake, and usually why. This bell is the most familiar sound of Quality Street. Now and again ladies pass in their pattens, a maid perhaps protecting them w...
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My best Plays
James M. Barrie was not only the creator of Peter Pan and the other famous characters of that story. He was also a brilliant dramatist and the best of his theatre works are represented in this edition. Contents: The Admirable Crichton Quality Street What Every Woman Knows Dear Brutus Alice Sit-By-The-Fire
Miss Fanny's Voice
A woman finds her own true voice in this award-winning novel from an Israeli author. Once a student of classical singing, Miss Fanny, deciding she lacks the talent to succeed, has sentenced herself to silence. She has a humdrum job in an umbrella company in Tel Aviv, and her only friend is her elderly aunt Leda who is consumed with nostalgia for pre-war Germany. But her job changes, the boss shows her a porno film and she resigns. Her days are long and empty, so when an old suitor invites her to a nightclub in Jaffa, she goes. And when the microphone is thrust in Fanny's face, she sings. Brilliantly. Fanny gets the singer's job and a new life begins. She makes real friends for the first time, she falls in love, she stands up to Aunt Leda. She becomes herself.
Written by Herself
"...substantial contribution to African-American Studies and women's studies." --Mississippi Quarterly "A bravura performance by an accomplished scholar... it strikes a perfect balance between insightful literary analysis and historical investigation." --Eighteenth-Century Studies "... an impressive study of a wide range of writers.... Foster's work is both scholarly and accessible. Her prose is economical and direct, making this book enjoyable as well as instructive." --Belles Lettres "... an impressively wide-ranging discussion of texts and contexts... " --Signs "Foster has written a fine book that provides the reader with a context for understanding the importance of the written word for ...
The Complete Works
Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) is one of the greatest Scottish novelists and playwrights, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. This edition includes: Peter Pan Adventures Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Peter and Wendy Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up When Wendy Grew Up Novels Better Dead When a Man's Single Auld Licht Idylls A Window in Thrums The Little Minister Sentimental Tommy Tommy and Grizel The Little White Bird Farewell Miss Julie Logan Novellas A Tillyloss Scandal Life in a Country Manse Lady's Shoe Short Stories A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches Two of Them and Other Stories Other Short Stories Inconsiderate Waiter The Courting of T'Nowhead's Bell Dite De...
