Tales of mystery and adventure, written in a narrative style without pathos, describe episodes of human fate taking place in the vast region of Canada, where wolves still howl and grizzlies roam. Other tales in this collection are set in the Caribbean.
Tales of mystery and adventure, written in a narrative style without pathos, describe episodes of human fate taking place in the vast region of Canada...
This book contains 15 stories written in a literary style, which never lack suspense, nor a whiff of mystery. Most encounters take place in Canada. Other tales take the reader to the wild region of India's Naga warriors, and the ever blooming Caribbean Islands.
This book contains 15 stories written in a literary style, which never lack suspense, nor a whiff of mystery. Most encounters take place in Canada. Ot...
This book contains twelve tales taking place in Canada, the land of the midnight sun. Where the past lingers amid myriad voices of the wilderness. The stories are written in the narrative style of the author's other books. They are neither trendy nor suggestive. Whether intentional or inadvertent, something always happens. One story takes place in the island of Barbados; it describes a woman dickering with fate.
This book contains twelve tales taking place in Canada, the land of the midnight sun. Where the past lingers amid myriad voices of the wilderness. The...
When Hannes Wirt stepped onto the shores of Dominica, his wildest dreams could not have predicted what lay in store for him. Like his predecessor, Alfred Nantes, who endured a mere three months of a five-year tenure as chief botanist, his existence was also rendered a living hell.
When Hannes Wirt stepped onto the shores of Dominica, his wildest dreams could not have predicted what lay in store for him. Like his predecessor, Alf...
Hier findet der Leser vierzehn Erzahlungen, die sich zumeist in Kanada zutragen, dem Land der Mitternachtssonne, wo das grosse weisse Schweigen vom kurzen Sommer unterbrochen wird, mit tausend ausgelassenen Stimmen und einem uppigen Farbenmeer, welches sich uber die Tundra ausbreitet. Das Land mit den unubersehbaren Getreidefeldern, wo im Westen Grislybaren und Wolfe durch Urwalder streifen, bildet den Hintergrund einiger Erlebnisse. Dann geht es nach Haiti, weiter nach Venezuela zu den Yanomamos am Orinoco, und schliesslich nach Indien ins Nagala
Hier findet der Leser vierzehn Erzahlungen, die sich zumeist in Kanada zutragen, dem Land der Mitternachtssonne, wo das grosse weisse Schweigen vom ku...
A seeming crazed young man appears unannounced at Norbert Pfister's cabin, hinting that the wronged father must be avenged. Gentle Author loses his composure when his visiting friend crushes his lone friend, a solitary beetle. Sun Cheng, the inscrutable man from Manchuria, treats his tormentors in the fashion of his forbears. A dutiful daughter learns to know a side of the father she never fathomed. All fourteen tales describe adventurous events, without resorting to gratuitous violence. Neither are they salacious or fashionable, and even less mawkish.
A seeming crazed young man appears unannounced at Norbert Pfister's cabin, hinting that the wronged father must be avenged. Gentle Author loses his co...
