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Not-So Natural Disaster: Niger 2005
ISBN: 9781849043502 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the term "natural disaster" applies to the December 2004 tsunami, the images of huge devastation that were televised after the tragedy probably seemed a good deal less "natural" to us than those of starving African children we saw seven months later, from Niger. The tsunami was perceived as so "un-natural" that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. From the outset its causes were apparent in media coverage-droughts and locust invasions have always...
Although the term "natural disaster" applies to the December 2004 tsunami, the images of huge devastation that were televised after the tragedy probab...
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202,21 |
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Chinese Chronicles of the Strange: The «Nuogao Ji»
ISBN: 9780820451169 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Nuogao ji- (Records of Nuogao) is the title of five juan of the ninth-century miscellany entitled Youyang zazu, by Duan Chengshi (c. 800-863). -Nuogao ji- is made up of anecdotes and notices that focus on the strange or supernatural. Simultaneously reminiscent of earlier zhiguai works and characteristic of Tang xiaoshuo writing, this book is an important text for the study of both change and continuity in Chinese informal narratives. This is the first complete English translation of -Nuogao ji.-"
-Nuogao ji- (Records of Nuogao) is the title of five juan of the ninth-century miscellany entitled Youyang zazu, by Duan Chengshi (c. 80...
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308,44 |
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Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts: Manuscripts of the Radya Pustaka Museum and the Hardjonagaran Library
ISBN: 9780877276098 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book completes a series of three volumes cataloguing the Javanese-language manuscripts housed in four repositories in the Central Javanese city of Surakarta that were preserved in microfilm under the auspices of the Cornell University's Surakarta Manuscript Project. The present volume describes the manuscripts of the Radya Pustaka Museum and the private library of the late Panembahan Hardjonagoro, a body of materials that date from the early eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Detailing the contents of the 1,204 texts inscribed in these 478 manuscripts, Nancy K. Florida's... This book completes a series of three volumes cataloguing the Javanese-language manuscripts housed in four repositories in the Central Javanese cit... |
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178,64 |
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Imagining Muslims in South Asia and the Diaspora: Secularism, Religion, Representations
ISBN: 9780415659307 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literary, cinematic and media representations of the disputed category of the 'South Asian Muslim' have undergone substantial change in the last few decades and particularly since the events of September 11, 2001. Here we find the first book-length critical analysis of these representations of Muslims from South Asia and its diaspora in literature, the media, culture and cinema. Contributors contextualize these depictions against the burgeoning post-9/11 artistic interest in Islam, and also against cultural responses to earlier crises on the subcontinent such as Partition (1947), the 1971...
Literary, cinematic and media representations of the disputed category of the 'South Asian Muslim' have undergone substantial change in the last few d...
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724,19 |
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Die Chinesische Erzählung: Vom Altertum Bis Zur Neuzeit
ISBN: 9783598245428 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieses Buch von Monika Motsch ist die Geschichte der chinesischen Erzahlung vom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit. Es ist der dritte Band der von Wolfgang Kubin herausgegebenen 'Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur', einer auf zehn Bande angelegten Gesamtdarstellung. Dieses Buch von Monika Motsch ist die Geschichte der chinesischen Erzahlung vom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit. Es ist der dritte Band der von Wolfgang K... |
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762,88 |
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The Classical Moment: Views from Seven Literatures
ISBN: 9780847694198 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece as its starting point, it examines what such "moments" have in common, how they are created, and what effect they have on subsequent literary creation.
The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and ...
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477,96 |
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Approaching Silence: New Perspectives on Shusaku Endo's Classic Novel
ISBN: 9781623562809 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shusaku Endo is celebrated as one of Japan's great modern novelists, often described as "Japan's Graham Greene," and Silence is considered by many Japanese and Western literary critics to be his masterpiece.
Approaching Silence is both a celebration of this award-winning novel as well as a significant contribution to the growing body of work on literature and religion. It features eminent scholars writing from Christian, Buddhist, literary, and historical perspectives, taking up, for example, the uneasy alliance between faith and doubt; the complexities of discipleship... Shusaku Endo is celebrated as one of Japan's great modern novelists, often described as "Japan's Graham Greene," and Silence is considered by m...
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675,91 |
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Review of Contemporary Fiction: XXIII, #2: Rick Moody/Ann Quin/Silas Flannery
ISBN: 9781564783363 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Dewey, "Rick Moody" Brian Evenson & Joanna Howard, "Ann Quin" Zachary Hammerman, Ed., "Casebook Study of Silas Flannery"
Joseph Dewey, "Rick Moody" Brian Evenson & Joanna Howard, "Ann Quin" Zachary Hammerman, Ed., "Casebook Study of Silas Flannery"
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30,41 |
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On Freedom: Spirit, Art, and State
ISBN: 9780824838553 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The various meanings of freedom are difficult to clarify in the discursive language of theory and philosophy. But authors of fiction, poetry, and other narrative forms--using metaphor, parable, and figurative speech--are often at home with what is difficult and too subtle for reason alone. Residing in countries throughout Asia and North America, the authors in On Freedom help us understand the need for cultural, spiritual, and intellectual freedoms in order to have a life that is fully realized. The various meanings of freedom are difficult to clarify in the discursive language of theory and philosophy. But authors of fiction, poetry, and o... |
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77,20 |
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The Kim Van Kieu of Nguyen Du (1765Ð1820)
ISBN: 9780877277903 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, is the story of an educated and beautiful young woman who suffers misfortune and degradation before obtaining justice and peace. It is a long poem in a complex metric and rhyme scheme that is distinctively Vietnamese. Vladislav Zhukov here provides the first English-language translation, perfectly conveying the poetic form of the original work and thereby producing a literary creation in English that is equivalent to Nguyen Du's genius in... The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literat... |
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168,98 |
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Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire
ISBN: 9781933947679 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together twelve short stories by colonial Korean proletarian writers, as well as two works written in 1946 under U.S. military occupation. The volume provides a diverse, ever-changing portrait of the complex movements of people and ideas that constituted both colonial Korea and the Japanese empire, adding the tumultuous experiences of those from the Korean peninsula to the existing international canon of socialist and feminist literature. This volume brings together twelve short stories by colonial Korean proletarian writers, as well as two works written in 1946 under U.S. military o... |
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96,51 |
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Another Stage: Kanze Nobumitsu and the Late Muromachi Noh Theater
ISBN: 9781933947839 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By examining the life and career of the most prominent noh practitioner of the furyu noh composer, Kanze Kojiro Nobumitsu (1435-1516), the author showcases the critical presence of the late Muromachi period in the history of noh. By examining the life and career of the most prominent noh practitioner of the furyu noh composer, Kanze Kojiro Nobumitsu (1435-1516), the author s... |
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222,09 |
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Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire
ISBN: 9781933947877 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together twelve short stories by colonial Korean proletarian writers, as well as two works written in 1946 under U.S. military occupation. The volume provides a diverse, ever-changing portrait of the complex movements of people and ideas that constituted both colonial Korea and the Japanese empire, adding the tumultuous experiences of those from the Korean peninsula to the existing international canon of socialist and feminist literature. This volume brings together twelve short stories by colonial Korean proletarian writers, as well as two works written in 1946 under U.S. military o... |
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260,70 |
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English Translations of Shen Congwen's Stories: A Narrative Perspective
ISBN: 9783034314053 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates the English translations of Shen Congwen s stories. Shen Congwen (1902 1988) is one of the most acclaimed writers in modern Chinese literature. His works have been translated into more than ten languages and his 44 stories count with 70 different English translations. Adopting a case study method within the framework of Descriptive Translation Studies, the author selects and compares the most translated stories, those with three or more translations, totalling fifteen translations from four stories. The analysis of the texts focuses on Shen s narrative style his...
This book investigates the English translations of Shen Congwen s stories. Shen Congwen (1902 1988) is one of the most acclaimed writers in modern Chi...
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406,36 |
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The Kim Van Kieu of Nguyen Du (1765-1820)
ISBN: 9780877277606 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, is the story of an educated and beautiful young woman who suffers misfortune and degradation before obtaining justice and peace. It is a long poem in a complex metric and rhyme scheme that is distinctively Vietnamese. Vladislav Zhukov here provides the first English-language translation, perfectly conveying the poetic form of the original work and thereby producing a literary creation in English that is equivalent to Nguyen Du's genius in... The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literat... |
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82,03 |
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Fragmenting Modernisms: Chinese Wartime Literature, Art, and Film, 1937-49
ISBN: 9789004250987 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Fragmenting Modernisms, Carolyn FitzGerald traces the evolution of Chinese modernism during the War of Resistance against Japan (1937-45) and Chinese Civil War (1945-49) through a series of close readings of works of fiction, poetry, film, and visual art, produced in various locations throughout wartime China. Showing that the culture of this period was characterized by a high degree of formal looseness, she argues that such aesthetic fluidity was created in response to historical conditions of violence and widespread displacement. Moreover, she illustrates how the innovative formal...
In Fragmenting Modernisms, Carolyn FitzGerald traces the evolution of Chinese modernism during the War of Resistance against Japan (1937-45) an...
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716,46 |
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Some Prefer Nettles
ISBN: 9780099283379 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture, and attempts to heal the breach by educating his son-in-law in the Japanese traditions of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. The result is a conflict between ancient and modern, young and old.
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating. Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien ...
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50,16 |
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Red Sorghum
ISBN: 9780099451679 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. As the novel opens, a group of villagers, led by Commander Yu, the narrator's grandfather, prepare to attack the advancing Japanese. Yu sends his 14-year-old son back home to get food for his men; but as Yu's wife returns through the sorghum fields with the food, the Japanese start firing and she is killed. Her death becomes the...
Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a...
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50,16 |
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The Master of Go
ISBN: 9780224078184 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. The competition between the Master of Go and his opponent, Otake, is waged over several months and layered in ceremony. But beneath the game's decorum lie tensions that consume not only the players themselves but their families and friends.
Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. The competition between the Master of Go and his...
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55,19 |
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Nō And Bunraku: Two Forms of Japanese Theatre
ISBN: 9780231074193 / Angielski / Miękka / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its performances, the plays as literature, and the aesthetics of No. Also discussed are Kyogen, the comic farces that are typically interspersed with the solemn No dramas.
Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this trad...
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144,84 |