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“paul loewen”

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  • Butterfly

    A Daring Novel of Erotic Obsession

    by Paul Loewen ...
    Often compared to such classic novels as Lolita, The Story of O, and Tropic of Cancer, and first published by the legendary Barney Rosset, Butterfly by Paul Loewen is a "brilliant meditation on obsession and desire, a tour de force of erotic storytelling and literary invention" drawn from the life of Pinkerton in the renowned Puccini opera of the same name. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Quitting Is Not An Option

    My Road to Cycling, a Guinness World Record, and Making a Difference

    by Arvid Loewen, Paul Loewen ...
    When Arvid Loewen set out on a 40km bike ride only to give up after 30 kms, his future as a cyclist seemed bleak. Yet, 14 years later Arvid was racing alongside the world’s most elite ultra-marathon athletes. This is a story of failure, courage, disappointment, triumph and laughter- and a few lessons along the way. Arvid’s story inspires others to discover what's possible when quitting is not an ... Read more

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    by Natsume Soseki, Meredith McKinney ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    **“Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.”—Haruki MurakamiThe father of modern Japanese literature's best-loved novel, in its first new English translation in half a century**No collection of Japanese literature is complete without Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, his most famous novel and the last he completed before his death. Published here in the ... Read more

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  • The Setting Sun

    by Osamu Dazai ...
    Translated by Donald Keene ...
    This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956.Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made "people of the setting sun" a permanent part of the Japanese language, and his ... Read more

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  • Demian

    by Hermann Hesse ...
    Originally published in 1919 under the pseudonym of the narrator of the story, Herman Hesse's "Demian" is the coming of age story of its principal character "Emil Sinclair." The struggle of Emil is one of self-awareness. A principal theme that courses through the novel is that of the inherent duality of existence. In the case of Emil this duality presents itself in the form of the opposing demands ... Read more

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  • The Hunting Gun

    by Yasushi Inoue ...
    Translated by Michael Emmerich ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    A tragedy in three letters: THE masterpiece of one of Japan's greatest writersThe Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes of Midori, who had ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Translated by Anthea Bell ...
    These four Stefan Zweig stories, newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale is a devastating depiction of unrequited love, which inspired a classic Hollywood film, directed by Max Ophüls and starring Joane Fontaine.Elsewhere in the collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves for her sister, two erstwhile lovers meet ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

    by Yasunari Kawabata ...
    Series series Vintage International
    Three surreal, erotically charged stories from Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata.In the three long tales in this collection, Yasunari Kawabata examines the boundaries between fantasy and reality in the minds of three lonely men. Piercing examinations of sexuality and human psychology—and works of remarkable subtlety and beauty—these stories showcase one of the twentieth century’s great writers ... Read more

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  • Letter from an Unknown Woman

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    A rich and well-known writer, returning home to Vienna from one of many holidays, finds a long letter from an unknown woman. As a teenager she had lived with her poor widowed mother in the same building and had fallen totally in love with both the opulent cultured lifestyle of her neighbour and the handsome charming man himself. This passion was not lessened by the flow of attractive women ... Read more

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  • Letters From The Afterlife: A Guide To The Other Side

    by Elsa Barker ...
    Does life go on beyond the grave? With the recent surge in popularity of topics focused on life after death Letters from the Afterlife originally published in 1914 under another title takes up this age-old question from a unique perspective - that of a man who has undergone ''the great change'' and has crossed the threshold we call death. Written through the hand of Elsa Barker an established ... Read more

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  • The Little Locksmith

    A Memoir

    by Katharine Butler Hathaway, Nancy Mairs ...
    This early 20th century memoir of a woman's faith in the face of debilitating disease is a "remarkably un-self-pitying book remains poignant and truthful" ( Publishers Weekly)."You must not miss it . . . It is the kind of book that cannot come into being without great living and great suffering and a rare spirit behind it." — The New York TimesIn 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine ... Read more

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  • The Dark Domain

    by Stefan Grabinski ...
    Translated by Miroslaw Lipinski ...
    Dedalus have unearthed a series of aptly decadent titles where elements erotic and grotesque combine. The Dark Domain is a collection of psycho-fantasies, doom-saturated tales of lonely men lost in hostile terrain, but the East European melancholy lifts to provide wonderful odd scenes, like the watchmaker whose death stops all the town clocks and the phantom train that always turns up unannounced, ... Read more

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