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Author : Park Barnitz
Release : 1901
Genre : American poetry
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Book of Jade by : Park Barnitz
Download or read book The Book of Jade written by Park Barnitz. This book was released on 1901. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Park Barnitz
Release : 2024-03-22T20:54:00Z
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Book of Jade by : David Park Barnitz
Download or read book The Book of Jade written by David Park Barnitz. This book was released on 2024-03-22T20:54:00Z. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who reads The Book of Jade will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted fare! Although The Book of Jade was initially published anonymously, it didn’t take long for readers to discover the identity of its author when the obituary of David Park Barnitz, a young oriental studies scholar who passed away mere weeks after the book’s publication, admitted as much. Though somewhat uneven in quality, the work has garnered admiration from figures such as H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, and Clark Ashton Smith, firmly establishing its place in the canon of decadent literature. This edition includes all the poems of the original 1901 edition, as well as the poem “After-Life,” which was published in Overland Monthly. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Release : 2019-07-23
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 761/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gods of Jade and Shadow by : Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Download or read book Gods of Jade and Shadow written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. This book was released on 2019-07-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. “A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before.”—Bustle NEBULA AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Tordotcom • The New York Public Library • BookRiot The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true. In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld. Praise for Gods of Jade and Shadow “A dark, dazzling fairy tale . . . a whirlwind tour of a 1920s Mexico vivid with jazz, the memories of revolution, and gods, demons, and magic.”—NPR “Snappy dialog, stellar worldbuilding, lyrical prose, and a slow-burn romance make this a standout. . . . Purchase where Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor, and N. K. Jemisin are popular.”—Library Journal (starred review) “A magical novel of duality, tradition, and change . . . Moreno-Garcia’s seamless blend of mythology and history provides a ripe setting for Casiopea’s stellar journey of self-discovery, which culminates in a dramatic denouement. Readers will gladly immerse themselves in Moreno-Garcia’s rich and complex tale of desperate hopes and complicated relationships.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author : Fred Ward
Release : 2001
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 066/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jade by : Fred Ward
Download or read book Jade written by Fred Ward. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of jade culture and industry and includes jade buying tips.
Author : Pat Barr
Release : 1982-01-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 439/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jade by : Pat Barr
Download or read book Jade written by Pat Barr. This book was released on 1982-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughter of English missionaries, Alice Greenwood is captured during a massacre of Christians and taken away to Hunan, where she becomes a concubine in the house of Chu
