Beach: Stories by the Sand and SeaLena Lencek, Gideon Bosker Hachette Books, 21/07/2009 - 256 páginas J. D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," John Cheever's "Goodbye, My Brother," Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel": These and dozens of other beloved stories share the beach as their setting. In fact, it is remarkable how many of the finest writers have set stories and novels in whole or in part at the beach -- and how often they use this locale to explore the great themes of love, loss, death, family, and redemption. Beach brings together, for the first time, the very best of this literary tradition, including stories, novel excerpts, and narrative nonfiction. |
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... waves , something between fish , fowl , and terrestrial biped . The rest of you , exposed to sun and air from the neck up , swivels now one direction- toward the wide horizon - now the other , back to the shore , checking to see how far ...
... waves , something between fish , fowl , and terrestrial biped . The rest of you , exposed to sun and air from the neck up , swivels now one direction- toward the wide horizon - now the other , back to the shore , checking to see how far ...
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... waves pass around and through you . After a while , you find your legs , shuffle out of the water , and flop onto a towel in a coma of ecstasy . Your head settles back into a sand pillow . A doze , perhaps , or , more likely , you ...
... waves pass around and through you . After a while , you find your legs , shuffle out of the water , and flop onto a towel in a coma of ecstasy . Your head settles back into a sand pillow . A doze , perhaps , or , more likely , you ...
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... waves have broken heavily against the land , where the tides have pressed forward over the continents , receded , and then returned . For no two successive days is the shore line precisely the same . Not only do the tides advance and ...
... waves have broken heavily against the land , where the tides have pressed forward over the continents , receded , and then returned . For no two successive days is the shore line precisely the same . Not only do the tides advance and ...
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... wave forms . The flats were astir with birds , and the voice of the willet rang insistently . One of them stood at the edge of the water and gave its loud , urgent cry ; an answer came from far up the beach and the two birds flew to ...
... wave forms . The flats were astir with birds , and the voice of the willet rang insistently . One of them stood at the edge of the water and gave its loud , urgent cry ; an answer came from far up the beach and the two birds flew to ...
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... waves crash- ing on the beach . There was no other visible life — just one small crab near the sea . I have seen hundreds of ghost crabs in other settings , but suddenly I was filled with the odd sensation that for the first time I knew ...
... waves crash- ing on the beach . There was no other visible life — just one small crab near the sea . I have seen hundreds of ghost crabs in other settings , but suddenly I was filled with the odd sensation that for the first time I knew ...
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Alec Anna Sergeyevna arms asked Barrier Reef beach beautiful began black boy blue boat body brother Chaddy Chucho CORAGHESSAN BOYLE dark David DAVID MALOUF DORIS LESSING dress drink edge Elijah ETHAN MORDDEN eyes face father feel feet felt fish Gina girl GRAHAM SWIFT Gurov hair hand Hazel head husband island Ivanov J.G. Ballard JAMAICA KINCAID John Cheever Kay Boyle knew laughed Lawrence legs light Little Joe lives looked Masson MaVynee MaVynee Betsch MICHEL TOURNIER Molers morning mother mouth Myrtle never night once play Raymond reef rock RUSS RYMER sand seemed shore shoulders Singleton sitting smiled stood stories suddenly swim Sylvia talk thing thought tide Tifty Toby told took turned umbrella voice walked wanted watch waves wearing wife wind woman women young