"Every writer, unpublished to bestselling, faces rejection from literary agents, editors, publishers, critics, even loved ones. In this collection of lively conversations, twenty-three successful authors talk about these experiences. Rich with personal anecdotes and stories of the publishing world, these interviews journey through the thorny thickets of rejection, criticism, and frustration and into the heart of the creative process itself. From those who know best, here are insight, inspiration, and strategies that work."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mariée depuis six ans à Jean, Marie considère son existence comme heureuse. Et pourtant... le bonheur n'est-il qu'une douce routine baignée d'ennui et de vide ? Marie prend soin de Jean comme si elle était sa mère, Jean lui parle comme à une enfant. Est-elle encore femme ? Oui, elle l'est tout à coup, pour un autre qui enflamme son désir, un tout jeune homme qui lui a demandé "Vous aimez l'aventure ?" et qui lui laisse son numéro de téléphone. Marie, cette eau qui dort, rêve de tempêtes. Marie la patiente, la silencieuse, ouvre les yeux et se rend disponible au monde. Histoire d'un voyage introspectif et d'un retour à la lumière, A la recherche de Marie évoque les tourments de l'âme et du cœur avec une sensualité fraîche pleine de pudeur. Dans une langue épurée, légère et précise, Madeleine Bourdouxhe célèbre l'écoute intime et l'émancipation des prisons bâties par la tradition, la famille, l'habitude - et par soi-même.

Verhalen over de verrukkingen, kwellingen en teleurstellingen van de liefde.

A series of short stories features such offbeat characters as a doctor-detective-warrior who sleeps like a hippo in a cistern and a homicidal maniac housewife whose husband ends up in the hospital with a stomach full of needles.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf reacted against literary tradition, sought a new definition of fiction, applied her modern, post-Freudian outlook and radically feminist ideas to the problem of writing novels and, in so doing, helped re-define our concept of this literary form.

They call them women of love, but the lyrical beauty of the term has a hidden dark side: a workforce of very young girls tasked with feeding their families by offering up their bodies for sale. The girls belong to the Nat which includes some of Indias very poorest. For centuries, the Nat men have sent their daughters, sisters, and wives into sex trafficking. Baby girls are welcome arrivals in these towns of love -- everyone knows that one day, they will be the breadwinners. As a Nat, you are untouchable, despised by Indian society. How would anyone dare break free of this legacy of prostitution, when it also would mean being shunned by your entire family? Tamanna dares. As a nineteen-year-old, she breaks free and runs away. But it costs her dearly -- she is forced to leave her five-year-old daughter Rupa behind with Jabbar, in the house with the big gleaming knife. Eight years later, Tamanna knows that time is running out for Rupa. She demands help, both from the police and from the underfunded aid organisation Pukaar. And who could look a mother in the face and argue that saving her daughter isnt worth risking everything? With insight and brutal honesty, Anne Ch. Ostby paints a vivid picture of some of the worlds most vulnerable women and children. And the women of love do exist in India today, in the northern state of Bihar, where the author has travelled extensively and come to know them. Town of Love is a raw and gripping story that is guaranteed to leave you breathless. With a Preface by Ruchira Gupta, founder of the Indian NGO Apne Aap on which Pukaar is based.

Een Frans-Engelse terminaal zieke vrouw wordt in 1995 geconfronteerd met de pijnlijkste periode uit haar leven als een Duitse oorlogsmisdadiger asiel zoekt in een Engelse abdijkerk.

A modern knight-errant, Fabian drives his VanHome--a stable for his two horses--through the American landscape, engaging in occasional games of a brutal form of polo, a one-to-one, life-threatening duel between two horsemen