![]() ![]() ![]() So she is always watching, always seeking out out everything that's most distressing and most wicked, in a world which is surprisingly wicked, and full of distress. "Because of it she is cursed to wander the earth without home or respite, until Christ comes again. In Perry's story, Melmoth was one of the women who went to Jesus' tomb and found that it was empty, and that Christ had risen. Melmoth centers on the idea of witnesses, as indicated by that crucial first word - Look! - which tolls through the novel like a bell. Soon, he disappears, and Helen begins seeing traces of a dark figure following her. ![]() She is hurrying through Prague at night when she is stopped by Karel, a friend who appears disheveled and erratic, like Coleridge's mad speaker in Kubla Khan, about whom watchers say, "Beware! Beware! / His flashing eyes, his floating hair!" He shows her a collection of papers concerning the existence of a creature called Melmoth the Witness. ![]() of self-punishment, of self-hatred, carried out quietly and diligently and with a minimum of fuss." Sarah Perry's new novel, Melmoth, opens with an imperative: " Look!" The object of our gazes is Helen Franklin, 42, "small, insignificant, having about her an air. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Melmoth Author Sarah Perry ![]()
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She watched, perched on a root in the corner, shivering and scared, as the water rushed in, swirling around her bed made of moss, lapping at her table, threatening to wash away her suitcase. Why had no other animal claimed it for its home? When she’d found the stump in the summer, with a mushroom table already in place and the stream nearby, it had seemed too good to be true. ![]() And now her latest home, an old hollow stump, was being flooded out by the storm. ![]() ![]() A dusty hay bale, an abandoned bird’s nest, a prickly thicket-in her short life she had lived in more places than she had whiskers. But Mona the mouse had never had a home-at least not for long. Home is where the heart is, or so she’d heard. ![]() ![]() ![]() SIMON: Does the book stand up after all these years?īRYANT: You know, Scott, it's really funny - I am actually embarrassed to say that I was in the 10th grade, I think, when the movie came out. ![]() SIMON: And, of course, I immediately note Roy Hobbs was just after he tried out for the Cubs, so the club was cursed even then, wasn't it? ![]() Howard, thanks so much for being with us. And in honor of the author, the publishing house Library of America has brought out an anthology of his complete works, including "The Natural." So, we have asked our literary sportsman, Howard Bryant of ESPN the magazine and, to reconsider the book that a lot of us grew up loving. Bernard Malamud would go on to write prizewinning short stories and novels, including "The Fixer." This spring is the 100th anniversary of his birth. Wham, bam, she shoots him in the stomach and he doesn't make a comeback for 15 years.Ĭan you make up for what should have been the best years of your life, or at least your baseball life, or is the fate of Roy Hobbs in his character? Well, that's the plot of one of the best novels ever set inside baseball - "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud in 1952. The kid strikes out the Whammer, the best hitter in the game, but gets to his hotel and opens his door to a pretty girl. There's an old baseball legend about the kid out of nowhere who boards a train for a tryout in Chicago with nothing but his toothbrush and a bat he calls Wonderboy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Brian Keeler's narration thoughtfully conveys this riveting tale of survival in the face of impossible odds. Wilson's account is an incredibly moving, continuous stream of devastating combat experiences that will make readers wonder how any infantryman could have survived this war. But he healed quickly and returned to duty. Death (aged 83) Eaton County, Michigan, USA. After earning several decorations and a promotion to First Lieutenant, Wilson was wounded. From the breakthrough at Saint-LO, to the Battle of the Bulge, to the final push on Germany, Wilson survived ferocious battles and bitter weather. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications. If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story - Ebook written by George Wilson. ![]() Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. ![]() George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. ![]() ![]() ![]() He's also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools. Malcolm Mitchell is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI. Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to become a favorite. Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magician's Hat, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver another hilarious and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. What's a kid to do? How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him? But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow. ![]() When he's supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. Malcolm has kindly signed bookplates for everyone purchasing his new book from An Unlikely Story, while supplies last.įrom Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone! Mitchell will be in conversation with DIARY OF A WIMPY KID author Jeff Kinney. ![]() Malcolm Mitchell, Super Bowl champion and founder of the Share the Magic Foundation, joins us to introduce and read his charming new picture book, MY VERY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, about a good kid who hates to read, but finds that every story has the potential to become a favorite. ![]() ![]() ![]() Starting when Liz was about eight years old, she loved writing poetry, and decided to become a poet when she grew up. They have sold over five million copies around the world. The “Emily Windsnap” books have been translated into 25 languages, and have appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list. ![]() She likes to look at the beach and just think about where Emily Windsnap may want to go next. This is what partly inspires her to write about mermaids. She lives near the sea and has always loved the ocean. After she took a year off so that she could travel all over Europe in a camper van, she lives in Cornwall. She has worked as a journalist and a teacher (teaching Media Studies and English and has run some Creative Writing Courses), and has her MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. She grew up in Southport, located in the North West of England and has lived in both Cheshire and Manchester. Author Liz Kessler went to Loughborough University and studied English. ![]() |