The Fictional 100 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fictional 100 write by Lucy Pollard-Gott, PhD. This book was released on 2010-01-13. The Fictional 100 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Some of the most influential and interesting people in the world are fictional. Sherlock Holmes, Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Anna Karenina, Genji, and Superman, to name a few, may not have walked the Earth (or flown, in Superman's case), but they certainly stride through our lives. They influence us personally: as childhood friends, catalysts to our dreams, or even fantasy lovers. Peruvian author and presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, for one, confessed to a lifelong passion for Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Characters can change the world. Witness the impact of Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich, in exposing the conditions of the Soviet Gulag, or Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom, in arousing anti-slavery feeling in America. Words such as quixotic, oedipal, and herculean show how fictional characters permeate our language. This list of the Fictional 100 ranks the most influential fictional persons in world literature and legend, from all time periods and from all over the world, ranging from Shakespeare's Hamlet [1] to Toni Morrison's Beloved [100]. By tracing characters' varied incarnations in literature, art, music, and film, we gain a sense of their shape-shifting potential in the culture at large. Although not of flesh and blood, fictional characters have a life and history of their own. Meet these diverse and fascinating people. From the brash Hercules to the troubled Holden Caulfield, from the menacing plots of Medea to the misguided schemes of Don Quixote, The Fictional 100 runs the gamut of heroes and villains, young and old, saints and sinners. Ponder them, fall in love with them, learn from their stories the varieties of human experience--let them live in you.
The Fictional Man
The Fictional Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fictional Man write by Al Ewing. This book was released on 2020-07-07. The Fictional Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “What’s it like, not being real?” In LA, where today’s star is tomorrow’s busboy, discarded “Fictionals”—characters spun into flesh-and-blood by technology—are everywhere. Screenwriter Niles Golan’s therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. So (maybe) is the woman in the bar he can’t stop staring at. It’s getting so you can’t tell who’s real and who’s not. Niles isn’t completely sure how real he is… “A fascinating tour-de-force” ***** SFX Magazine “Worthy of comparison with Philip K. Dick” ***** Starburst Magazine “A breathtakingly clever writer” ***** Amazing Stories “A book you want to endlessly quote” ***** Den of Geek
100 Boyfriends
100 Boyfriends - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 100 Boyfriends write by Brontez Purnell. This book was released on 2021-05-06. 100 Boyfriends available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Fiction 100
Fiction 100 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fiction 100 write by James H. Pickering. This book was released on 2003-06. Fiction 100 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. International in scope, this collection contains fiction from the early 19th century to the present day, and features 130 traditional and contemporary works.
Iraq + 100
Iraq + 100 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iraq + 100 write by Hassan Blasim. This book was released on 2017-09-12. Iraq + 100 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of NPR's Best Books of 2017! A groundbreaking anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other” “History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard.”—Operation Daniel In a calm and serene world, one has the luxury of imagining what the future might look like. Now try to imagine that future when your way of life has been devastated by forces beyond your control. Iraq + 100 poses a question to Iraqi writers (those who still live in that nation, and those who have joined the worldwide diaspora): What might your home country look like in the year 2103, a century after a disastrous foreign invasion? Using science fiction, allegory, and magical realism to challenge the perception of what it means to be “The Other”, this groundbreaking anthology edited by Hassan Blasim contains stories that are heartbreakingly surreal, and yet utterly recognizable to the human experience. Though born out of exhaustion, fear, and despair, these stories are also fueled by themes of love, family, and endurance, and woven through with a delicate thread of hope for the future. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
