The Dancers at the End of Time

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780575108554
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 640

Book Description
'What follows, then, is the story of Jherek Carnelian, who did not know the meaning of morality, and Mrs Amelia Underwood, who knew everything about it.' In a decaying far, far future, where everything and anything is possible, the citizens of the End of Time while away their days in an exuberance of wild parties, outlandish competitions and emotionless affairs. At the world's end, all love is timeless and all age-old disputes irrelevant. However Jherek Carnelian, a bemused denizen of the End of Time, is in danger of taking reality too seriously, and grows tired of his pleasures. So when love mysteriously blooms between Mrs Amelia Underwood, transported unwillingly from the nineteenth century, and Carnelian, only one question matters. Is his love true, or is it just another attempt to stave off the boredom that ultimate power and the End of Time bring? Contains An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands and The End of All Songs

The Dancers at the End of Time

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN: 9781565041868
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Introduces Captain Graf Ulrich von Bek, his relatives, and his family's quest: the protection of the Holy Grail.

Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance

Author: Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307369684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Available in Canada for the first time from the author of Mister Pip The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jones has written a thrilling and sensuous essay on how we can fall in love, while brilliantly evoking the spare and windswept landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island and the stately sensuous contours of one of the world’s most famous dances.

The Dance of Time

Author: Michael Judge
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1611455111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
Three streams of history created the Western calendar - from the East beginning with the Sumerians, from the Celtic and Germanic peoples in the North, and again from the East, this time from Palestine with the rise of Christianity. The author teases out the contributions of each stream.

Dance Dance Dance

Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307777685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.

A Time to Dance

Author: Padma Venkatraman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698158261
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.

Dancer from the Dance

Author: Andrew Holleran
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060937065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.

Dance Me to the End of Love

Author: Leonard Cohen
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 1932183930
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
10 years ago, Welcome Books published the star of its Art & Poetry Series, Dance Me to the End of Love, a deliriously romantic song by Leonard Cohen that was brilliantly visualized through the sensual paintings of Henri Matisse. Now for its 10-year anniversary, Welcome is thrilled to present the entirely re-imagined and redesigned Dance Me to the End of Love. With the art of Matisse and the words of Cohen still at the heart of the book, the new look and feel of this Art & Poetry book is overwhelmingly beautiful. Cohen's song is a lyrical tribute to the miracle of love, the grace it bestows on us and its healing, restorative power. Originally recorded on his Various Positions album, and featured in Cohen's anthology, Stranger Music, this poetic song is gloriously married to the art works by Henri Matisse, perhaps the greatest artist of the twentieth century. "I had this dance within me for a long time," Matisse once said in describing one of his murals. Dance Me to the End of Love is the perfect book for art lovers, song lovers, and all other lovers as well.

Elric at the End of Time

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cornelius, Jerry (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description

Tales from the End of Time

Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575092617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Return to the 'End of Time' - the fabulous decadent last party of the human race - and the bizarre and jaded individuals who dwell there. From Lord Shark to the Everlasting Concubine, the denizens of the ageing Earth dance to the dying of the sun. Visited by various travellers - including Elric of Melnibone - the dancers are involved in a series of complicated plots and hilarious misunderstandings, and a final fate of the Eternal Champion is revealed.