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Showing 1 to 20 of 168 for “"Novella"”.
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Metempsychotic : a novella
This novella is the story of a young woman, Sakura "Cherry" Ogata, who is inhabited by an alien construct, "Nephesh." The motives of the alien are not explicitly malevolent and Cherry's experience leads her to believe that they are benign. A significant portion of the story examines how Cherry and …
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On Leave: A Novella
<p>Novella.</p>
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“Milano” a fictional novella
“Milano” is a fictional novella set in Milan, Italy, in 1992. The story takes place against the backdrop of a country that is grappling with the ideas of nationalism, immigration and power. Italian prosecutors have begun the mani pulite, a countrywide judicial investigation that aims to bring to …
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Rendezvous: Stories and a Novella
<p>People are often a product of their environment, and each of the characters in this collection is an example of that shaping effect. These stories take you to the southern plains–land of red dirt, Bluestem, and prairie wind. Themes like hope, loss, and the exploration of frontier appear …
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16-Bit Ghouls: A Novella
<p>This novella follows twenty-something phone psychic and recluse, Jane, whose dead brother haunts her Super Nintendo. When he prompts Jane to find his killer, she must learn how to navigate a world where he is absent. Jane struggles not only with the ghost, but also with letting go of the …
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A Change of Season: A Novella
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Casa Caracol: A Novella and Stories
Casa Caracol: A Novella and Stories is a two-genre writing project. The novella is a collection of interconnected stories about two Venezuelan female childhood companions, Zafirah and Tamara, who maintain their friendship despite political upheaval and migration. The protagonist, Zafirah, must …
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Plenty of harm in God : a novella
… main technical considerations have concerned the novella as a hybrid form combining the succinct, poetic nature of a short story with the broader thematic scope of a long narrative. I feel the semi-epistolary form provides the novella with a purpose and a clear vehicle for the development of …
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The Tasmanian devil : a novella in stories
… while also forming a fragmented whole (novella), through the strong thematic, metaphoric and stylistic links, as well as the unifying force of the main protagonist Rika Noordzij. The central challenge of this project has been to hone a narrative technique which aligns the reader closely …
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Nothing Remains Still: Stories and a Novella
… Still is a collection of short stories and a novella. The series of short stories, "The Assortment 1-4" chronicle the childhood of a young girl, her siblings, and her mother, and the lives they lead in the gated, but impoverished, community, in which they live. The tone of the stories is meant …
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'Disquiet' novella and screenplay : adaptation and creative hybridity
… work of this thesis consists of ‘Disquiet’, the novella and the screenplay. It is a twice-told tale. In the exegesis I explore the writing practice of working between two narrative forms. To do this I begin by establishing that the traditional focus of adaptation studies has been book-to-film …
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How Far Is Home: A Novella and Short Stories
… Far is Home</em> is a thematically linked novella and short story collection that explores the different meanings of identity and home, whether a cramped apartment in New York City, a roadside stand in Maui, or a childhood memory of the South.</p> <p>The centerpiece of the collection is the …
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With malice towards none: Six stories and a novella
… consisting of six short stories folloby a novella. The pieces attempt to be comic, but also--with debatable success--to be more than just comic. As the title suggests, one of the collection's thematic concerns is mercy and its absence. Most of the pieces are set in Texas; characters in the …
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Fevers in a Reykjavík Graveyard: A COVID Novella in Modernist Iceland
… between Americans and Icelanders. Moreover, this novella utilizes the distinct traditions, forms, and themes of literary modernism to reimagine how to write a love story during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fevers in a Reykjavík Graveyard resists more conventional formal classifications, yet it can be …
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WHAT IS DONE IN THE DARK WILL COME TO LIGHT: A NOVELLA
<p>Solani Woode, a young immigrant and law school graduate learns that her father is in fact her stepfather. Her mother refuses to reveal her biological father’s identity. She takes a trip to her native country in search of answers and uncovers more family secrets. It is a story about immigration, …
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Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection
Blood Moss, an original novella, is influenced by thinking around speculative fiction, the eco/Gothic, and disability studies. The narrative follows a young woman who encounters a strange cultlike group in the forest outside her hometown, while she is investigating the disappearance of her sickly …
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