Biografía del autor:ĭescripción Paperback. She has been shortlisted for national and international awards and in 2011 won the Alan Marshall Short Story Award. ‘Polished, Hemingwayesque snapshots, vivid and atmospheric’ - Steven CarrollĪbout the author: Laura Jean McKay’s writing has been published in The Best Australian Stories, The Sleepers Almanac, The Big Issue, Women of Letters, Going Down Swinging and The Lifted Brow. Holiday in Cambodia shows the ugly side of post-colonial tourism, as well as moments of great pathos and dignity, in a compelling and empathetic voice.’-Alice Pung ‘Each of these stories is like catching a snippet of a conversation or looking into a lit window in a dark night, and loitering longer than you should to hear and see what characters inadvertently reveal about themselves. These are bold and haunting stories by a remarkable new talent. Three backpackers board a train, ignoring the danger signs - and find themselves in the hands of the Khmer Rouge.Įlderly sisters are visited by their vampire niece from Australia and set out to cure her.Ī singer creates a sensation in swinging 1969, on the eve of an American bombing campaign. In Holiday in Cambodia Laura Jean McKay explores the electric zone where local and foreign lives meet. A frontier land where anything is possible - at least for the tourists. Beyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile.
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For more tales of this clever folk hero, read The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol - another collaboration between master storyteller Eric A. This classic picture book is a perfect Hanukkah gift and a wonderful read-aloud. This beautiful 25th Anniversary Edition includes an insightful afterword from the author and publisher explaining the book's origins, and remembering Trina Schart Hyman, the illustrator who brought the tale to life. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale? Trina Schart Hyman's leering goblins are equal parts terrifying and ridiculous as they match wits with Hershel, trying to keep him from lighting the menorah and celebrating Hanukkah. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. But when he arrives not a single candle is lit. On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him. (ISBN: 9780823452552) An original tale featuring a traditional Jewish folk hero, this clever story, which received a Sydney Taylor Honor, has been a family favorite for decades. A gift edition of this title is also available, featuring a slipcase and fold-out poster. The classic Hanukkah tale, shared by families all around the world- now available in a beautiful anniversary edition. This is a really sophisticated book for children with a fantastic plot and larger than life characters. Silk a young pickpocket also helps out in this rip roaring adventure heist! Together they work as a team, each using their own unique skills to get justice for Jack. On her journey Vita makes friends with Samuel an acrobat and Arkady an animal whisperer both members of the Lazarenko Circus troupe. Falsely claiming he has paid for the castle, Sorrotore has plans fo burn it to the ground! Vita can not bare to see the sadness this causes her Grandfather so she hatches a cunning plan to help put things right. Sorrotore a criminal developer has cheated her Grandfather out of all his belongings including his home a stately castle which he moved brick by brick from their hilltop home in France. Vita travels with her mother from England to the Big Apple to visit her recently widowed Grandfather. Full of guts, gusto and gumption this is a thrilling adventure story set in the hustle and bustle of 1920’s New York City. |