Winter Solstice: Stories to Keep You Warm from the Pages of Harper's Magazine [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

As the temperature drops, our species has always been quick to seek out shelter, warmth, a hot meal—and that other staple of long winter nights, a good story. Drawing on our extensive archive, we are proud to launch our Amazon e-book series for Kindle with Winter Solstice: Stories to Keep You Warm from the Pages of Harper's Magazine. The tales collected here by John Berger, Mark Slouka, John Updike and Lara Vapnyar, are all relatively recent: the oldest dates from 1995, while the newest appeared in the magazine in 2010. Yet they range widely in terrain, from a Moravian forest to a French swimming pool to a cabbage-scented walk-up in New York City’s Brighton Beach. And within their modest span, the reader will encounter four highly distinctive voices: funny, stoical, pained, confiding, and always eminently human.Other qualities may characterize the world famous Harper's Index, among them: irreverence, insightfulness, and a keen appreciation for absurdity. And the specially created, winter-themed Index included in this collection exhibit all of these virtues while addressing various seasonal questions, like, "What is the estimated number of cookies left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?"* and "How many inches does the Eiffel Tower shrink each year?"***84,000,000**6