On Dolls
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On Dolls
Author: Kenneth Gross
language: en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date: 2023-12-19
Some of the greatest thinkers and writers of our age meditate on play and the mysteries of inanimate life. This unusual literary collection contains writings from Baudelaire, Kleist, Rilke, Freud, Kafka, Walter Benjamin, Bruno Schulz, Elizabeth Bishop, Dennis Silk, and Marina Warner. The essays and reflections explore the seriousness of play and the mysteries of inanimate life - 'the unknown, spaces, dust, lost objects, and small animals that fill any house' - which have provoked many writers to take the side of these dead or non-human things, resulting in some of the most profound passages in literature. The collection is introduced and edited by Kenneth Gross. On Dolls includes contributions from: Heinrich Von Kleist 'On the Marionette Theatre', Charles Baudelaire 'The Philosophy of Toys', Sigmund Freud 'The Uncanny', Rainer Maria Rilke 'On the Dolls of Lotte Pritzel', Frank Kafka 'The Cares of a Family Man', Bruno Schulz 'Tailor's Dummies', Walter Benjamin 'Old Toys: The Toy Exhibition at the Markisches Museum', Elizabeth Bishop, 'Cirque d'Hiver', Dennis Silk 'The Marionette Theatre', and Marina Warner 'On the Threshold: Sleeping Beauties'.
Life on Doll Street
Nine-year-old Katie Mayfield has a beautiful dollhouse she calls Seventy-Seven Doll Street. Within it are three of her favorite dollsTuki, Granny, and Suzi. Though her friends have outgrown playing with dolls, Katie still brings Tuki to school. One day, when AJ, the class bully, spies the doll, he starts to taunt Katie. The teacher steps in to break it up but orders Katie to stop bringing dolls to school. The following week, AJ continues to taunt Katie on the playground. When he is reprimanded again by a yard duty aid, he decides to get even. He makes plans to steal Tuki and destroy her then throw the damaged doll on Katies front lawn. AJ is thrilled to find three dolls to steal instead of just one and right from Katies room. He barely escapes being caught, but upon his return home with the stolen goods, AJ is caught in his own trap and reprimanded by a few unexpected guests. It is a surprise that shakes him to the core and causes him to think twice about bullying again.
The Dolls
Author: Kiki Sullivan
language: en
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Release Date: 2015-02-18
When 17-year-old Eveny returns to the tiny Louisiana town where she was born, she discovers she is the powerful missing link in a trio of impossibly beautiful voodoo queens who have everyone under their spell. But they need her help. Because darkness is descending on Carrefour and even the Dolls' combined powers may not be enough to stop the killer in their midst. Sultry, seductive, irresistible . . . welcome to Carrefour. "Sullivan’s Dolls call to mind the Cullen clan, and the setting has echoes of the Beautiful Creatures books. . . . Sullivan’s talent for moving the action forward makes for a breezy, engaging read" - Publishers Weekly