Showing results for "Job" in World Literature

JOB by Joseph Roth (HIOB, 1930) is a modern retelling of the Biblical story in a mixed form, fable and realism. It follows the fortunes of the Singer family from Western Russia at the end of the 19th century to New York in the early 20th.

The rock band came back to play, but itwasn't the game they expected. It is hard to reform the group whensomeone is killing off the members. After a death threat, private investigator PeterMcAdam is brought in to keep Jerry Reason, the lead singer, and his daughter,Annie, alive. The new album and reunion world tour are in jeopardy, but fateplays a hand, and they relocate by private jet to an idyllic tropical island inthe Caribbean.

Joelle, a thirty-something climate organizer living in Los Angeles, thinks she has it all: a hot musician boyfriend, a nonprofit job fighting the oil industry, and a parasocial relationship with Adeline, her online yoga instructor. But something is off... the collapse of society, maybe? Yes, that. Through sardonic diary entries, poetry, and psilocybin-induced trips to parallel universes, Joelle explores what it means to fight for climate justice when all signs point to dying alone.

Eli Asher is in hot water. He's not sure which one is adding up faster, the lies he's told his wife or the past due notices they are getting. He needs a job, a good job with benefits so he can take care of his family. He thinks he has one, but loses it to a member of some secret society that he wants no part of, until his hot water starts to boil and he has no choice but to take a leap of faith. That leap takes him away from his family and on a cross country adventure where he does a series of simple jobs, working with some incredible people.

I have waited for over 45 years to tell this story, initially because I just wanted to forget the war and get on with making a living and raising a family. The other reason is that, 45 years ago, the American fighting man was not held in very high esteem. No one was ready to hear anything good about the Vietnam War or about the men who fought and died there. This book is less about me and more about the sacrifice, incredible hardships, and heroic actions displayed by the Marine grunts that I had the privilege to treat during battles on the demilitarized zone.

Rejection has never been so hilarious! After her role in a Woody Allen play was rethought, actress Annabelle Gurwitch (TBS' Dinner and a Movie) was devastated. Then, she got funny. Gurwitch and a revolving cast of fellow show-biz veterans share their stories when L.A. Theatre Works records Fired: Tales of Jobs Gone Bad.