Jonathan Lethem stretches new literary muscles in this scintillating new collection of stories. Some of these tales—such as "Pending Vegan," which wonderfully captures a p...
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Richard Ford returns to the territory that sealed his reputation as a master: the world of Frank Bascombe.
In his trio of bestselling novels – The Sportswriter, Pulitze...
At Christmastime, it seems as though a woman's work is never done. Trimming the tree, mailing the cards, schlepping to the mall, the endless wrapping--bah humbug! So this ...
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My fat...
A rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offering a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relati...
In a novel that “brings authentic history to light,”* a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible in 1946: attaining justice for a black man in the ...
It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigmentdesired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger,adventure, and perhaps even the super natural. It is...
1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys ca...
In "American Pastoral", Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that an elegy for all the twentieth century's promises of prosperity, civic order, and domest...
National best-selling and award-winning author Lily King’s new novel is the story of three young, gifted anthropologists in the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle ...
Все началось с того, что несколько приятелей решили раз в месяц собираться по очереди у кого-нибудь дома и обмениваться друг с другом страшными историями. Так бы, наверное...
In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themse...
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of ...
Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling toward the Long Island Sound. His parents are long dead. His mother, a circus mermaid who ...
The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century.
"A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart o...
Dani Shapiro, the acclaimed author of the novel Black and White and the bestselling memoir Slow Motion, is back with Devotion: a searching and timeless new memoir that exa...
В книге "Нечего бояться" автор размышляет о страхе смерти и о том, что для многих предопределяет отношение к смерти, - о вере. Как всегда, размышления Барнса охватывают ши...
Добро пожаловать в маленький уютный городок, где писатель Майк Нунэн заживо похоронил себя после смерти жены. Добро пожаловать в уютный дом с привидениями, где слышится и ...
Автор многих бестселлеров Сэм Байер находится в творческом кризисе. За вдохновением он приезжает в городок своего детства Крейнс-Вью, где тридцать лет назад нашел в реке т...