Four is the magic number in Michael Martone’s Four for a Quarter. In subject — four fifth Beatles, four tie knots, four retellings of the first Xerox, even the sex lives of the Fantastic Four — and in structure — the book is separated into...
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A quartet of audacious fictions that capture the pathos and absurdity of life in the age of the internet
*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice*
* One of Flavorwire's "50 Books That Define the Past Five Years in...
In this dazzling debut about life after loss, Luke B. Goebel's heart-hurt, ultra-adrenalized alter ego leads us on a raucous RV romp across what's left of postmodern America and beyond. Whether it's gobbling magic cacti at a native ceremony in...
From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller Tenth of December comes a darkly comic short story, a fable about the all too real impact that we humans have on the environment—now available for the first time as an eBook.
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John McManus's long awaited short story collection encompasses the geographic limits of America, from trailers hidden in deep Southern woods to an Arkansas ranch converted into an elephant refuge. His lost-soul characters reel precariously between...
Literaturnobelpreisträger Mo Yan zeigt sich mit seinem neuen großen Roman auf der Höhe seiner Kunst: Gugu ist die begabteste Hebamme in Gaomi. Seit Jahrzehnten bringt sie dort alle Kinder zur Welt. Mit Beginn der Geburtenkontrolle...
This moving tale of imprisonment and escape, persecution and loss, is narrated by the daughter of an alleged Harki, an Algerian soldier who fought for the French during the Algerian War for Independence. It was the fate of such men to be twice...
Такие благородные профессии, как педагог и врач порядком утратили свое былое величие. Большинству представителей этих профессий по...
The bestselling story of a king’s crusade to vanquish the Devil and to defeat the monster in each of us.
A visiting lecturer is lured to the remote, gothic mansion of an estranged professor and his only son, who is described as a monster. But...
Frederika Merivila ir ieradusies Londonā ar nolūku apprecināt savu neparasti skaisto māsu. Debitantes iziešana sabiedrībā ir ārkārtīgi dārgs pasākums – lai tiktu pie spīdošas partijas, nedrīkst žēlot ne zīdu, ne mežģīnes. Bet...