Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to...
"An ambiguous tale that verges on dark comedy. With skill and subtlety, the novel hints that a whole society might labor under an illusion of liberty." — The Economist
When her partner disappears, a young woman drifts towards Open Door, a...
Open Heart is a psychological tour de fource about love and the nature of man's soul. From the opening lines of this first-person narrative, the reader is propelled into the mind of Dr. Benjamin Rubin, an ambitious young internist, who is jockeying...
In her latest collection of stories, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly recollected, in tales that resonate with sorrow, humor, and wisdom, and confirm her reputation as a living master of the genre. "Dazzles with its faith in...
Wyobraźmy sobie sytuację, gdy do złudzenia podobny do nas nieznajomy zawłaszcza nasze imię i nazwisko, przypisuje sobie nasz życiorys i jeździ po świecie, podszywając się pod nas.
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In this fiendishly imaginative book (which may or may not be fiction), Philip Roth meets a man who may or may not be Philip Roth. Because someone with that name has been touring Israel, promoting a bizarre reverse exodus of the Jews. Roth is...
Highly imaginative and emotionally powerful, this stunning novel about childhood innocence amid the nightmarish disease and deterioration at the heart of modern Los Angeles was nominated for a National Book...
„Opętani” wydają się chować sekret podobny do tego, o jakim pisze Henry James w opowiadaniu „Obraz w dywanie”. Ów sekret zasadza się na tym: w jaki sposób nieudana, „zła książka” może stać...