A richly textured novel of idealism and romance, Once We Had a Country re-imagines the impact of the Vietnam War by way of the women and children who fled with the draft dodgers.
It’s the summer of 1972. Maggie, a young schoolteacher,...
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Three short stories by JD Salinger, which the reclusive author did not want published, have been leaked online .
The Ocean Full Of Bowling Balls, Paula and Birthday had previously...
Love for another person. Love for humanity as a whole. Are the two compatible or mutually exclusive? In his most ambitious novel since Dreams of My Russian Summers, Andreï Makine takes us into the heart of Africa. His hero is Elias...
An unforgettable fable about the brutality of war—and one girl’s quest for revenge and healing, from the author of the acclaimed international bestseller “Silk.”
When—in an unnamed place and time—Manuel Roca’s enemies hunt him down...
An extraordinary story of love and endurance during the Siege of Leningrad lies at the heart of a magnificent novel about Russia past and present, and the human...
Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards (nominee)
A moving, utterly captivating love story: Romeo and Juliet as if told by Chekhov or Dostoevsky.In the remote Russian village of Mirnoje a woman waits, as she has waited for...
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The Little Friend is the second novel by Donna Tartt, published in 2002, a decade after her first novel, The Secret History.
Superficially, The Little Friend is a mystery adventure,...
“As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth...