J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel "High Rise" contains all of the qualities we have come to expect from this author: alarming psychological insights, a study of the profoundly disturbing connections between technology and the human condition, and an...
"An epic spanning thousands of years that's also a keep-you-up-all-night page turner." - Ann Patchett
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her...
Set in our own time along the bloody frontier between Texas and Mexico, this is Cormac McCarthy's first novel since Cities of the Plain completed his acclaimed, best-selling Border Trilogy.
Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande,...
Of the many pitfalls lurking for the historical novel, the most dangerous is history itself. The best writers either warp it for selfish purposes (Gore Vidal), dig for the untold, interior history (Toni Morrison), or both (Jeannette Winterson)....
Translated by Pevear-Volokhonsky
THE DEATH OF A CLERK
SMALL FRY
THE HUNTSMAN
THE MALEFACTOR
PANIKHIDA
ANYUTA
EASTER NIGHT
VANKA
SLEEPY
A BORING STORY
GUSEV
PEASANT WOMEN
THE FIDGET
IN EXILE
WARD NO. 6
THE BLACK MONK
ROTHSCHILD’S FIDDLE
THE...
Returning to Bukhara after a prolonged exile, Hodja Nasreddin finds his family gone, his home destroyed, and his city in the grasp of corrupt and greedy rulers who have brought pain and suffering upon the common folk. But Hodja Nasreddin is not one...