A striking mosaic of memories, observations, and legends that together reveal the author's own story and a grand, compassionate vision of life itself.
In this kaleidoscope of reflections, renowned South American author Eduardo Galeano...
An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time.
London 2010: Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the...
The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of...
**From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Dear Edward* comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?** **" *Hello Beautiful* is exactly that: beautiful, perceptive, wistful. It 's a story of...
As they listened to the death throes of their sister ship Mako sinking in the Pacific where the waters were six miles deep, the crew of USS Eelfish suddenly came of age. They were a new breed: a brand-new fleet submarine crewed by draftees and...
Hailed as one of the best short story writers of his generation, T.C. Boyle presents sixteen stories-nine of which appeared in The New Yorker-that highlight the evolving excellence of his inventive, modern, and wickedly witty style. In After the...