From Ms. Magazine, August 1981 issue. The short story that formed the basis for the 1983 movie “Testament,” starring Jane Alexander and William...
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American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.
FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING.
HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE.
Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the first...
Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in her household duties, but also attracts the...
These 25 new short stories, written to go together and none of them previously published, mark Booker Prize-winning Graham Swift's return to the short form after 7 acclaimed novels, and affirm him as a master storyteller.
Swift's...
Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He...
Breakfast’s boiled egg, the overhead hum of fluorescent lights, the midmorning coffee break — daily routines keep the world running. But when people are pushed — by a coworker’s taunt, a face-to-face encounter with a woman in free fall from...
The worst part about having it all, is having it all taken...
Cathedral of the Sea, Ildefonso Falcones’s mesmerizing historical novel about medieval Barcelona, was Spain’s #1 bestseller for a full year. Rights have sold in thirtytwo countries to date, and comparisons to Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the...
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation’s post-independence years
This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan’s ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally...