Literary
Harpsong
Novelist and short-story writer Rilla Askew converts a wandering troubadour-thief into an American icon in Harpsong, a bittersweet tale set…
Zoli
“Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do. Seventy-three years have passed now across…
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The story opens in Berlin during World War II and is told through the eyes of nine-year-old Bruno who lives…
The Rebels
The Rebels tells the story of a group of young men on the eve of their graduation from a boy’s…
Skylark Farm
Skylark Farm is the Arslanian family’s country retreat. The life of this prosperous Armenian family is touchingly centered on the…
The Flight
This is a powerful story of a rarely told episode of World War II. Early in 1945, Ida and her…
Beyond the Blue
Industrial Dundee, Scotland, is the background for this hauntingly beautiful tale of four women’s awakenings to love, death, and truth.…
The Communist’s Daughter
Canadian writer Bock’s first novel, The Ash Garden, stunned the literary world, and his second only enhances his reputation. Here…
The Castle in the Forest
Mailer never rests on his laurels and never fails to shock and surprise. In this novel, the 84-year-old Pulitzer Prize…
House of Meetings
Editors' choice
Written as a confession, House of Meetings is the story of two brothers—the unnamed narrator and Lev—and the beautiful, free-spirited…
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