Helene Williams
The Sacrifice
Editors' choice
In the hot Australian summer of 1939, young factory manager Robert Wells and his friends are still trying to work…
The Headmaster’s Wager
Percival Chen is the Chinese headmaster of an English-language school in Cholon, Vietnam, in the 1960s; he has run the…
Into Dust and Fire
In the spring of 1941, before Pearl Harbor, before American committed itself to involvement in World War II, a cadre…
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
This early novel by Saramago, available in translation in the U.S. for the first time, is the perfect companion publication…
Macbeth: A Novel
Few readers will come to this novel without at least a sketchy memory of the Shakespeare play, whether it was…
Small Memories
The title of this delightful book says it all: brief snippets of Saramago’s early life in Portugal, from his earliest…
The Elizabethans
Readers seeking political intrigue, court skullduggery, ceremonial pomp, amorous relationships, or even literary, economic, and philosophical history of the 16th…
The Free World
In the 1970s, more than a quarter of a million Jews left the Soviet Union in search of religious and…
Berlin Crossing
In Brandenburg, Germany, in 1993, Michael Ritter loses everything, and everyone, he ever cared about. His wife tosses him out;…
Elegy for Eddie
In this latest outing for Maisie Dobbs, Winspear’s thoughtful and plucky detective returns to her roots across the river in…
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