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Par Norman Mailer. 2000
Classic novel of World War II. An American infantry platoon invades the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Mailer explores the soldiers'…
behavior and emotions under the extreme stress of jungle warfare. Strong language and some violence. 1948Par John Updike. 2009
Eighteen short stories ponder life and old age. In the title piece, a student leaving for Harvard recalls his dad's…
emotional response at the local train station. In "Free," widowed Henry visits a former lover and misses his wife. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2009Par Richard Russo. 2009
Jack and Joy Griffin attend a wedding on Cape Cod, where Jack spent boyhood summers with his cynical academic parents.…
A year later Jack and Joy are separated but together again for their daughter's wedding. Jack is ready to shed his resentment toward his parents. Strong language. Bestseller. 2009Par Jennifer Weiner. 2009
Onetime chums Addie and Valerie reconnect after Valerie vengefully strikes a former classmate with her car at their fifteen-year high…
school reunion. Addie, once fat and bullied, and Valerie, a television weather girl, run from the police together. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009First novel in a two-part fictionalized autobiography of Roman emperor Claudius I depicts his childhood and rise to power despite…
speech difficulties and physical infirmities. Claudius survives the deadly political intrigues that plague the reigns of his relatives Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula, and ascends the throne. Some violence. 1934Par E. M Forster. 1988
Englishwoman Lucy Honeychurch witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza and faints into the arms of George Emerson. Lucy fancies…
George--who is entirely unsuitable--but faces social disapproval and her own conflicting desires. Back home, Lucy entertains a more acceptable suitor and must soon choose between convention and passion. 1908Par E. M Forster. 2007
Members of three different social classes intermingle at Howards End, a country house owned by the Wilcox family. The aristocratic…
Wilcoxes; the cultured, idealistic Schlegel sisters; and impoverished, unemployed bank clerk Leonard Bast find their lives shaped by romance, societal barriers, and violence. Includes a 2007 afterword. 1910Par Jhumpa Lahiri. 2023
The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master of the form since her number one New…
York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth • Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories "A delectable, sun-washed treat . . . the stories have the beating heart of the city itself, a place of magnificent decay and vibrant, varied life." — Vogue In "The Boundary," one family vacations in the Roman countryside, though we see their lives through the eyes of the caretaker’s daughter, who nurses a wound from her family’s immigrant past. In "P’s Parties," a Roman couple, now empty nesters, finds comfort and community with foreigners at their friend’s yearly birthday gathering—until the husband crosses a line. And in "The Steps," on a public staircase that connects two neighborhoods and the residents who climb up and down it, we see Italy’s capital in all of its social and cultural variegations, filled with the tensions of a changing city: visibility and invisibility, random acts of aggression, the challenge of straddling worlds and cultures, and the meaning of home. These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri’s adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto Moravia and guided, in the concluding tale, by the ineluctable ghost of Dante Alighieri, whose words lead the protagonist toward a new way of lifePar Juan Gabriel Vasquez. 2023
An epic yet intimate novel about a Colombian man caught up in the sweep of global historical and ideological revolutions.…
The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country has rejected peace agreements that might have ended more than fifty years of war. In the course of a few intense days, as his films are on exhibit, Sergio recalls the events that marked his family's unusual and dramatic lives: especially his father's, his sister Marianella's and his own. Growing up in Colombia as the children of famous actors, Sergio and Marianella were privileged and artistic, until their parents became disillusioned with bourgeois conventions and moved the entire family to China. Mao’s Cultural Revolution was underway and the family lived in an entirely ex-pat hotel where they learned Chinese and joined the revolution, became members of the Red Guard, and trained as guerilla fighters. When they returned to Colombia to support the revolution there, they were sent into the countryside to join the guerilla force, were shot at and nearly died. Out of these lives molded by ideology and zealotry, came an artistic second life for Sergio as he escaped the movement and became his country’s most celebrated film director. From the Spanish Civil War to the exile of his family to Latin America, and from the Cultural Revolution in China to the guerrilla movements of 1960s Colombia, Sergio and his family's experience is extraordinary by any standards. Equal parts family saga and epic historical novel, Retrospective reveals the story of one man and his family — based on real people and events — and a devastating portrait of the forces that shaped their lives, and for half a century turned the world upside downPar Lisa Daily. 2008
After thirty-one-year-old dating guru Darby Vaughn is humiliated on television when told of her husband's decision to return to his…
ex-wife, Darby heads back to Sarasota. Darby's friends and divorce lawyer support her as she seeks custody of her stepchildren--until her spouse changes his mind. Strong language. Rita Award. 2008Par Theodore Dreiser. 1994
Naive eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves rural Wisconsin for Chicago, where she temporarily moves into her sister and brother-in-law's flat. Seeking…
an escape from a drab existence, Carrie welcomes the affections of two men--one of whom is married--who bring her wealth, sophistication, and success, but ultimately dissatisfaction. Restored version. 1900Par Jean Thompson. 2009
Twelve tales. In the title story, a woman whose boyfriend recently died visits a psychic--and discovers she has a troubling…
gift. In "Liberty Tax" a young wife denies her husband's dubious new source of income. "Escape" imagines a feud between a stroke patient and his wife. Some strong language. 2009Par Saul Bellow. 1996
Seeking a new, more rewarding life, middle-aged American millionaire Eugene Henderson leaves his wife and family and travels to Africa,…
where he descends upon a native tribe. Henderson's irresistible energy and awesome feats of strength win admiration, but his gift for bringing rain makes him a king. 1958Par Anne Tyler. 2009
Baltimore. After losing his teaching job, sixty-one-year-old Liam Pennywell moves into a smaller apartment. The first time Liam goes to…
bed in his new home, he awakens in the hospital with no memory of getting there. Liam deals with his ex-wife and daughters--while puzzling over the missing time. Bestseller. 2009Par Elie Wiesel, Catherine Temerson. 2009
Doriel Waldman, a Polish-born Jew and World War II survivor, is tormented by the weight of Judaic history and convinced…
he's haunted by a dybbuk. With the help of psychoanalyst Théráese Goldschmidt, Doriel digs into his memories of the Holocaust, when his mother was a fighter in the Resistance. 2006Par Sherwood Anderson. 2005
Sketches of midwestern life in the early 1900s, inspired by the author's boyhood experiences. Loosely connected stories feature characters such…
as young reporter George Willard, schoolteacher Kate Swift--who tries to seduce Willard--and berry picker Wing Biddlebaum, whose hands bring both pride and shame. Includes 2005 afterword by Dean Koontz. 1919Par Martha Grimes. 2009
Kingdom, North Dakota. Amnesiac drifter Andi Oliver takes a job at Klavan's hog farm where she tries to rescue cruelly…
treated animals. As she uncovers the operation's dark secrets, a stranger from her past surfaces--as does a killer. Sequel to Biting the Moon (BR 12407). Violence and strong language. 2008Par Elinor Lipman. 2009
After twenty-four years, gay New Yorker Henry Archer reunites with his ex-wife Denise and stepdaughter Thalia when Denise's husband dies.…
Thalia moves in with Henry and he becomes her attorney. While Denise battles her stepsons' efforts to evict her, she introduces Henry to his new lover. 2009Par Paul Bowles. 2005
Three American travelers, Tunner and young couple Kit and Port, are adrift in the deserts and cities of North Africa…
after World War II. The trio's inability to comprehend the foreign culture mirrors their personal psychological frailty--and ultimately leads to their downfall. Includes 1998 preface by the author. 1949