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A Novel
by Gary Shteyngart
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by Lara Vapnyar
Published Nov 2020
Read ReviewsAs a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math was the answer to everything. Now, approaching forty, she finds this wisdom tested.
by Paul LaFarge
Published Oct 2012
Read ReviewsA decade after the publication of Haussmann, or the Distinction, his acclaimed novel about nineteenth-century Paris, Paul La Farge turns his imagination to America at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
by Aleksandar Hemon
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsIn 1908, 19-year-old Lazarus went to the home of George Shippy, the Chicago chief of police to deliver a letter - but Shippy shot Lazarus twice, killing him. Now, in the 21st century, a young writer, Brik, becomes obsessed with Lazarus' story - what really happened and why? As digs deeper, the stories of Lazarus and Brik become inextricably ...
by Lara Vapnyar
Published Apr 2007
Read ReviewsA young Russian girl moves to New York, where she becomes mistress and muse to a novelist.
by Gish Jen
Published Oct 2005
Read ReviewsPowerfully evoking the contemporary American family in all its fragility and strength, Gish Jen has given us her most exuberant and accomplished novel about the new "half-half" American family.
by Diana Abu-Jaber
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsWritten in a lush, lyrical style, infused with the flavors and scents of Middle Eastern food, and spiced with history and fable, Crescent is a sensuous love story and a gripping tale of risk and commitment. The reading guide includes a number of recipes to share with friends and family!
by Christopher Buckley
Published Feb 2000
Read ReviewsA millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common.
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