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A Novel
by Annie Dillard
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by Ian McEwan
Published Aug 2023
Read ReviewsFrom the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic, Roland Baines sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it.
by William Trevor
Published Oct 2010
Read ReviewsIn his characteristically masterly way, Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations of the people of a small Irish town during one long summer.
by Jane Gardam
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsOld Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardams masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat.
by Julia Leigh
Published Nov 2008
Read ReviewsOlivia arrives at her mothers chateau in rural France, where she is joined by Olivias brother Marcus and his wife Sophie - but this reunion is far from joyful, as each woman wrestles with their own pain.
by Richard Russo
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsBridge of Sighs courses with small-town rhythms and the claims of family. Here is a town, as well as a world, defined by magnificent and nearly devastating contradictions.
by Ian McEwan
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsA novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
by Joan Didion
Published Feb 2007
Read Reviews'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.'
by Alice Hoffman
Published Mar 2005
Read ReviewsThrough these interconnected narratives more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives.
by Gao Xingjian
Published Nov 2001
Read ReviewsA man's search for meaning -- in life, in the journey -- turns up the possibility that there may be no meaning. The elusive Lingshan (Soul Mountain) becomes the object of his quest. A novel of immense wisdom and profound beauty.
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