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A Novel
by William Trevor
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by Edna O'Brien
Published Feb 2017
Read ReviewsCollected here for the first time are stories spanning five decades of writing by the "short story master." (Harold Bloom)
by Alice Munro
Published Jul 2013
Read ReviewsSuffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these tales about departures and beginnings, accidents and dangers, and outgoings and homecomings both imagined and real, paint a radiant, indelible portrait of how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be.
by Sadie Jones
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsA mesmerizing portrait of 1950s hypocrisy and unexpected love, from a powerful new voice.
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 Annie Dillard
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsIn spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the lives of Toby and Lou Maytree. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. Warm and hopeful, The Maytrees is the surprising capstone of Annie Dillard's original body of work.
by John Banville
Published Aug 2006
Read ReviewsA luminous novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory. Winner of the 2005 Booker Prize.
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