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A Novel
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
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by Mat Johnson
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsA comic journey into the ultimate land of whiteness by an unlikely band of African American adventurers
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
by Monique Roffey
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsA beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trinidad
by Barbara Kingsolver
Published Aug 2010
Read ReviewsIn her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities.
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Published May 2010
Read ReviewsFrom the author of the international phenomenon, The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angels Game, a new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsThings have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuk - the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations.
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Published Apr 2006
Read ReviewsA spectacular novel as grand as a western sunset, the story of a girl coming to terms with her destiny, with the miraculous, and with the power of faith. It is the tale of a father discovering what true love is and a daughter recognizing that sometimes true love requires true sacrifice.
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