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A Novel
by Michael Ondaatje
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
Published Jul 2016
Read ReviewsFrom Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to...
by Donna Tartt
Published Apr 2015
Read ReviewsComposed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America; a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art.
by Linda Olsson
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsFrom the beloved author of Astrid & Veronika, a moving tale of friendship and redemption
by Deni Y. Béchard
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsIn assured and mystically powerful prose, Deni Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming landscape.
by Michael Chabon
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsZelikman and Amran are escorting a young prince to reclaim his usurped throne. Getting there along a path paved with warriors and whores, evil emperors and extraordinary elephants, secrets, swordplay, and such stuff as the grandest adventures are made of will be much more than half the fun.
by Haruki Murakami
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsA tour de force of metaphysical reality, powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy who runs away from home to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy, and an aging simpleton.
by Yann Martel
Published May 2003
Read ReviewsAt once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. Winner of the 2002 Booker Prize.
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