A brilliant Jamaican-American writer takes on the themes of colonialism, race, myth, and political awakening through the experiences of a light-skinned woman named Clare Savage. The story is one of d
In this celebrated novel, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison created a new way of rendering the contradictory nuances of black life in America. Its earthy poetic language and striking use of fol
Compassionate and profound in their wry humor, this collection of stories captures the poetry of human relationships at the point where reality and imagination meet.
Joyce Carol Oates adds to her extraordinary body of work with this stunning novel of violence and love. At the heart of the story are two people, Iris Courtney, who is white, and handsome Jinx Fairchi
Originally published in 1990, I Lock My Door Upon Myself is the story of Calla, a beautiful, flame-haired, willful girl living in rural upstate New York in the early years of the 20th century. At 17,
“Astonishingly moving.”—Anne Tyler, New York Times Book Review “A work of exceptional wisdom, maturity, and generosity, one in which the palpable humanity of its characters transcends any considerat
A rousing and uproarious novel of the life, loves, and misadventures of a working-class rogue, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning marked the arrival of one of the most cherished authors in the twenty-first
David Henry Hwang’s beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author – winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer PrizeBased on a true story that st
The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia.His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been
Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. In the small California town of Serena Station,
From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survivalnd a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis' brutal siege of Le
Jamaica Kincaid's new novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African
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History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening.Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzli
Life has been pretty kind to Cornelia Brown, the college-educated twenty-something manager of the Cafe Dora, a comfy little Philadelphia coffeehouse. In fact, things have been so good and so free of r
Rabbits. We'll never quite know why, but sometimes they decide they've just had enough of this world — and that's when they start getting inventive. The Book of Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred
Return of the Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more bizarre ways to end their fuzzy little existences. From swimming with nibbly fishes, to hiding under an elephant's
Take an instantly recognizable social dilemma—attending a wedding alone—add a good laugh (and maybe a cry), and meet The Singles, the warm and witty debut by Boston Globe “Love Letters” columnist Mere
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposé of international corruption— and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generatio
