"From one of our most admired and thought-provoking writers: a brilliant, beautifully written, sometimes heart-wrenching gathering of fictionalized stories that center on a circle of real people whose
A discordant family reunites and reconciles during a magically raucous holiday gathering in Nantucket, bringing together an apprehensive newlywed and the resentful pregnant stepdaughter who would sabo
Much of The Adventures of Augie March takes place during the Great Depression, but far from being a chronicle of deprivation, the first of Saul Bellow’s string of masterpieces testifies to the explosi
Never before published in English, Orhan Pamuk’s second novel is the story of a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup of 1980. In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a forme
Garrett Hongo’s long-awaited third collection of poems is a beautiful, elegiac gathering of his Japanese-American ancestors in their Hawaiian landscape and a testament to the power of poetry
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game.
Three oddballs form an alternative family in Paris; its warm heart and youthful vibe have made Gavalda's novel, originally published in France in 2004, a bestseller in that country and elsewhere.Camil
