POND
"A sharp, funny, and eccentric debut ... Pond makes the case for Bennett as an innovative writer of real talent. ... [It]reminds us that small things...
CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS
"[A] cult-hit . . . [a] sharply realistic comedy of adultery and friendship."--Entertainment Weekly SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE 2019 TIME 100 NEXT LIST...
MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION
Entertainment Weekly's #1 Book of 2018 "One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious...
Literature
DUINO ELEGIES: A NEW AND COMPLETE TRANSLATION
Written by Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies are one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century. Begun in 1912 while the poet was a guest at Duino Castle on the Adriatic Sea and completed in a final bout of feverish inspiration in 1922, the ten elegies survey the mysteries of consciousness, whether human or animal, earthly or divine.
HAMMER TO FALL
Written by Lawton, John
The third Joe Wilderness spy thriller from a master of the genre, moving from icy Finland to tumultuous Cold War Prague, Hammer to Fall is a tale of vodka smuggling and a legendary female Red Army general who is playing a dangerous game
BUG
Written by Sartori, Giacomo
A timely, hilarious, and inventive novel by the author of I Am God about a family of misfit savants that explores (dis)ability, artificial intelligence, and the interdependence of technology and the natural world, narrated by the family's deaf youngest son. Praise for I Am God:
PARIS
Written by Mirrlees, Hope
"Obscure, indecent and brilliant." -- Virginia Woolf Modernism's lost masterpiece.
TO CALAIS, IN ORDINARY TIME (MAIN)
Written by Meek, James
Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a proctor sets out for a monastery in Avignon, and a young plowman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais.
BEAST IN PARADISE
Written by Coulon, Cécile
A haunting novel about a lineage of women possessed by their land. Winner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, this French bestseller tells a feverish, whispered story about characters and places haunted by madness, desire, and liberty. "Cécile Coulon's new novel gives an enthralling voice to the rural world."--La Croix
TONIGHT IS ALREADY TOMORROW
Written by Levi, Lia
Inspired by true events during World War II, Lia Levi's prize-winning novel of loss, despair, and courage tells the tragic history of mid-century Europe through the eyes and lives of ordinary people. "An intense, moving book that tells the story of stories: what happens when Fascism befalls a country."--Esquire (Italy)
MY GRANDMOTHER'S BRAID
Written by Bronsky, Alina
From the acclaimed author of THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE -- "a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience" (The New Yorker).
TRACE ELEMENTS: A COMISSARIO GUIDO BRUNETTI MYSTERY
Written by Leon, Donna
From the New York Times bestselling author of Unto Us a Son is Given, comes one of her most dark and thrilling mysteries yet. A woman's cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon's haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel.
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