Literary Fiction | Fiction
May.04.2010
In her latest novel, after Ten Days in the Hills (2007), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers a cold-eyed view of the compromises required by marriage while also providing an intimate portrait of life in the Midwest and West during the years 1883-1942. By the time she reaches the age of 27...
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Apr.16.2010
An interpretation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw as metafiction.
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Apr.16.2010
On the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Barry Gifford’s international bestseller Wild at Heart, as well as on the anniversary of the Cannes Palme d’Or–winning film adaptation by director David Lynch, Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels presents all seven of the novels and novellas...
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Apr.15.2010
Eight -year-old Zaara and her family move to Ghana when her parents get tired of life in the U.K. A precocious child with Cerebral Palsy, she finds herself thrust into a society where her disability is not understood and is attributed to a spiritual cause. As a result, she's taken to various...
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Apr.03.2010
Collection of autobiographical coming-of-age stories based on author's experience from age 12 as a soldier in a dance performance troupe of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Exists in traditional and simplified Chinese character editions and in Vietnamese translation.
Taiwan edition:...
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Mar.21.2010
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice,Girl in Translation is an inspiring debut about a young immigrant in America, a smart girl who, living a double life between school and sweatshop, understands that her family’s future is in her hands.
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate...
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Feb.24.2010
Cora Sledge is horrified when her children, who doubt her ability to take care of herself, plot to remove her from her home. So what if her house is a shambles? Who cares when she last changed her clothes? If an 82-year-old widow wants to live on junk food, pills, and cigarettes, hasn’t she earned...
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Feb.22.2010
Twenty-eight-year-old Sebastian Long has been called the best actor of his generation. Discovered while performing cheap fight pictures in Morocco, Sebastian wins an Oscar for his breakthrough role in the film Checkmate. His performance is raw, surprising, and powerful—a calculated dance with...
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Feb.17.2010
Heidegger’s Glasses opens during the end of World War II in a failing Germany coming apart at its seams. The Third Reich’s obsession with record-keeping and its strong reliance on the occult has led to the formation of an underground compound of scribes--translators responsible for...
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Feb.11.2010
Brunanburh moors England, 937 A.D. A young soldier lies wounded on the battlefield. A stranger comes by and places a sword under his chin. Henceforward the man will lead him on a journey that will assume the proportions of an epic feat. The Great Adversary is a compelling blend of Viking epos with...
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