Mother River
Collection of short stories that have appeared in various publications.
The classifications made by philosophers and psychologists are like trying to classify clouds by their shape.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Musems and Women and other stories
The title story, Museums and Women, explores the narrator's interactions with, shockingly, museums and women.
To a Wall of Flame in a Steel Mill, Syracuse, New York, 1969
Except under the cool shadows of pines, / The snow is already thawing / Along this road . . . / Such sun, and wind.
Satantango
The novel is set in a desolate, rain-slicked landscape where the inhabitants are trapped in a state of perpetual decay, waiting for a miracle or a catastrophe.
Palestinian Walks
To go on a sarha is to wander aimlessly, not restricted by time and place, going where the spirit takes you, to nourish your soul and rejuvenate yourself. This book contains six sarhat the author takes between the early 1970s to the early 2000s.
The Golden House
In the humid, over-ripened air of a post-Obama Manhattan, where the sunlight hits the brownstones of Greenwich Village with a cloying, amber insistence, we find the "Gardens"—a private enclave of old-world quietude suddenly invaded by the operatic.
The Assault
A singular event in the ending days of WWII sets off decades-long reverberations for the sole survivor of a Dutch family.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
A half poetic, half discursive travel journal by the inventor of the haiku.
The Enigma of Arrival
The story unfolds in the Wiltshire countryside, where the protagonist rents a modest cottage
Tomorrow x3
A trio with skills that mesh and a friendship that has more ups and downs than most rollercoasters helps the pages pass quickly.
Shadow Ticket
Prohibition time. Facsism is on the rise globally. And the heiress of a cheese empire has gone missing. Can Hicks McTaggart solve this ticket?
What We Can Know
The characters grapple with the realization that much of what they perceive as "known" is inherently colored by their experiences and biases.
The Swimmer
Ned Merrill is at a party and suddenly envisions himself as a great man about to embark on a swim across the county by way of backyard pools in a tony suburban NY community.
In Xanadu
Scottish historian William Dalrymple, uses older historic narratives and maps to help guide him and fellow travelers from the Holy Land to Xanadu (Shan-tu, just north of Beijing).