White Noise
Professor Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college in rural New York…
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William Trevor's Last Stories
The story about the piano teacher has stayed and will stay with me for a while…
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Humboldt's Gift
explores the changing relationship between art and power in a materialist America. This theme is addressed through the contrasting careers of two writers…
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Time's Arrow
Tod T. Friendly has a secret.
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The Sportswriter
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirely within themselves.
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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Readers as diverse as TS Eliot and Lou Reed appreciated Delmore Schwartz's work.
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Killing Commendatore
a complex and introspective novel that combines elements of magical realism,
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Cathedral
his third collection of stories and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
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Waiting for the Barbarians
The theme of colonial imposition is central to the novel
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The Invention of Morel
The invention of morel La invención de Morel (1940) — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel’s Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares’ breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires. He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges (see below), sister of Bioy...
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A Man Called Ove
a grumpy and solitary old man who finds unexpected connections and purpose in life
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The Plains
In The Plains, Murnane explores how the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture.
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Love is Blind
William Boyd's Love is Blind follows the life of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish
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The Nose
follows the bizarre misadventures of Major Kovalyov and his missing nose
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The Skating Rink
With a murder at its heart, The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime
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Running Dog
follows Moll Robbins, a New York City journalist trailing the activities
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Lincoln in the Bardo
The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel takes place throughout a single evening.
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Molloy
the novelistic equivalent of abstract painting
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean
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Underworld
The prologue of _Underworld_ is a fictionalized account of The Shot Heard
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The Time Machine
A classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells published in 1895.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Genly Ai visits the planet of Gethen as an envoy of the Ekumen, a loose confederation of planets. Ai's mission is to persuade the nations of Gethen to join the Ekumen…
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Indignation
Set in America in 1951, during the Korean War, _Indignation_ is narrated by Marcus Messner, a Jewish college student from Newark, NJ.
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Infinite Jest
Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction…
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
The protagonist, who remains unnamed throughout the novel, is a solitary and introspective man who has never been in love.
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Invisible Cities
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan sensed the end of his empire…
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Cannery Row
The story revolves around the people living there, including Lee Chong, the local grocer. Doc, a marine biologist. And Mack, the leader of a group of derelicts.
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Rhinoceros
Theater of the absurd. Throughout three acts, the inhabitants of a provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses.
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The Rings of Saturn
Sebald weaves together topics and historical events, ranging from the decline of the herring industry to the hell of World War II and the Holocaust. He incorporates real figures, such as writer Sir Thomas Browne, into the narrative, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction.
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Night of Wenceslas
The Night of Wenceslas is the debut novel of British thriller and crime writer Lionel Davidson.