Tag Archives: Literary
Voltaire in Exile
by Ian Davidson“Davidson . . . has taken on the story of the last Voltaire. . . . In 1753, at the beginning of Davidson’s story,…
Voyageurs
by Margaret Elphinstone“With grandly accessible language and brilliant strokes Margaret Elphinstone re-creates a place within which we learn much of the capability of the human heart…
The Voyeur
by Alain Robbe-Grillet“I can think of no other writer who can render the banal so fearfully fantastic. In the subtlest, slyest, and most sheerly delightful way…
Violencia!
by Bruce Jay Friedman“[Friedman’s] writing is so funny – and deceptively effortless – critics often liken it to a stand-up comedy routine.”–The New York Times…
The Veins of the Ocean
by Patricia EngelThe extraordinary new novel from award-winning author Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean is a heartrending story of one woman’s devotion to her…
Vernon God Little
by DBC Pierre“A dangerous, smart, ridiculous, and very funny first novel . . . Pierre renders adolescence brilliantly, capturing with seeming effortlessness the bright, contradictory hormone…
An Untamed State
by Roxane Gay“Clear your schedule now! Once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down. An Untamed State is a novel of hope intermingled with fear . . . written at a pace that will match your racing heart.” —Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea…
Up High in the Trees
by Kiara Brinkman“A very moving and perfectly convincing evocation of the inner life of an unusual boy. . . . Brinkman’s portrait of Sebby and his…
Up Through the Water
by Darcey Steinke“Beautifully written . . . a seamless and almost instinctive prose that often reads more like poetry than fiction.” –Robert Olmstead, The New York…
Uphill Walkers
by Madeleine BlaisA spirited and moving memoir about the enduring power of family love by the author of the national best-seller In These Girls, Hope Is…
