Tag Archives: Literary
A Singular Man
by J.P. Donleavy“A rollicking, rambunctious novel . . . sheer pleasure to read . . . shatteringly funny.” —The New York Times Book Review
Skirt and the Fiddle
by Tristan Egolf“Freely delivered, energized and unsculpted. The tone falls somewhere between linear narrative and stream-of-consciousness rant. At its best moments it’s high comedy delivered through…
Small Craft Advisory
by Louis Rubin, Jr.“If the point of reading a memoir is to meet a person who is truly good company, and maybe to have a little wisdom rub off at the same time, Small Craft Advisory is a book to read.”–The New York Times Book Review…
The Siege
by Ismail KadareWinner of the inaugural 2005 Man Booker International Prize, Ismail Kadare’s The Siege is an absorbing, timeless, psychological study into human cunning, battlefield strategy,…
The Siege
by Helen Dunmore“The best historical fiction delivers emotional truth through the lives of imaginary but ordinary people, making it possible to feel the texture of events…
The Silent Cry
by Kenzaburo OeNow back in print, a modern classic by Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe, praised as “a major feat of the imagination.” —Times (UK)
Sing Them Home
by Stephanie Kallos“Sing Them Home constantly surprises, changing voices, viewpoints, and tempos, mixing humor and pathos, and introducing a big cast of vividly portrayed characters, major…
Show Me the Sky
by Nick Hogg“[A] subtle and clever novel . . . each voice is different and distinct. . . . The whole is plotted so artfully that…
The Shrine at Altamira
by John L'Heureux‘mesmerizing . . . a powerful and affecting story about love’s most anguished and disturbing permutations.” –Timothy Hunter, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shards
by Ismet Prcic“Impressive . . . Inventive . . . Pushes against convention, logic, chronology . . . Ambitious and deep . . . [Prcic] succeeds…
