Tag Archives: Literary
Sexing the Cherry
by Jeanette Winterson“Sexing the Cherry is a dangerous jewel . . . a mixture of The Arabian Nights touched by the philosophical form of Milan Kundera…
The Secret River
by Kate Grenville“Magnificent . . . an unflinching exploration of modern Australia’s origins. . . . Grenville’s psychological acuity, and the sheer gorgeousness of her descriptions…
See What I Have Done
by Sarah SchmidtPraised by Paula Hawkins as the “next great thriller” (Town & Country), Sarah Schmidt’s debut is a masterful reimagining of the infamous Lizzie Borden…
The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett
by Samuel Beckett“Beckett’s writings constitute probably the most significant body of work produced by a twentieth-century author, in that they’re taken to signify the greatest number…
Self-Portrait With Woman
by Andrzej Szczypiorski“In Polish novelist Andrzej Szczypiorski’s radiant new work, the affairs of the heart and the world are not so very different. . . ….
Secessia
by Kent WascomFrom the immensely talented author of The Blood of Heaven, compared by reviewers to Faulkner, O’Connor, and McCarthy, comes a gothic portrait of a…
Second Marriage
by Frederick Barthelme“The whole book is like an interesting and just barely believable dream–one of those dreams that’s sexy, anxious, promising, and threatening at the same…
Second Person Singular
by Sayed Kashua“With Second Person Singular, Sayed Kashua has become one of the most important contemporary Hebrew writers.” —Haaretz
Scott Fitzgerald
by Andrew Turnbull“At last we are able to see, at full length and with a shock of belated recognition, the brave and delicate man who was…
Sandrine’s Case
by Thomas H. Cook“Cook has shown himself to be a writer of poetic gifts, constantly pushing against the presumed limits of crime fiction.” —Los Angeles Times Book…
