Tag Archives: Literary
Recital of the Dog
by David Rabe“A gifted prose writer of original vision . . . In both voice and structure, Recital of the Dog owes much both to Albert…
Recollections of the Golden Triangle
by Alain Robbe-Grillet“[Recollections of a Golden Triangle] could be read as the French New Novelist’s tribute to the vibrant Latin American fiction that his own early…
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh NguyenFrom the author of The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Refugees is a collection of stories imbued with Nguyen’s extraordinary gift for writing, exploring questions…
Relative Stranger
by Mary Loudon“Loudon is excellent . . . spinning a real-life mystery from meetings with people who knew her long-estranged sister during the last dozen years…
Remember Me
by Trezza Azzopardi“A mesmerizing meditation on loss itself and the subjectivity of perception. . . . Remember Me is a novel of abandonments and absences. . . [Azzopardi] unrolls the plot with stealth and skill. . . . [The] passages of beauty–and they are many–do not jar because the author has created…
Remembering the Bones
by Frances Itani“With this book, Itani joins a group of novelists who have chronicled quiet lives from start to finish, uncovering treasure in their dark corners….
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall“The Raw Shark Texts is so much more than a clever, playful book, though it is both those things. Steven Hall has worked hard to build on the work of his intellectual ancestors. . . . His writing, description as well as dialogue, is sharp and clear, which is extremely…
Ray
by Barry Hannah“This novel hangs in the memory like a fishhook. It will haunt you long after you have finally put it down. Barry Hannah is…
Raymond Chandler
by Tom Hiney“A skillful treatment . . . of the frequently muddled life of the writer who elevated crime fiction to widely acknowledged eminence.” –The New…
Ragnarok
by A.S. ByattFrom “one of the most brilliant minds and speakers of our generation” (The Independent) comes an extraordinary tale, inspired by the myth of Ragnarök.
