Tag Archives: Literary

Remnants of the First Earth

by Ray Young Bear

Dazzlingly original, but with deep roots in his traditional Mesquakie culture, Young Bear is a master wordsmith poised with trickster-like aplomb between the ancient…

Repetition

by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Exhibits a sensibility as nervous and contemporary–not to mention witty–as that of any novelist working today. . . . Objects play as dramatic a…

Requiem

by Frances Itani

“Remarkable . . . Requiem delicately probes the complex adjustments we make to live with our sorrows.. . . [A] perfectly modulated novel.” —Wendy…

Reservation Blues

by Sherman Alexie

“The mystical complexity of Reservation Blues is as mesmerizing as the poetic power of Alexie’s writing. Alexie makes his story credible while playing fast…

The Return of the Caravels

by António Lobo Antunes

A powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and another literary tour de force from the pen of Antonio Lobo Antunes, “a master navigator of the…

The Return of the Player

by Michael Tolkin

The sequel to the Hollywood classic The Player, and a satire on power, wealth, and family in the twenty-first century….

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 Nguyen

From 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…