Tag Archives: Literary
Pure
by Rebbecca Ray“Pure is about being a know-it-all and knowing nothing at all. Rebbecca Ray captures the urgency of adolescence, the constant surprise, the imperfection of…
Purge
by Sofi Oksanen“A bravura work, deeply engaged with [Estonia’s] knotted history, sparing but potent in its use of irony, and containing an empathic treatment of all…
Priority
by Iselin Hermann“A gem of an epistolary novel, a tiny thriller . . . Hermann reveals a startling capacity of human beings for self-invention.” –The Baltimore…
Pool
by Ajay Sahgal“A faultlessly crafted, beautifully constructed, Beckett-in-a-hot-tub, Noel-Coward-on-ludes, Hunter-Thompson-with-an-editor novel.” –The Washington Post Book World
The Pope’s Rhinoceros
by Lawrence Norfolk“Norfolk’s ferocious, greedy originality of angle and expression evokes continuous astonishment.” –The Times Literary Supplement
Pornografia
by Witold Gombrowicz“A master of verbal burlesque, a connoisseur of psychological blackmail, Gombrowicz is one of the profoundest late moderns, with one of the lightest touches.”…
Portrait of an Eye
by Kathy Acker“Kathy Acker’s trancelike writing style peels away the layers of reality… Acker is an expert at evoking this shadowy realm of belief and emotion…
The Pleasing Hour
by Lily King“Splendid . . . Powerful . . . so assured that it’s hard to believe the book is [King’s] debut.” —Jacqueline Carey, The New…
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch
by Anne Enright“A powerhouse of vivid contrast and contradiction. . . . In a swashbuckling prologue replete with arresting sexual imagery, Enright lays bare her novel’s…
Plexus
by Henry Miller“Plexus is the core volume in The Rosy Crucifixion: the volume which has the most complete description of Henry Miller’s basic values, beliefs, opinions,…
