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Tag Archives: Literary
A Quiet Life
by Kenzaburo Oe“[These] ordinary lives . . . are movingly illuminated . . . portraits drawn with affection, insight and that wry humor . . ….
Prosperous Friends
by Christine Schutt“Give me the tough, adamantine beauty of Christine Schutt’s writing any day. Her new novel . . . is Portrait of a Lady one…
The Public Burning
by Robert Coover“I would guess that since World War II only Lolita, The Invisible Man, and Catch-22 are in [The Public Burning‘s] class for durability. But…
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…
