Tag Archives: Literary

Nexus

by Henry Miller

“The Rosy Crucifixion may be Miller’s masterpiece. . . . The trilogy belongs in every American literature collection.” —Choice

The Natural Order of Things

by António Lobo Antunes

“Reads like William Faulkner or Céline . . . bedeviled and lyrical.”—The Boston Globe “A work of poetic and erotic genius.”—Los Angeles Times  From…

Nebraska

by Ron Hansen

“Beautifully crafted stories. . . . Wickedness, evil, malice is called by name; and for Hansen’s people the snake in the garden never fails…

Naked Lunch

by William S. Burroughs

“A book of great beauty . . . . Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.”…

My Mother: Demonology

by Kathy Acker

“What makes this book powerful is the archetypal punch behind each image, a punch that comes from an unknown assailant dressed in red wearing…

My Mother’s Lovers

by Christopher Hope

“A brilliant send-up of the ‘white tribe’ in Africa, featuring a larger-than-life Beryl Markham-like figure . . . and the son who can’t flee…

My Tender Matador

by Pedro Lemebel

“Lemebel crafts a wonderful snapshot of this period of Chile’s history. . . . Lemebel’s tender story of a time of great unrest provides…

N.P.

by Banana Yoshimoto

“[An] ethereally mesmerizing . . . novel of Japan’s Generation X.”—Martin Brady, Chicago Sun-Times

Murphy

by Samuel Beckett

“The humor and tragedy of Murphy’s search for his own self has been set down in the brilliant, highly individual style that also distinguishes…