Tag Archives: Literary

Having Everything

by John L'Heureux

“A master of understated, ominous moments in a marriage in which not asking a question can be more disastrous than asking it . ….

Hawthorne in Concord

by Philip McFarland

“McFarland’s book takes the prize for readability. His is an impressionistic account that could only result from sensitivity and empathy for its subject.” —David Locker, Evansville Courier & Press…

He Drown She in the Sea

by Shani Mootoo

…and daily rhythms of the Caribbean. . . . One of Mootoo’s real accomplishments is his portrayal of the expatriate Harry. . . . Much of the novel is recounted in snippets and flashbacks, from many points of view, which gives the tale a fine-grained, beautifully textured finish.” —Publishers Weekly

Heart of a Dog

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Written in 1925 and unpublished in the Soviet Union until 1987, Mikhail Bulgakov’s satire is as ferocious and timely now as when it was…

Heart of Palm

by Laura Lee Smith

The debut novel from a writer of wry humor and warm humanity, Heart of Palm is an indelible portrait of a town and one…

Happy Family

by Wendy Lee

“Rich and multilayered, Lee’s novel explores what it means to be a part of something, whether it’s a family or a culture. Told in…

Harbor Lights

by Theodore Weesner

“Sensitively and intelligently composed . . . [Harbor Lights] sings with a poetic simplicity that recalls Russell Banks or Carolyn Chute.” –Publishers Weekly

Hardboiled & Hard Luck

by Banana Yoshimoto

“Banana Yoshimoto is doing her part to keep the novella tradition alive. . . . Exciting . . . Despite the somber nature of…

The Harder They Come

by Michael Thelwell

“The most authentic and evocative portrait of the Jamaican poor–the rich and sustaining vernacular of their culture, the sheer heroism of their economic existence–that…