Tag Archives: Literary
Black Snow
by Liu Heng“Prose that tautly evokes the grim mood and setting . . . a writer to watch.” –Kirkus Reviews
Black Spring
by Henry Miller“In Black Spring the old charmer is back at work, charming again. ‘This man, this skull, this music’ have good things in them, like a honeycomb. Henry Miller . . . reflects the light of joy and writes most sweetly.” —The New York Times Book Review…
The Bird Skinner
by Alice Greenway“[A] thrilling evocation of young love . . . as fresh as it is heartbreaking. With an attention to detail that’s both poetic and…
Bitter Fruit
by Achmat Dangor“A haunting story of a family disintegrating, wonderfully authentic . . . its progress like slow dancing.” –Barbara Trapido, The Independent
The Black Brook
by Tom DruryBack in print, a reissue of the novel Daniel Handler called “one of my favorite novels on earth” (Christian Science Monitor), now expanded with…
Black Dance
by Nancy Huston“A blazing ode to freedom” (Paris Match) by international bestselling writer and winner of the Prix Femina for Fault Lines, Nancy Huston.
The Betrayal
by Helen DunmoreShort-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (South Asia and Europe), Helen Dunmore’s sequel to her best-selling novel, The Siege, is an enthralling tale of…
Between Us Girls
by Joe Orton“The sudden appearance, from a void of four decades, of three previously unpublished works by the late British playwright Joe Orton is a cultural…
Big Girls Don’t Cry
by Fay Weldon“Weldon’s clever comparisons of yesterday’s mores to today’s spice up this bubbling feminist brew, offering a study of the costs and consequences of the…
The Big Seven
by Jim HarrisonA follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Leader, The Big Seven sends Harrison’s hapless Detective Sunderson up against a family of…
