Tag Archives: Literary

Act of the Damned

by António Lobo Antunes

“An exhilarating cacophony of conflicting voices . . . The fury of its rhetoric takes on all but irresistible momentum.” –Kirkus Reviews

Adam Resurrected

by Yoram Kaniuk

“Yoram Kaniuk is one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World.” –The New York Times

Adios Hemingway

by Leonardo Padura Fuentes

“An elegantly turned meditation on the cold realities of age, the waning of strength and beauty and the production of literary myth. . ….

The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

by Robert Coover

“An embodiment of a spectacle-obsessed entertainment culture that seems horribly like our own. . . . It delivers the ancient narrative satisfaction of seeing…

The Adventures of Miles and Isabel

by Tom Gilling

“A brilliant flight of seduction. . . . The Adventures of Miles and Isabel is a novel of dreams and fantasy and not a…

After the Blue Hour

by John Rechy

“Rechy . . . continues to write with such elegance and lyricism . . . A mind so singularly attuned to the layers and…

After You’ve Gone

by Jeffrey Lent

“After You’ve Gone, like its hero, is quiet, measured, and introspective. . . . A lyrical, honest, and valuable novel, one that attends to…

Alba

by Delacorta

“Juxtaposing silliness, erotica, reality and surrealism, [Delacorta] reinforces his reputation for creating unique, pop adventures.” –Publishers Weekly

1959

by Thulani Davis

“Willie Tarrant recalls both Scout in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Nel in Toni Morrison’s Sula. . . . A captivating heroine….

a: A Novel

by Andy Warhol

“Hellish hymns from Amphetamine Heaven, the vox populi of the Velvet Underground . . . These people are witty and they are grand, they…