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Kenzaburo Oe
…Japan. Oe’s influences and literary heroes were less Japanese than American and European, ranging from Henry Miller to Jean-Paul Sartre, from Blake to Camus. In 1960, Oe traveled to China…
Donna Leon
Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China,…
Ten Little Indians
by Sherman Alexie“In [Alexie’s] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . ….
P. J. O’Rourke
…foreign affairs desk chief for Rolling Stone where he reported from far-flung places. Later he wrote for a number of publications, including The Atlantic, the Daily Beast, the Wall Street…
Night Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier“Rich, dense, star-spangled . . . The novels of Robert Stone come to mind, and Elias Canetti’s Auto-da-Fe, and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, and Kobo Abe’s The Ruined Map,…
The World Beneath
by Cate Kennedy“Written in precise and singing prose, [Kennedy’s] powerful first novel . . . [is] a work of mythic depth, lyrical description, and gripping suspense.” —Adelaide Advertiser…
The Boyfriend
by Thomas Perry“There are probably only half a dozen suspense writers now alive who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks, vivid, sympathetic characters, and compelling narratives each time they publish….
The Devil Tree
by Jerzy Kosinski“Savage . . . [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character. . . . Each horrid, magical episode . . . releases, between the lines, unspoken words about the nature…
It’s Only Slow Food Until You Try to Eat It
by Bill Heavey“Mr. Heavey takes us back to the joys—and occasional pitfalls—of the humble edibles around us, and his conclusions ring true.” —Wall Street Journal…
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
by Kenzaburo Oe“[A] remarkable book. . . . Oe is a supremely gifted writer (and fortunate in having found Nathan as a translator.)” –Ivan Gold, The Washington Post…
