Citizen Tom Paine
“Howard Fast has taken a figure out of American history and by the intensity of his emotional sympathy and intellectual response has made him…
keep reading“Howard Fast has taken a figure out of American history and by the intensity of his emotional sympathy and intellectual response has made him…
keep readingThe searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from the Brazilian street….
keep reading“One of the major books to be published since World War II.” —The Washington Post…
keep reading“Lively is a magical writer, and her sensuous prose tempers the metaphysical abstractions. . . . Her uncanny empathy and ability to evoke emotion make the reader feel more like a participant than like an observer.” –Newsday…
keep reading“Australian scientist/conservationist/explorer Flannery (The Weather Makers, 2006, etc.) tells the remarkable story of underappreciated marsupials thriving Down Under. . . . Quite exhaustive, fired…
keep reading“Nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize – Chatterton is one of those rare books equal to its hype… A tour de force, a brilliant…
keep reading“Excellent . . . admirably honest [and] staggeringly researched . . . It is unlikely that after Anderson’s exhaustive contribution, much more will be…
keep reading“Mamet the adaptor has turned Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard into a Mamet play. Mamet’s ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing….
keep reading“A play of unbearable heartbreak—a past lost, a present bleak and a future uncertain. . . . Tom Stoppard’s clear-headed adaptation is lean and…
keep reading“Chris Adrian is a novelist, a doctor, a philosopher, a literary explorer, the humble clear-eyed prophet of our time. . . . The genius…
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