Results for: books tagged ‘American Fiction’
The Amalgamation Polka: Stephen Wright
With The Amalgamation Polka, Stephen Wright extends his previous accomplishments with a Civil War novel unlike any other.Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son ... More
American Desert: Percival Everett
Theodore Street is driving towards the ocean where he plans to drown himself. But on the way he is hit by a van and he sails through the windscreen, his ... More
Amnesia Moon: Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem, acclaimed author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, here takes the reader on a road trip through a post-apocalyptic USA.Since the war came and the bombs ... More
Anywhere But Here: Mona Simpson
Published to extraordinary critical acclaim in 1987, Mona Simpson's exceptional first novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, Adele and Ann, making their way west from Bay City ... More
As She Climbed Across the Table: Jonathan Lethem
What if your lover left you for nothing? Literally Nothing? From the author of Motherless Brooklyn, this is a strange, hilarious love story about a man, a woman, and the ... More
Birds of America: Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore's dazzling collection of stories is remarkable for its range, emotional force and dark humour, and for the sheer beauty and power of its language. It unfolds a startlingly ... More
The Birthdays: Heidi Pitlor
The Millers, an ordinary American family, are travelling to a small island off the coast of Maine where they will celebrate their father’s 75th birthday. All three adult children are ... More
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Junot Diaz
The long-awaited first novel from one of today’s most original and electrifying literary voices. Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in ... More
Brooklyn Follies: Paul Auster
'I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I traveled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain . . ... More
Cold Snap: Thom Jones
Thom Jones's second collection of stories takes its readers into an edgy, overadrenalized world of desire, mania and rage. Following his extraordinary debut in The Pugilist at Rest, Thom Jones ... More
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