Sripathi Rao, the protagonist of Anita Rau Badami's second novel, is an ordinary, middle-aged man whose career and family have failed to meet his expectations. But when his daughter and her husband are suddenly killed in a car crash,...
Literary fiction
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Author:Badami, Anita RauSummary: - Author:Brooke, FrancesSummary:
Frances Brooke was an 18th century British novelist, playwright, essayist and translator. Under the pseudonym of "Mary Singleton, Spinster," she edited thirty-seven issues of her own weekly periodical, "Old Maid" (1755-1756). In 1769...
- Author:Urrea, Luis AlbertoSummary:
In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist ( San Francisco Chronicle ), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous...
- Author:Ogawa, YōkoSummary:
Yoko Ogawa presents an original, beautifully written story about a brilliant man who must live with only eighty minutes of short-term memory and the astute young housekeeper who cares for him.
- Author:Korgemagi, PamelaSummary:
The Old Woman lives in the wild, searching for food, raising her cubs, and avoiding the two-legged creatures who come into her territory. But she is more than an animal -- she is a mythic creature who haunts the lives and the dreams of...
- Author:Georges, KarolineSummary:
'In this singular story dedicated to the mother, the narrator creates an avatar to counter her pain of living. Karoline Georges manages to combine the real and the virtual around the complexity of family ties. The author approaches...
- Author:Kwon, R. O.Summary:
"A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism."--New York Times Book Review"Reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery...
- Author:Enguehard, FrancoiseSummary:
In 1913 Dr. Louis Thomas and his family settle on the French islands of St. Pierre and Michelon. Enchanted by how this French land navigates the harsh climate of the Atlantic Ocean, he immerses himself in his passion for photography and...
- Author:Taylor, BrandonSummary:
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, OPRAH DAILY, THE WASHINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND VULTURE "Erudite, intimate, hilarious, poignant... A gorgeously written novel of youth's...
- Author:Korelitz, Jean HanffSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Latecomer is a layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the...
- Author:deWitt, PatrickSummary:
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself. Bob Comet...
- Author:Temple, EmilySummary:
One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother--a woman...
- Author:Tannahill, JordanSummary:
A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother's obsession with a sound that no one else can hear One night, while lying in bed next to her husband, Claire Devon suddenly hears a low hum. This innocuous sound,...
- Author:Ferrante, ElenaSummary:
Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial...
- Author:Cognetti, PaoloSummary:
"A short novel of affecting elegance"--Vogue "Cognetti ... delivers a beautiful meditation on nature, love, and renewal." -Publishers Weekly. As a romance blooms in an isolated Italian Alpine town fate and free will...
- Author:Obreht, TéaSummary:
"A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss" ( People ) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland "I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht...
- Author:Metcalf, JohnSummary:
In this, his first book of fiction since 'Adult Entertainment', a New York Times Notable Book of 1990, legendary Canadian writer and editor John Metcalf is back - in full comic force - with a linked collection of stories and novellas....
- Author:Umrigar, ThritySummary:
The bestselling author of The Space Between Us and Reese's Book Club pick Honor delivers a powerful story about family secrets, a mother's power, and the importance of forgiveness. Remy Wadia left India for the United States...
- Author:Clermont, StéfanieSummary:
Friends since grade school, Céline, Julie, and Sabrina come of age at the start of a new millennium, supporting each other and drifting apart as their lives pull them in different directions. But when their friend dies by suicide in...
- Author:Cronin, MarianneSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson has been told she's dying, but she still has a lot of living left to do. Joining her hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets Margot, an eighty-three-year-old rebel, who transforms Lenni...
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