Newly released from a mental institution, Simple’s first job is caring for Emmett, a crusty drunkard dying of cancer on a ranch in Utah. Simple’s first fragile friendship is with Emmett’s grandson Jude, a gay youth in Gothic drag who...
Magic realist fiction
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Author:Chin, AlanSummary: - Author:Vo, NghiSummary:
"Lyrical, mesmerizing, and otherworldly. . . Stunning proof that Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today. A beautiful, brutal, monstrous Hollywood fantasy." —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling...
- Author:Morrison, ToniSummary:
New York Times bestseller • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by...
- Author:Dupont, ÉricSummary:
A big fat whopper of a tall tale that bounces around from provincial Rivière-du-Loup in 1919 to Nagasaki, 1990s Berlin, Rome, and beyond.
- Author:Solomon, RiversSummary:
Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong, not with them, but with her own body. It's itching, it's stronger, it's not normal. To...
- Author:Young, AdrienneSummary:
National Bestseller • “Lush with secrets, magic, and a past that won’t stay where it belongs, this novel is (quite fittingly) spellbinding.”—Jodi Picoult, author of Wish You Were Here. A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic,...
- Author:Polk, C. L.Summary:
From the award-winning author of Witchmark comes a Tor.com Original short story, C. L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid. All magical requests come with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother...
- Author:Dyment, SKSummary:
Hilarity and queer magic realism twist the throttle when Jackie, a loner with a secret bank-robbing persona, meets Vespa: sexy, sculpture-welding artist and collector of vintage motorbikes. Still planning elaborate revenge on a New York...
- Author:Gray, NowickSummary:
Love stories from the twilight zone, these contemporary fairy tales of magic realism expose the dark and tender hearts of quirky characters seeking connection and redemption. Serving offbeat narratives, edgy realties, shifting...
- Author:García Márquez, GabrielSummary:
In these twelve stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.
- Author:Kawaguchi, ToshikazuSummary:
From the author of international bestseller Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this book follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café. In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving...
- Author:Unnikrishnan, DeepakSummary:
Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. "Guest workers of the United Arab Emirates embody multiple worlds and identities and long for home in a fantastical debut work of fiction, winner of the inaugural...
- Author:Leichter, HilarySummary:
From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world. Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night,...
- Author:Hutchinson, Shaun DavidSummary:
From the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and At the Edge of the Universe comes a mind-bending, riveting novel about a teen who was born to a virgin mother and realizes she has the power to heal-but that power comes at a...
- Author:Mukhopadhyay, SirshenduSummary:
Somlata has just married into the dynastic but declining Mitra family. At eighteen, she expects to settle into her role as a devout wife in this traditional, multi-generational family. But then Somlata, wandering the halls of the grand...
- Author:Robertson, LisaSummary:
A debut novel by acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson, in which a poet realizes she has written the works of Baudelaire. One morning, the poet Hazel Brown wakes up in a strange hotel room to find that she's written the complete works of...
- Author:Woodburn, DallasSummary:
Teenager Tegan Rossi finds herself on Hawaii's Big Island, with no idea how she got there. Her best friend there, Kai, promises to help figure out what's going on, but answers lead to more questions.
- Author:Brown, GarethSummary:
A debut novel full of magic, adventure, and romance, The Book of Doors opens up a thrilling world of contemporary fantasy for readers of The Midnight Library, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Night Circus, and any modern story...
- Author:Shepherd, PengSummary:
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father's belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret?one that will lead her...
- Author:Natsukawa, SosukeSummary:
AN INDIE NEXT PICK! From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school...
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