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"A brilliant debut."-CHARLES BAXTER, author of The Soul Thief and There's Something I Want You to Do The suspense creeps in and takes hold in seven stories about troubled characters grappling with

"A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan."-Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a power

"Lauren Grodstein breaks your heart, then miraculously pieces it back together so it's bigger-and stronger-than before."-Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You How can a woman learn to l

A dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, The Floating World takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina with the story of the Boisdores, whose roots stretch back nearly to the foundati

"Jessica Keener has written a gorgeous, lyrical, and sweeping novel about the tangled web of past and present.

In this brilliant debut novel by Helen Weinzweig, the award-winning author of Basic Black With Pearls, a wedding reception becomes a gothic dream in which the bride, groom, family, and guests strug

The first complete collection of Shakespeare's plays was almost never printed.

Ali Bobrow is an otherworldly single parent with an overwrought nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex and his grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent.

Discover the stories behind the stories in this treasurable illustrated biography of Jane Austen.

The Library of Congress brings booklovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books.

Brilliant experimental, surrealist fiction from the award-winning author of Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew A wonderful dream and a horrific nightmare, a fuzzy consciousness of pain and family, Pockets is

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a brilliantly rendered life of one of our most admired American poets Since her death in 1979, Elizabeth Bishop, who published only one hundred poems in her li

Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller wea

A posthumous collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe's greatest, and best-selling, literary figures Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar.

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