Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of World War II, the story centers on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections—experimental operations on live U.S.
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Author:Endo, Shusaku
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Faulkner, William
Summary:Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.
Genre: Historical fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Vargas Llosa, Mario
Summary:The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Frayn, Michael
Summary:The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the a
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Vonnegut, Kurt
Summary:Genre: Historical fiction, Science fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Naipaul, V. S.
Summary:The Mimic Men is a moving novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the postcolonial world.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Roth, Joseph
Summary:The Radetzky March charts the history of the Trotta family through three generations spanning the rise and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Allende, Isabel
Summary:In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs
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- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:García Márquez, Gabriel
Summary:On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria – the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport – is bitten by a rabid dog.
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Mann, Thomas
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Cleave, Chris
Summary:British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing f
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Catherine MeadPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Muller, Herta
Summary:Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished provinces for the city in search of better
Genre: Historical fiction, Political fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Crummey, Michael
Summary:With a poetic eye and a gift for storytelling, Crummey vividly depicts the stark Newfoundland backcountry.
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- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Connor, Ralph
Summary:Ranald Macdonald’s roots are in the forest of Ontario’s easternmost county and his character was forged in the small Presbyterian church near his home.
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- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Byatt, A. S.
Summary:Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,