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We Run the Tides

A Novel

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"This enigmatic tale of adolescent friendship . . . is smart, sly, and as knowing about the mind and heart of a teenage girl as an Elena Ferrante novel." — O, The Oprah Magazine"One of the best novels about girlhood and female friendship I've ever read." —Mary Beth Keane, *New York Times–*bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes"A tough and exquisite sliver of a short novel whose world I want to ... Read more

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"This enigmatic tale of adolescent friendship . . . is smart, sly, and as knowing about the mind and heart of a teenage girl as an Elena Ferrante novel." — O, The Oprah Magazine"One of the best novels about girlhood and female friendship I've ever read." —Mary Beth Keane, *New York Times–*bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes"A tough and exquisite sliver of a short novel whose world I want to
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The Lovers

A Novel

by Vendela Vida ...

“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”—Joyce Carol Oates“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall DiariesIn 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a ... Read more

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“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”—Joyce Carol Oates“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall DiariesIn 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a
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Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

A Novel

by Vendela Vida ...

"A taut, intricately layered page-turner that looks deeply and fearlessly into matters of profound human concern." —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning authorWinner of the Kate Chopin AwardOn the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fiancé has just ... Read more

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"A taut, intricately layered page-turner that looks deeply and fearlessly into matters of profound human concern." —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning authorWinner of the Kate Chopin AwardOn the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fiancé has just
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The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty

A Novel

by Vendela Vida ...

From the acclaimed author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity.In Vendela Vida’s taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport—all of her money and ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity.In Vendela Vida’s taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport—all of her money and
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Out of the Darkness

Classic Short Fiction from Sweden

Edited by Vendela Vida, David Katznelson, Ulf Olsson ...

A treasure chest of stories by Swedish authors from the 1880s to the 1950s, many appearing for the first time in EnglishIn the late nineteenth century, Swedish romanticism gave way to vibrant new literary styles that flourished through the 1950s. Out of the Darkness is the first anthology to bring the short fiction of this golden age of Swedish literature to English readers, celebrating the ... Read more

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A treasure chest of stories by Swedish authors from the 1880s to the 1950s, many appearing for the first time in EnglishIn the late nineteenth century, Swedish romanticism gave way to vibrant new literary styles that flourished through the 1950s. Out of the Darkness is the first anthology to bring the short fiction of this golden age of Swedish literature to English readers, celebrating the
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And Now You Can Go

A Novel

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Vendela Vida’s fearless, critically acclaimed fiction debut follows the unpredictable recovery of a young woman as she tries to make sense of her life after an encounter at gunpoint.Accosted one afternoon in Riverside Park by a man who doesn't want to die alone, Ellis, a young grad student, talks her way out of the situation by reciting poetry to her desperate captor. He lets her go, but is she ... Read more

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Vendela Vida’s fearless, critically acclaimed fiction debut follows the unpredictable recovery of a young woman as she tries to make sense of her life after an encounter at gunpoint.Accosted one afternoon in Riverside Park by a man who doesn't want to die alone, Ellis, a young grad student, talks her way out of the situation by reciting poetry to her desperate captor. He lets her go, but is she
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The Delicate Prey

And Other Stories

by Paul Bowles ...

Paul Bowles’s classic collection of short stories, now available in a a deluxe paperback edition—part of Ecco’s Art of the Story series“All the tales are a variety of detective story,” wrote Bowles of this, his first short story collection, “in which the reader is the detective; the mystery is in the motivation for the charcters’ behavior.” In such stories as “A Distant Episode” and How Many ... Read more

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Paul Bowles’s classic collection of short stories, now available in a a deluxe paperback edition—part of Ecco’s Art of the Story series“All the tales are a variety of detective story,” wrote Bowles of this, his first short story collection, “in which the reader is the detective; the mystery is in the motivation for the charcters’ behavior.” In such stories as “A Distant Episode” and How Many
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Girls on the Verge

Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations

by Vendela Vida ...

In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's Girls on the Verge explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind.Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush--she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to ... Read more

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In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's Girls on the Verge explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind.Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush--she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to
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Ploughshares Spring Issue Volume 43 No. 1 Guest-Edited by Jennifer Haigh

by Jennifer Haigh, Kaveh Akbar, Matthew Lippman, Vendela Vida, Smith Henderson, kristen Iskandrian, Jess Walter ...

The Spring 2017 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited.Acclaimed writer Jennifer Haigh guest-edits this poetry and prose issue of Ploughshares. As Haigh writes in her ... Read more

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The Spring 2017 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited.Acclaimed writer Jennifer Haigh guest-edits this poetry and prose issue of Ploughshares. As Haigh writes in her
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The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty

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Narrated by Xe Sands ...

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In Vendela Vida's taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a women travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the women is robbed of her wallet and passport all of her money and identification. Though the police investigate, the women senses an undercurrent of complicity between the hotel staff and the authorities she knows she'll never regain her ... Read more

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In Vendela Vida's taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a women travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the women is robbed of her wallet and passport all of her money and identification. Though the police investigate, the women senses an undercurrent of complicity between the hotel staff and the authorities she knows she'll never regain her
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The Writer's Library

he Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives

by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager ...

Narrated by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager, Xe Sands, Dominic Hoffman, Eileen Stevens, Piper Goodeve, Andrew Eiden, Lameece Issaq, Rick Adamson0, JD Jackson1, Ryan Do2, Emily Woo Zeller3, Richard Ford4, Luis A. Urrea5, Vendela Vida6, Laurie Frankel7, Siri Hustvedt8, Timothy Andrés Pabon9 ...

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11 hours 21 min

Performed by Nancy Pearl, JeffSchwager and a multi-cast that includes book contributors Luis Alberto Urrea,Siri Hustvedt, Laurie Frankel, Vendela Vida, and Richard Ford. The Writer’sLibrary audiobook also features real conversations with Michael Chabon,Ayelet Waldman, and Laila Lalami.With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, t****wenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet ... Read more

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Performed by Nancy Pearl, JeffSchwager and a multi-cast that includes book contributors Luis Alberto Urrea,Siri Hustvedt, Laurie Frankel, Vendela Vida, and Richard Ford. The Writer’sLibrary audiobook also features real conversations with Michael Chabon,Ayelet Waldman, and Laila Lalami.With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, t****wenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet
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The Lovers

by Vendela Vida ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”—Joyce Carol Oates“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall DiariesIn 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a ... Read more

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“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”—Joyce Carol Oates“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall DiariesIn 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a
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