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Forty Rooms

de Olga Grushin ...

The internationally acclaimed author of The Dream Life of Sukhanov now returns to gift us with Forty Rooms, which outshines even that prizewinning novel.Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with issues of women’s identity, of women’s choices, that no modern novel has ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

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The internationally acclaimed author of The Dream Life of Sukhanov now returns to gift us with Forty Rooms, which outshines even that prizewinning novel.Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with issues of women’s identity, of women’s choices, that no modern novel has
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
The Charmed Wife

de Olga Grushin ...

"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah MagazineCinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century.Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah MagazineCinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century.Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
The Dream Life of Sukhanov

de Olga Grushin ...

Olga Grushins astonishing literary debut has won her comparisons with everyone from Gogol to Nabokov. A virtuoso study in betrayal and its consequences, it explores-really, colonizes-the consciousness of Anatoly Sukhanov, who many years before abandoned the precarious existence of an underground artist for the perks of a Soviet apparatchik. But, at the age of 56, his perfect life is suddenly ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Olga Grushins astonishing literary debut has won her comparisons with everyone from Gogol to Nabokov. A virtuoso study in betrayal and its consequences, it explores-really, colonizes-the consciousness of Anatoly Sukhanov, who many years before abandoned the precarious existence of an underground artist for the perks of a Soviet apparatchik. But, at the age of 56, his perfect life is suddenly
... Leer más
The Line

A Novel

de Olga Grushin ...

Grushin's stunning debut drew praise that placed her in the top rank of young literary voices. Now she returns with that rarity: a second novel even more dazzling than her first.The line: the universal symbol of scarcity and bureaucracy that exists wherever petty officials are let loose to abuse their powers.The line begins to form on the whispered rumor that a famous exiled composer is returning ... Leer más

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Grushin's stunning debut drew praise that placed her in the top rank of young literary voices. Now she returns with that rarity: a second novel even more dazzling than her first.The line: the universal symbol of scarcity and bureaucracy that exists wherever petty officials are let loose to abuse their powers.The line begins to form on the whispered rumor that a famous exiled composer is returning
... Leer más
Why I Like This Story

de Jackson R. Bryer, Diana Wagman, Doris Betts, Doris Grumbach, E. Annie Proulx, Edmund Keeley, Edward Kelsey Moore, Elizabeth Spencer, Ellen Douglas, Elliot Ackerman0, Frederick Busch1, A. R. Gurney2, George Garrett3, Herbert Gold4, Howard Norman5, Jack Greer6, Jane Hamilton7, Jill McCorkle8, Joan Silber9, Joanna Scott0, Joyce Kornblatt1, Alan Cheuse2, Julia Alvarez3, Julia Glass4, Kao Kalia Yang5, Kate Christensen6, Lee K. Abbott7, Leslie Pietrzyk8, Mako Yoshikawa9, Mary Kay Zuravleff0, Mary Lee Settle1, Maud Casey2, Alice McDermott3, Molly Giles4, Nicholas Delbanco5, Olga Grushin6, Pamela Erens7, R. H. W. Dillard8, Richard Bausch9, Rilla Askew0, Rion Amilcar Scott1, Sabina Murray2, Susan Coll3, Andre Dubus4, William H. Gass5, Andrea Barrett6, Ann Beattie7, Beverly Lowry8, Clarence Major9 ...

On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories, explaining why they like them. The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories, explaining why they like them. The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they
... Leer más
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The Charmed Wife

de Olga Grushin ...

Narrado por Karissa Vacker ...

Completo

9 hora 31 minutos

"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah MagazineCinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century.Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah MagazineCinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century.Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Forty Rooms

de Olga Grushin ...

Narrado por Christa Lewis ...

Completo

9 hora 13 minutos

Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with issues of women’s identity—of women’s choices—that no modern novel has explored so deeply.“Forty rooms” is a conceit: it proposes that a modern woman will inhabit forty rooms in her lifetime. They form her biography, from childhood ... Leer más

$19.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with issues of women’s identity—of women’s choices—that no modern novel has explored so deeply.“Forty rooms” is a conceit: it proposes that a modern woman will inhabit forty rooms in her lifetime. They form her biography, from childhood
... Leer más

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Honeydew

Stories

de Edith Pearlman ...

Narrado por Suzanne Toren ...

Completo

9 hora 35 minutos

Over the past several decades, Edith Pearlman has staked her claim as one of the all-time great practitioners of the short story. Her incomparable vision, consummate skill, and bighearted spirit have earned her consistent comparisons to Anton Chekhov, John Updike, Alice Munro, Grace Paley, and Frank O'Connor. Her latest work, gathered in this stunning collection of twenty new stories, is an ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Over the past several decades, Edith Pearlman has staked her claim as one of the all-time great practitioners of the short story. Her incomparable vision, consummate skill, and bighearted spirit have earned her consistent comparisons to Anton Chekhov, John Updike, Alice Munro, Grace Paley, and Frank O'Connor. Her latest work, gathered in this stunning collection of twenty new stories, is an
... Leer más

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The Queue

de Basma Abdel Aziz ...

Narrado por Mark Bramhall ...

Completo

6 hora 9 minutos

**"The Queue ... has drawn comparisons to Western classics like George Orwell’s 1984 and The Trial by Franz Kafka. It represents a new wave of dystopian and surrealist fiction from Middle Eastern writers who are grappling with the chaotic aftermath and stinging disappointments of the Arab Spring." -- The New York TimesWinner of the English PEN Translation Award**In a surreal, but familiar, vision ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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**"The Queue ... has drawn comparisons to Western classics like George Orwell’s 1984 and The Trial by Franz Kafka. It represents a new wave of dystopian and surrealist fiction from Middle Eastern writers who are grappling with the chaotic aftermath and stinging disappointments of the Arab Spring." -- The New York TimesWinner of the English PEN Translation Award**In a surreal, but familiar, vision
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The Night Country

A Hazel Wood Novel

de Melissa Albert ...

Narrado por Rebecca Soler, James Fouhey ...

Series Audiolibro 2 - The Hazel Wood
Completo

10 hora 23 minutos

"In this sequel to THE HAZEL WOOD, narrator Rebecca Soler returns to breathe life into Alice, who has now escaped from the magical story-fueled world of the Hinterland...Soler's narration brims with Alice's anger and grit, her conflicting emotions spilling into every word." — AudioFile Magazine"A must-read for fans of portal fantasies, mysteries, and readers who prefer their magic with bloody ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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"In this sequel to THE HAZEL WOOD, narrator Rebecca Soler returns to breathe life into Alice, who has now escaped from the magical story-fueled world of the Hinterland...Soler's narration brims with Alice's anger and grit, her conflicting emotions spilling into every word." — AudioFile Magazine"A must-read for fans of portal fantasies, mysteries, and readers who prefer their magic with bloody
... Leer más

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Girl A

A Novel

de Abigail Dean ...

Narrado por Ell Potter ...

Completo

12 hora 47 minutos

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Pitch-perfect... Dean tells this story with such nuance and humanity, you’re desperate to step into its pages." —The New York Times“Heart-stopping psychological drama… A modern-day classic." —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author“A gripping story about family dynamics and the nature of human psychology.” —Good Housekeeping**She thought she had ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Pitch-perfect... Dean tells this story with such nuance and humanity, you’re desperate to step into its pages." —The New York Times“Heart-stopping psychological drama… A modern-day classic." —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author“A gripping story about family dynamics and the nature of human psychology.” —Good Housekeeping**She thought she had
... Leer más

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Finna

de Nino Cipri ...

Narrado por Amanda Dolan ...

Series series Finna
Completo

3 hora 5 minutos

Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism and accountability, labor and love, all with a bouncing sense of humor and a commitment to the strange.When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store—but not that one ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

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Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism and accountability, labor and love, all with a bouncing sense of humor and a commitment to the strange.When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store—but not that one
... Leer más

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