FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"Alternate universes, too."
If Harry Potter lived in an alternate Ireland, had no real magical powers but talked a good game, and fell all over himself every time he saw a girl, he might well belong in this splendid, sardonic magnum opus.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"An often repetitive but powerful biography."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"An impressive take on the Great Migration, and a truly auspicious debut."
In her ambitious debut, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wilkerson (Journalism, Narrative Nonfiction/Boston Univ.) examines the Great Migration of African-Americans from World War I to the 1970s.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 31, 2010
"If "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" (as Kris Kristofferson wrote), this book uses too many words to convey too much of nothing."
The epic sprawl of this ambitious yet ultimately unsatisfying novel encompasses everything from indie rock to environmental radicalism to profiteering in the Middle East.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2010
"Multilayered, provocative and highly accessible, this will appeal to Chan fans, scholars and general readers."
China-born poet and critic Huang (English/Univ. of California, Santa Barbara/
Transpacific Imaginations: History, Literature, Counterpoetics, 2008, etc.) recounts the making of an American folk hero.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 3, 2010
"Longer on wisdom than either surprise or delight, this will mainly interest readers who have been captivated by Keilson's better work."
The first American publication of this 1947 novella accompanies the reissue of the German author's
The Death of the Adversary.
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