FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Brainy and often lyrically expressive, but also elusive and sometimes infuriatingly coy; Krauss is an acquired taste."
A many-drawered writing desk resonates powerfully but for different reasons with the various characters in this novel about loss and retrieval from Krauss (
The History of Love, 2005, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 21, 2010
"A classic, full of sharp descriptions of life in Palestine and Israel today, urgent in its insistence that peace can come through sharing stories and the time required to tell them."
A provocative antiwar novel by one of Israel's best-known writers (
See Under: Love, 1989, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"A leisurely paced novel from master stylist Skibell (The English Disease, 2003, etc.), who does a fine job of acquainting the reader with 20th-century European intellectual culture."
Dr. Jakob Sammelsohn, an oculist, falls in love with two different women at two different periods in 20th-century history--and along the way prominent figures, most notably Sigmund Freud, get caught up in his relationships.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2010
" When Lenny realizes "I can't connect in any meaningful way to anyone," he's writing about not merely a technological breakdown but the human condition, where the line distinguishing comedy from tragedy dissolves. "
This cyber-apocalyptic vision of an American future seems eerily like the present, in a bleak comedy that is even more frightening than funny.
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FICTION
Released: June 22, 2010
"An elegant consideration of how death and distance tightens human connections--a big theme that Vida addresses with sure-footedness and charm."
A widow vacationing in Turkey becomes slowly awakened to the tensions in the lives surrounding her and in the ones she left behind.
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2010
"Wilder writes in his prelude that he hopes these stories "might give you a little pleasure and a laugh." They should. "
