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New & Notable Fiction: April 2012 (page 3)


Cover art for NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012

"Gordimer writes movingly and piercingly about the struggles after the Struggle. "
A biracial couple faces both personal and political issues in South Africa after the Struggle. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE COLDEST NIGHT
FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012

"An exceptionally fine study of love, war and the double-edged role of memory, which can both sustain and destroy. Prize-winning material."
It's extremes that rivet us in Olmstead's searing seventh novel: the heaven of first love; the hell of the battlefield. Read full book review >