The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War
Chronicle of the chaotic year during which two-time Pushcart Prize–winning author Unferth (English/Wesleyan Univ.;
Vacation, 2008, etc.) and her then-boyfriend went from being college coeds to aspiring communist revolutionaries in Central America.
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New and Selected Stories
This is the fifth story collection from novelist Baxter (
The Soul Thief, 2008, etc.); its 23 stories (seven of them new) range from mediocre to memorable to mesmerizing.
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An adolescent orphan finds a home with an evangelical Christian community after his parents perish in an influenza pandemic, in the latest from Nunez (The Last of Her Kind, 2005, etc.).
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Stories
A collection of six stories--at least one long enough to be considered a novella--that illustrate Doerr's sparse style, command of language and mastery of characterization.
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Stories
Everything about this slender collection of 11 stories from Hughes (
Wavemaker II, 2001) rings true except for its ironic title.
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Wildly profane and funny riffs on folklore, chronicling the adventures of two very modern Chinese-American sisters.
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