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THE MAREGaitskill explores the complexities of love (mares, meres…) to bring us a novel that gallops along like a bracing bareback... Full review >
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DELICIOUS FOODSA poised and nervy study of race in a unique voice. Full review >
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THE COMPLETE STORIESby Clarice Lispector ; translated by Katrina Dodson ; edited by Benjamin Moser
Essential and sure to turn up soon on reading lists in courses in women’s studies and Jewish diaspora literature as well as... Full review >
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THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNOA powerful and melancholy vision of a nation with long memories and relentless turmoil. Full review >
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THE SELLOUTby Paul Beatty
Another daring, razor-sharp novel from a writer with talent to burn. Full review >
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THE INCARNATIONSby Susan Barker
Effortlessly blends the past with the present, dark humor with profound sadness. A deeply human masterpiece. Full review >
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GOD HELP THE CHILDA chilling oracle and a lively storyteller, Nobel winner Morrison continues the work she began 45 years ago with The Bluest... Full review >
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THE MARK AND THE VOIDby Paul Murray
Murray manages the trick of being thoughtful and entertaining. His creative energy sends the book in many directions, making... Full review >
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THE ROCKSA literary island vacation with a worldly, wonderfully salacious storyteller. Full review >
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THE BEAUTIFUL BUREAUCRATIntense and enigmatic, tense and tender, this novel offers no easy answers—its deeper meanings may mystify—but it grabs you... Full review >
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THE BOOK OF ARONby Jim Shepard
Ordinary people reveal dimensions that are extraordinarily cruel or kind. Full review >
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DIETLANDby Sarai Walker
Part Fight Club, part feminist manifesto, an offbeat and genre-bending novel that aims high—and delivers. Full review >
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GOLD FAME CITRUSThe ghost of John Muir meets a touch of Terry Gilliam. Full review >
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A LITTLE LIFEThe phrase “tour de force” could have been invented for this audacious novel. Full review >
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