Fiction-Literary Books

A collection of short stories by one of the Arab world's most accomplished and acclaimed writers. A grandmother who takes on a thief trying to seduce her daughters. A guard who fantasises about killing his general while locked in battle with a non-existent enemy....

This anthology presents readers with a broad selection of fiction written between the late 19th century and today. The collection opens with the early realist Elisabeth Aspe, who described both village life and urban fear during the final decades of the 19th century. Early...

Teolinda Gersa o paints an extraordinarily evocative picture of childhood in Africa and the stark contrast between warm, lush, ebullient Mozambique and the bleak, poor, priggish Portugal of Salazar. 'Salazar's forty-year dictatorship in Portugal and that country's colonial wars in Africa cast their long...

On his way to his Club's Pre-Season Assessment in Dubai, rising star, Ardro Holst, sees a child caught in the crush of a mob of adoring fans. He reaches out to grab her. But you can't just rescue someone that way these days.These days,...

Propulsive, keenly observed stories of young people at the intersection of excess and perseverance, kinship and identity.Ranging from Austin to New Orleans, Richmond to Philly, the interrelated stories of THE DESPERADO DAYS lay bare the gritty lives of working-class hustlers existing at the intersection...

"Most of us have only one story to tell. I don't mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives: there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories. But there's only one that matters, only one finally worth telling. This...

A thrilling and propulsive novel of an Antarctica expedition gone wrong and its far-reaching consequences for the explorers and their families leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story (Hilary Mantel). "McGregor's depiction of speechlessness, both...

These revelatory short stories tread the line between surrealism and realism with strange, appealing characters who take on a sacrifice in spite of themselves. A followup to his first novel, The Night (winner of the Rive Gauche à Paris Prize for foreign books in...

Author: George MacDonaldISBN-10: 1587159740ISBN-13: 9781587159749Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2005Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Set in the northern Chinese provincial town of Dismount Fort, these 12 stories offer a fascinating glimpse of the lives of peasants, soldiers, workers, and party officials during the Great Cultural Revolution.Author: Ha JinISBN-10: 1581950063ISBN-13: 9781581950069Publisher: Steerforth PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1998Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.21h...

A short, brilliant novel, The Search offers more in 150 pages than most books twice that length. --The GuardianWalker meets Rachel at a glamorous party by the bay. When she turns up at his apartment two days later, there is a hint of erotic...

A short, brilliant novel, The Search offers more in 150 pages than most books twice that length. --The GuardianWalker meets Rachel at a glamorous party by the bay. When she turns up at his apartment two days later, there is a hint of erotic...

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author, a dystopian novel of oppression set in the climate-ravaged Europe of A Calculated Life, a finalist for the Kitschies award and Philip K. Dick Award.Late in the twenty-first century, drought and wildfires prompt an exodus from southern...

With writing that is both devastating and tender, Mark Powell (The Sheltering) brings his acclaimed eye to an American marriage on the verge of rupture, spinning an all-too-current tale of the world we live in and the world we fear--and how we may not...

Private Investigator Heredia returns as multiple-award-winning author Ram n D az Eterovic sends the most iconic figure in Chilean crime fiction down a dark alley of lost love, corruption, and murder.Private investigator Heredia has many phantoms--and one of his most haunting has come calling....

In the tradition of modern classics The Dinner and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a grand European restaurant (that has seen better days) is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest. In a centuries-old European restaurant...

Do the Right Thing meets The Bonfire of the Vanities, in this "thrilling debut novel about marriage, gentrification, parenthood, race, and the dangerous bargains we make with ourselves" (Ann Packer, New York Times bestselling author) set over the course of one cataclysmic day when...

A Huffington Post "2017 Hottest Reads of The Summer" Pick "Taylor Larsen creates a powerful and moving story about the fracturing of a family and its descent into chaos. A brilliant debut of self-delusion, and a perfectly flawed male character spiraling downward." --Huffington Post...

Longlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, this "moving account of the depth of ordinary lives" (Library Journal, starred review) tells the story of a young Tasmanian girl and a Danish sailor and the brief encounter that leaves a lasting impact on both. Isla...

The official movie tie-in novelization of the highly anticipated sequel to 2009's blockbuster feature film Star Trek Months after the dramatic events seen in the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise--including Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock, Doctor...