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A Novel
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by Francisco Goldman
Published May 2022
Read ReviewsFrancisco Goldman's first novel since his acclaimed, nationally bestselling Say Her Name (winner of the Prix Femina étranger), Monkey Boy is a sweeping story about the impact of divided identity - whether Jewish/Catholic, white/brown, native/expat - and one misfit's quest to heal his damaged past and find love.
by Alina Adams
Published Jul 2021
Read ReviewsSpanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page-turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family - each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment - and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.
by Joshua Yaffa
Published May 2021
Read ReviewsFrom a leading journalist in Moscow and correspondent for The New Yorker, a groundbreaking portrait of modern Russia and the inner struggles of the people who sustain Vladimir Putin's rule.
by Lara Vapnyar
Published Nov 2020
Read ReviewsAs a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math was the answer to everything. Now, approaching forty, she finds this wisdom tested.
The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures
by Jennifer Hofmann
Published Aug 2020
Read ReviewsAn audacious debut that combines spycraft, betrayals, and reversals to show that sometimes it's the secret that destroys you.
by Amor Towles
Published Mar 2019
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility - a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
by Michael Honig
Published Aug 2017
Read ReviewsA biting satire of a particular despot and a deeply humane allegory of the fragility of goodness and the contagion of unchecked power.
by William Gibson
Published Aug 2000
Read ReviewsBrings back Colin Laney, the man whose special sensitivities about people and events let him predict certain aspects of the future.
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