Milan KunderaThis breathtaking, reverberating survey of human nature finds Kundera still attempting to work out the meaning of life, without losing his acute sense of humour. It is one of...

Milan Kundera This breathtaking, reverberating survey of human nature finds Kundera still attempting to work out the meaning of life without losing his acute sense of humour. It is one...

Author: Truman Capote On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a...

Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed author of The Storyteller, adds his own finely-tuned poetic polish to this erotic exploration of carnality in one family. He...

Amos OzOz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s and spoke with many people about the past, present, and future of his country. What he found is...

John L Stephens This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc....

David Foster WallaceA gargantuan, mind-altering tragi-comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family...

Thomas Pynchon Read the cult classic behind the major new film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin.It's been a while since Doc Sportello saw his ex-girlfriend, when suddenly...

Author: Sholom Aleichem Inside Kasrilevke is full of the special magic of Sholom Aleichem: the clear view, the kind of knowing that would break the spirit if it were not...

Peter DeVries Published January 1, 1971

William FaulknerThis novel, by Nobel Prize-winning William Faulkner, was published in 1948.It focuses on Lucas Beauchamp, a black farmer accused of murdering a white man. He is exonerated through the...

Corneila Meigs Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the four famous March sisters in Little Women, were more than just storybook characters. The author, Louisa May Alcott, based that book on...