Authors: Dinitia Smith
KATHERINE CARLYLE by Rupert Thomson
Unmoored by her mother’s death, Katherine Carlyle abandons the set course of her life and starts out on a mysterious journey to the ends of the world
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“The strongest and most original novel I have read in a very long time … It’s a masterpiece.”
— Philip Pullman, author of the best-selling His Dark Materials trilogy
ALL DAYS ARE NIGHT by Peter Stamm
A novel about survival, self-reliance, and art, by Peter Stamm, finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize
“A postmodern riff on
The Magic Mountain
… a page-turner.”
—
The Atlantic
“
All Days Are Night
air[s] the psychological implications of our beauty obsession and the insidious ways in which it can obscure selfhood.”
— New Republic
THE DIG by John Preston
This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig tells the strange story of a priceless treasure discovered in East Anglia on the eve of World War II
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“A very fine, engrossing, and exquisitely original novel.”
— Ian McEwan, author of
Atonement
“An enthralling story of love and loss, a real literary treasure. One of the most original novels of the year.”
— Robert Harris, author of
An Officer and a Spy
Also recommended:
COUPLE MECHANICS by Nelly Alard
At once sexy and feminist, this is a story of a woman who decides to fight for her marriage after her husband confesses to an affair with a notable politician
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“Nelly Alard delves into the core of infidelity with wry observation and subtlety. Riveting, beautifully detailed, and totally addictive. You won’t be able to put this down.”
— Tatiana de Rosnay,
New York Times
best-selling author of
Sarah’s Key
CLIMATES by André Maurois
First published in 1928, this magnificently written novel about a double conjugal failure is imbued with subtle yet profound psychological insights of a caliber that arguably rivals Tolstoy’s
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“
Climates
is a delicious romantic bonbon that yanks the heartstrings.”
—
Wall Street Journal
GALORE by Michael Crummey
A multigenerational epic set in the magical coastal town of Paradise Deep, full of feuds, love, and lore
“Crummey has created an unforgettable place of the imagination. Paradise Deep belongs on the same literary map as Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha and García Márquez’s Macondo.”
— Boston Globe
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