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<<< 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >>>     sort list by title | author The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath A powerful, haunting story of youth and despair. —Recommended by Maia, City Lights Books. Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown... Deadwood Pete Dexter Deadwood, Dakota Territories, 1876: Legendary gunman Wild Bill Hickcock and his friend Charlie Utter have come to the Black Hills town of Deadwood fresh from Cheyenne, fleeing an ungrateful populace. Bill, aging and sick but still able to best any man... Godlike Richard Hell Set largely in the early '70s, but structured as a middle-aged poet's 1997 notebooks and drafts for a memoir-novel, the book recounts the story of a young man's affair with a remarkable teenage poet. Godlike is a novel of compelling... Atomik Aztex Sesshu Foster In the alternate universe of this glitteringly surreal first novel, the Aztecs rule, having conquered the European invaders. Zenzontli, Keeper of the House of Darkness, is visited by visions of a parallel world run by the Europeans, where consumerism... The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories Carson McCullers A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl... All Souls' Rising A Novel of Haiti Madison Smartt Bell Madison Smartt Bell had already made a good writing career probing the dark corners and sinister sides of contemporary American culture when he busted out with All Souls' Rising, a publishing sensation in the mid-90s. This epic historical novel... Housekeeping A Novel Marilynne Robinson A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and... The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem The Fortress of Solitude is the story of Dylan Ebdus growing up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. It's a neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with games of stoopball. In that world, Dylan has one... Little Birds Anais Nin Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a... Motorman David Ohle Book Forum, September, 2004 by Shelley Jackson Motorman is the only book ever given to me photocopied in full. That's how hard to get it was, and how badly I wanted it. David Ohle's legendary first novel was published some three decades ago... The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time Hunter S. Thompson Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate... Generation of Swine Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's Hunter S. Thompson Generation of Swine, the second volume of the legendary Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling "Gonzo Papers," was first published in 1988 and is now back in print.Here, against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade... When the Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka Julie Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a... Joe's Word An Echo Park Novel (City Lights Noir) Elizabeth Stromme In Echo Park, a neighborhood at the wrong end of Sunset Boulevard, Joe, a cool cynic, lives marginally. Ironically, he finds himself becoming more involved than he'd planned in the lives of his clients, linked to their dreams and to their despair... <<< 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >>>