Author: Marisha Pessl Title: Special Topics in Calamity Physics ISBN: Special Topics in Calamity Physics – Language: English – Pages: 514 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: August 3, 2006 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Mystery’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Novels’, ‘Young Adult’, ‘Coming Of Age’] After a childhood moving from one academic outpost to another with her father (a man […]
Author: W.G. Sebald Title: Austerlitz ISBN: Austerlitz – Language: English – Pages: 415 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: November 1, 2001 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘German Literature’, ‘Germany’, ‘Novels’, ‘Literature’, ‘Holocaust’] , the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by “one of the most gripping writers imaginable” (The New York Review of Books), is the story of a man’s […]
Author: Barbara Vine Title: The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy ISBN: The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy – Language: English – Pages: 440 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. Publication Date: January 1, 1998 Genres: [‘Mystery’, ‘Fiction’, ‘Crime’, ‘Thriller’, ‘Mystery Thriller’, ‘British Literature’, ‘Suspense’] This is a troubling tale of taboo, family guilt and personal identity. When a sudden heart attack kills author […]
Author: Richard Ruland Title: From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature ISBN: From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature – Language: English – Pages: 456 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: January 1, 1991 Genres: [‘Nonfiction’, ‘Literary Criticism’, ‘History’, ‘American’, ‘Literature’, ‘Criticism’, ‘Reference’] From Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm […]
Author: Pat Barker Title: Regeneration ISBN: Regeneration – Language: English – Pages: 256 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: May 30, 1991 Genres: [‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Fiction’, ‘War’, ‘Historical’, ‘World War I’, ‘British Literature’, ‘Literary Fiction’] Regeneration , one in Pat Barker’s series of novels confronting the psychological effects of World War I, focuses on treatment methods during […]
Author: John Updike Title: Rabbit Is Rich ISBN: Rabbit Is Rich – Language: English – Pages: 480 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. Publication Date: January 1, 1981 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Classics’, ‘American’, ‘Novels’, ‘Literature’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ’20th Century’] Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Ten years after , Harry Angstrom has come to enjoy prosperity as the […]