Author: Philip Roth Title: The Plot Against America ISBN: The Plot Against America – Language: English – Pages: 391 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: October 5, 2004 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Alternate History’, ‘Literature’, ‘American’, ‘Science Fiction’, ‘Politics’] In an astonishing feat of narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In […]
Author: Haruki Murakami Title: Kafka on the Shore ISBN: Kafka on the Shore – Language: English – Pages: 467 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: September 1, 2002 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Japan’, ‘Japanese Literature’, ‘Novels’, ‘Literature’] , a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who […]
Author: A.S. Byatt Title: The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories ISBN: The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories – Language: English – Pages: 274 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: January 1, 1994 Genres: [‘Short Stories’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Fiction’, ‘Fairy Tales’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Literature’] The magnificent title story of this collection of […]
Author: Sebastian Faulks Title: Birdsong ISBN: Birdsong – Language: English – Pages: 483 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: September 27, 1993 Genres: [‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Fiction’, ‘War’, ‘Classics’, ‘Historical’, ‘Romance’, ‘World War I’] Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World […]
Author: Doris Lessing Title: The Fifth Child ISBN: The Fifth Child – Language: English – Pages: 133 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: January 1, 1988 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Horror’, ‘Classics’, ‘Gothic’, ‘Novels’, ‘Nobel Prize’, ‘Literature’] Doris Lessing’s contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society’s unwillingness to recognize its own […]
Author: Gabriel García Márquez Title: Love in the Time of Cholera ISBN: Love in the Time of Cholera – Language: English – Pages: 348 Publisher: Vintage International Publication Date: November 1, 1985 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘Literature’, ‘Novels’, ‘Classics’, ‘Spanish Literature’] In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina […]