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- 21 May 2013
'And the Mountains Echoed' Khaled Hosseini
It’s been nearly 10 years since Hosseini’s dark horse debut hit, The Kite Runner, was published. He returns with (in his own words), “a multi-generational-family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other.”
'Golden Boy' by Abigail Tarttelin
It's the story of the seemingly perfect Walker family—two successful parents and two handsome sons, Max and Daniel. But when Steve Walker launches a Parliament run, the family is pushed into the spotlight and a secret Max has been keeping is uncovered.
- 28 May 2013
'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
- 4 June 2013
'Trans-Atlantic' by Colum McCann
This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver
Inspired in part by Shriver's own relationship with her brother, who died of complications from diabetes and obesity in 2010, this is an unflinching look at the toll of obesity on family relationships.
'Sparta' by Roxana Robinson
Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
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Author Archives: Trisha, Managing Editor
Herman Wouk: still writing at 96
I can’t be the only reader who learned a lot about World War II through the engrossing, epic novels of Herman Wouk. The Winds of War (1971) and War and Remembrance (1978), read furtively beneath my desk in seventh-grade math class, decades … Continue reading
Guest post: The novel as a journey
Ditch the tour bus, but bring your map! guest post by Alaya Johnson I love to travel, but I loathe tour groups. Half-hour breaks for boxed lunches is what you do for the annual office retreat, not your first visit to … Continue reading
Fall fiction: J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’
Hachette has just announced that J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults will be published by Little, Brown on September 27, 2012. The Casual Vacancy is about a small British village that finds itself turned upside down during a tumultuous council … Continue reading
Provocative title of the week: ‘I Am a Magical Teenage Princess’
Does this title need commentary? From the back of the book: “In the stories of I Am a Magical Teenage Princess, Luke Geddes reexamines 1960s and contemporary popular culture with wit, insight, and pathos. A book for the magical teenage princess in … Continue reading
Fall Fiction: Ian McEwan
We’re adding another big name to our most anticipated releases calendar: Ian McEwan will return with Sweet Tooth (Nan Talese) on November 13. (In the US, at least—the UK pub date is August.) Set in 1972, the book stars an … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Lifeboat’ by Charlotte Rogan
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan Regan Arthur • $24.99 • ISBN 9780316185905 publishing April 17, 2012 Historical fiction This first novel is high on our list of most anticipated debuts, and it definitely lives up to the hype. An existential story of … Continue reading
News of a Brownstein memoir is music to our ears
Big news for fans of comedy, rock music and women with a story to tell: Carrie Brownstein of Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney and recent pop-culture phenomenon “Portlandia” will be publishing a memoir with Riverhead Books. Publicity director Jynne Martin tells us … Continue reading
Behind the dedication: Ron Rash’s ‘The Cove’
BookPage contributor Alden Mudge has been interviewing authors for more than 20 years. In a guest post, he gives us the story behind the dedication of the book The Cove, the subject of our April cover story interview with North Carolina … Continue reading
Weekly links: literary losses, tournament winner and ebook reader of the future
The literary community is mourning the deaths of poet Adrienne Rich, 82, and novelist Harry Crews, 76, this week. Slate’s Meghan O’Roark posted a moving tribute to Rich, and the NYT has a good overview of Crews’ work in their … Continue reading
Anne Tyler speaks
It’s extremely rare for 70-year-old Anne Tyler to give a verbal interview—when we spoke with her in 2004, it was via email—but she’s granted her first one in decades to NPR’s Lynn Neary. (Click to listen) “I don’t have that much … Continue reading
Look hard to find literature on the Time 100 Poll
TIME Magazine has just released their 2012 Time 100 Poll inviting readers to ”[c]ast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world.” The reader’s choice will be published in … Continue reading
Edith Wharton: The new it girl?
Jonathan Franzen may be dogging her in the pages of The New Yorker, but publishers are betting that Edith Wharton is hotter than ever, 150 years after the perceptive chronicler of New York’s Gilded Age was born. … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Coral Glynn’ by Peter Cameron
Coral Glynn by Peter Cameron FSG • $25 • ISBN 9780374299019 published March 5, 2012 American author Peter Cameron has just released his sixth novel, Coral Glynn, and fans of carefully drawn period pieces set in Britain should be celebrating. (Cameron … Continue reading
Fall fiction: Tom Wolfe goes ‘Back to Blood’
It’s been a long wait for Tom Wolfe fans, but on October 23, 2012, Little, Brown will publish Back to Blood, a novel about race relations in Miami that he reportedly sold for $7 million on a 28-page proposal. We … Continue reading
Weekly links: lost Margaret Mitchell interview; the self-publishing dilemma; publishing pot packages & authorial board games
I recently read Gone With the Wind for the first time, after years of being a fan of the movie, and it was something of a revelation. Fans of the book shouldn’t miss this transcript of a 1936 interview with … Continue reading
