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Tag Archives: contemporary fiction
A.M. Homes on forgiveness, hope and change
Today is your first chance to pick up A.M. Homes‘ new novel, May We Be Forgiven. And that’s something you want to do! In a fall filled with fiction heavyweights (including the new J.K. Rowling, which also goes on sale … Continue reading
The parallel lives built by grief
Today is the on-sale date for one of my favorite books so far this year: Christopher Coake’s You Came Back (Grand Central). This wrenching story of grief, love and ghosts captivated our reviewer, who said the book ”reads like a suspense … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Capital’ by John Lanchester
Capital by John Lanchester Norton • $26.95 • ISBN 9780393082074 on sale June 11, 2012 Novelist John Lanchester has been best known recently for his incisive, clear commentary on the fiscal follies of the last few years, some of which … Continue reading
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
Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’ out in September
Does anyone write about contemporary London better than Zadie Smith? The brilliant writer’s new novel, NW (Penguin Press), follows four siblings who made it out of the grim housing estate they were born into, only to be sucked back in when a … Continue reading
Isabel Allende’s contemporary fiction
Word of a new Isabel Allende novel is always cause for celebration, so last week I was delighted to learn about Maya’s Notebook, “the story of a 19-year old girl who falls into a life of drugs and crime, and … Continue reading
Monday contest: Win ‘The Finkler Question’
Today’s contest offers our readers a chance to win Howard Jacobson’s 2010 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Finkler Question. This humorous novel about Jewish life in the U.K. was a bit of a dark horse contender, but the judges chose it … Continue reading
Clooney’s take on fatherhood
My pop-culture and literary credentials have taken a beating: my aunt, who lives in Hawaii, had to be the one to tell me that George Clooney was in the state filming an adaptation of one of my fave books of … Continue reading
New fiction from Emma Donoghue
Though she made her name with the historical Slammerkin, Irish-Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue is also known for her contemporary fiction. After last year’s historical, The Sealed Letter, Donoghue has plans to publish a ripped-from-the-headlines story with Little, Brown. As she … Continue reading
