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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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Tag Archives: The Guardian
Weekly links: enhanced eBooks, stinky books and Robert Caro
This cool article from WIRED blog Underwire goes beyond the standard “technology is scary for the publishing world” and delves into the next level of eBooks: interactive apps. One of the interviewed authors, Nashville writer and transmedia entrepreneur Amanda Havard, … Continue reading
Weekly links
Happy Friday, readers! Here are a few links to provide some end-of-the-day enjoyment. Do you have any articles or click-worthy links to share? What are you reading this weekend? Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 (a play on Orwell’s 1984) is one of … Continue reading
Weekly links
Hope everyone had a great, summery week! Today’s weekly links celebrate classic favorite reads (and suggest new ones), recognize some great songwriters’ books and enjoy some book-to-film if-onlys. Enjoy! ——————————————————————————————————————— Socially important or academically fascinating books might get all the … Continue reading
Weekly links
What links from the week do you think are worth sharing? A few of my picks: If you read my Q&A with Stanley Fish about the excellent How to Write a Sentence and still want to know more, see this … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
What book blog posts caught your attention this week? My picks: Twitter’s #dearpublisher hashtag takes off Posted by The Guardian’s Books Blog Most of you avid tweeters probably already know by now that a #dearpublisher thread took off on Twitter … Continue reading
Lionel Shriver to take on immigration next?
If you thought Lionel Shriver couldn’t come up with a more provocative topic than health care to use as inspiration for fiction, think again—the author is planning to frame her next book around the issue of immigration. In a March … Continue reading
Who’s your literary hero?
At the Guardian, they’re running an interesting series of brief essays by writers about “the writers who inspired them.” Though some of the writers veer off course to describe artists (Margaret Drabble, for example, chooses Van Gogh—and John Banville shares … Continue reading
