As the collection's title suggests, time's passage is the fil rouge of these stories. All of Tabucchi's characters struggle to find routes of escape from a present that is hard to bear, and from places in which political events have had deeply personal ramifications for their own lives.Each of the nine stories in Time Ages in a Hurry is an imaginative inquiry into something hidden or disguised, which can be uncovered not by reason but only by feeling and intuition, by what isn't said. Disquieted and disoriented yet utterly human in their loves and fears, the characters in these vibrant and often playful stories suffer from what Tabucchi once referred to as a "corrupted relationship with history." Each protagonist must confront phantoms from the past, misguided or false beliefs, and the deepest puzzles of identity-and each in his or her own way ends up experiencing "an infinite sense of liberation, as when finally we understand something we'd known all along and didn't want to know."

Time Done Been Won't Be No More: Collected Prose by William Gay is a collection of short stories, essays, memoirs and an interview. William Gay is well known for his fiction but he is also widely published with his essays, mostly dealing with music, and his memoirs. This is the first collection that includes his nonfiction prose. The elegant use of language that his readers have come to expect is as evident in his collected prose as it is in his novels.

In one of Pearl Buck’s most revealing works, a woman looks back on her long and rocky path to self-realization.Considered to be one of Pearl S. Buck’s most autobiographical novels, The Time Is Noon was kept from publication for decades on account of its personal resonance. The book tells the story of Joan Richards and her journey of self-discovery during the first half of the twentieth century. As a child, family and small-town life obscure Joan’s individuality; as an adult, it’s inhibited by an unhappy marriage. After breaking free of the latter, she begins a stark reassessment of the way she’s been living — and to her surprise, learns to appreciate all that lies ahead. The Time Is Noon is a humble, elegant tale of chances lost and reclaimed, and remains beautifully affirming today.

Time of Hope is the third in the Strangers and Brothers series and tells the story of Lewis Eliot's early life. As a child he is faced with his father's bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his career at the Bar hindered by a neurotic wife. Separation from her is impossible however.

Stephen Dixon is a very skillful storyteller. His grasp of the life of ordinary American citydwellers is such that he can shape it dramatically to meet the demands of his far from ordinary imagination, without for a moment sacrificing its essential authenticity.

This Monday, on April 12, the winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced, and since then, little-known debut author Paul Harding has quickly risen to fame after his novel "Tinkers" won the Pulitzer for fiction.The novel, about a dying man's recollection of and relationship with his father, a tinker in Maine, was turned down by every major publisher over the course of several years. It was finally published by Bellevue Literary Press, a small publisher associated with the NYU Medical School. Even after its publication and the excellent reviews across the board, few hoped for it to rise to the top. And when Harding was awarded the Pulitzer, the Boston Globe reports, he only found out by checking the award's website – nobody had bothered to call him. "Tinkers" is the first novel from a small press to win the Pulitzer since "Confederacy of Dunces" won in 1981 and everyone in the publishing industry is scrambling to take some part of the credit for the book's success.The Boston Globe published an article early this week about the people who pushed "Tinkers" early on, claiming the success of the book as proof of the power of word of mouth. It began with Bellevue Press Editorial Director Erika Goldman saying, "It was so exquisite that I found myself – and this has never happened – weeping for the beauty of the prose." Publishers Weekly's Michael Coffey stayed up past midnight reading it – "not something I normally do." Lise Solomon, a sales representative in Northern California vowed, "I was going to make it a Bay Area bestseller."But though the sentiments expressed in the Globe article ring true, Publishers Marketplace points out that the article unfortunately "mangl[es]" the timeline of the support for the book, and ends up "confus[ing] the record as much as clarify[ing]." Among other corrections, Publishers Marketplace points to the book's early placement on the Indie Next list and that the first review was in the Hartford Courant, two facts not mentioned by the Globe. Publishers Marketplace also claims to be on the lookout for the independent bookstores that spread the word about the book early on.Whatever the chronology of the events, it is clear that readers across the board have fallen head over heels for "Tinkers." Publishers Weekly called it a "gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship," Booklist said that it is a "rare and beautiful novel of spiritual inheritance and acute psychological and metaphysical suspense," and Chris Bohjalian, writing for the Globe called it "a poignant exploration of where we may journey when the clock has barely a tick or two left and we really can't go anywhere at all." (HuffPost Books also recognized the novel in our "Best of the Best Books Lists" feature in December.) The New York Times, notably, was left in the dark about this book, and never reviewed it at all, as Gregory Cowles sheepishly admits in a PaperCuts blog.For Paul Harding, the success has been incredible. The author, a former drummer for a rock band, said that he was "stunned," according to USA Today. "It was a little book from a little publisher that was hand-sold from start to finish," he said. He looks at the win in a practical sense, though: "I can afford to continue doing what I love to do."

Uno tras otro, los hechos de sangre que Alfonso, un joven periodista en práctica reporta como en una alucinante secuencia cinematográfica, van configurando el mapa de una ciudad desesperada y violenta, ésa que día a día es recreada en las páginas de la crónica roja. Bajo el sol de verano, la camioneta amarilla del diario El Clamor recorre con sus cuatro ocupantes: Alfonso, Escalona, el Camión y Faúndez, gran seductor de viudas recientes y maestro del sensacionalismo, este otro rostro, sórdido y tragicómico, de un Santiago habitado por personajes siempre al filo del patetismo o el humor negro. Entre suicidios, accidentes, comilonas y asesinatos, el diálogo incesante de los protagonistas de Tinta roja está poblado de anécdotas que mezclan el sexo con la droga, la fatalidad con la nostalgia, la filosofía de la vida diaria con los crímenes más espeluznantes o las pequeñas corrupciones cotidianas. En esta electrizante novela Alberto Fuguet explora nuevos dialectos y territorios, desvelando desde ángulos no habituales los conflictos del aprendizaje, la iniciación, la amistad y la compleja relación padre/hijo.

Jorgen Hofmeester once had it all: a beautiful wife, a nice house with a garden in an upperclass neighborhood in Amsterdam, a respectable job as an editor, two lovely daughters named Ibi and Tirza, and a large amount of money in a Swiss bank account. But during the preparations for Tirza's graduation party, we come to know what he has lost. His wife has left him; Ibi is starting a bed and breakfast in France, an idea which he opposed; the director of the publishing house has fired him; and his savings accounts have vanished in the wake of 9/11.But Hoffmeester still has Tirza, until she introduces him to her new boyfriend, Choukri — who bears a disturbing resemblance to Mohammed Atta — and they announce their plans to spend several months in Africa. A heartrending and masterful story of a man seeking redemption, Tirza marks a high point in Grunberg's still-developing oeuvre.

The latest short-story collection from Britain’s bestselling writer, ‘the greatest storyteller of our age’.

The fourteen new stories in To Cut a Long Story Short follow in the tradition of Jeffrey Archer’s storytelling.

An elderly man who doesn’t know which of his relations to leave his fortune to, declares himself bankrupt to find out who really cares about him — only to be surprised by the results.

A man listens in on a conversation on a crossed line, which changes his whole life.

A South African, a long-standing believer in apartheid, has a change of heart.

A criminal who wants the police to catch him so he can live off his ill-gotten gains.

Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides in a murder case.

A Henry Moore statue disappears and reappears in a different form.

A study of seven men, each of whom believes he should have the job of the man immediately above him.

This collection is Archer’s finest to date.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful and has become a classic of modern American fiction. The novel is loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality.

An award-winning, internationally acclaimed Chinese bestseller, originally banned in China but recently named one of the last decade's ten most influential books there, "To Live" tells the epic story of one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a rich landlord to an honorable and kindhearted peasant.After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox as the companion of his final years, Fugui stands as a model of flinty authenticity, buoyed by his appreciation for life in this narrative of humbling power.

Shortlisted for Sweden's August Prize, Elisabeth Rynell's To Mervas is a vivid exploration of both external and internal wilderness. Marta, a middle-aged woman who has withdrawn almost completely into herself, is jolted back into contact with the world by a letter from her once-great love. Physical and emotional abuse, longing and loss, and the nature of love and redemption are explored with remarkable empathy and a visceral lyricism in Rynell's wrenching novel. Elisabeth Rynell is a novelist and a poet. Her first novel, Hohaj, was adapted into the film Snowland, To Mervas is her first novel to appear in English. Victoria Hggblom is a writer and translator. She has received several translation grants and awards from the PEN American Center, the Swedish Institute, and others.

A big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel about the mysteries of modern life by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris, one of the most exciting voices of his generation.Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God.Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online "Paul" might be a better version of the real thing. As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual.At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.

An excellent short story collection-McGuane's first-that affirms his place as one of America's most energetic and graceful writers. "A cornucopia of McGuane's grace, humor, gusto and smarts. ".

From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life — the greatest human drama — and the cost of war.Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer’s release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. In a fit of preemptive grief and magical thinking, she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the “notifiers” who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along an unlikely companion: their former best friend and her former lover Avram, once a brilliant artistic spirit. Avram served in the army alongside Ilan when they were young, but their lives were forever changed one weekend when the two jokingly had Ora draw lots to see which of them would get the few days’ leave being offered by their commander — a chance act that sent Avram into Egpyt and the Yom Kippur War, where he was brutally tortured as POW. In the aftermath, a virtual hermit, he refused to keep in touch with the family and has never met the boy. Now, as Ora and Avram sleep out in the hills, ford rivers, and cross valleys, avoiding all news from the front, she gives him the gift of Ofer, word by word; she supplies the whole story of her motherhood, a retelling that keeps Ofer very much alive for Ora and for the reader, and opens Avram to human bonds undreamed of in his broken world. Their walk has a “war and peace” rhythm, as their conversation places the most hideous trials of war next to the joys and anguish of raising children. Never have we seen so clearly the reality and surreality of daily life in Israel, the currents of ambivalence about war within one household, and the burdens that fall on each generation anew.Grossman’s rich imagining of a family in love and crisis makes for one of the great antiwar novels of our time.

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A blind Greek peddler tells the story of the wedding between a fellow peddler and his bride in a remarkable series of vivid and telling vignettes. As the book cinematically moves from one character's perspective to another, events and characters move toward the convergence of the wedding-and a haunting dance of love and death.

Judith McNaugth - viena populiariausių Amerikos dabartinių rašytojų, puikiai įvaldžiusių pasakojimo meną. Jos gyvenimiškose istorijose rasi visko: ir neįtikėtinų nuotykių, ir nuostabiausių meilės akimirkų, ir detektyvo elementų. Jos veikėjai originalūs, spalvingi, neužmirštami. Rašytoja savo knygose įtikina, kad kilnūs, romantiški jausmai ir beprotiškos aistros tebėra būdingi ir šiuolaikiškoms moterims, o pakylėtos erotinės scenos tiesiog keri grožiu. Gal todėl jos knygos taip mėgstamos, jų tiražai jau siekia 20 milijonų egzempliorių, o iš 11 jos sukurtų romanų 8 yra tapę New York Times išrinktais bestseleriais. Judith McNaugth gyvena ir kuria Houstone, Teksase.

Premio Primavera de Novela 2010.Una novela sobre la fuerza del deseo y la oscuridad de los sentimientos que redefine la literatura amorosa y el thriller psicológico a través de las historias de dos hombres unidos por una misma maldición.Principios del siglo xx: Gabriel, infortunado poeta itinerante, vive atrapado en la pasión por una mujer que no existe, y tal obsesión condicionará su amor por Leonor, mujer de carne y hueso cuyo destino está trágicamente unido al del atormentado indiano Tomás Montaña.Principios del siglo xxi: Sebastián, un hombre corriente en el punto de mira de una terrorífica banda criminal, se ve obligado a hacerse desaparecer a sí mismo para luego renacer bajo una identidad falsa. Pero no podrá superar el deseo que, como una condena a muerte, lo atrae sin remedio hacia Vera, insólita femme fatale que desapareció misteriosamente de su vida tiempo atrás.