While You're Waiting for the much anticipated new novel Inland by Téa Obreht, read more vivid & haunting historical tales told with thoughtful characters and a strong sense of place.
A camel looms large in ghost-filled and cinematically-rich parallel narratives, based on historical events. This book will put you into the mythical, parc...Show more
A camel looms large in ghost-filled and cinematically-rich parallel narratives, based on historical events. This book will put you into the mythical, parched Western American landscape before all our boarders were drawn. A Serbian immigrant struggles as a fugitive while a frontier woman maintains her family with stoicism as their well runs dry. Author Téa Obreht is originally from Belgrade, Serbia.
Gratitude to Téa Obreht and Random House for sharing an advance reader's copy!
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A camel looms large in ghost-filled and cinematically-rich parallel narratives, based on historical events. This book will put you into the mythical, parc...Show more
A camel looms large in ghost-filled and cinematically-rich parallel narratives, based on historical events. This book will put you into the mythical, parched Western American landscape before all our boarders were drawn. A Serbian immigrant struggles as a fugitive while a frontier woman maintains her family with stoicism as their well runs dry. Author Téa Obreht is originally from Belgrade, Serbia.
Gratitude to Téa Obreht and Random House for sharing an advance reader's copy!
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Téa Obreht's first novel is full of magical realism and set in war-torn Serbia. This book earned the author the Orange Prize at age 25!
Téa Obreht's first novel is full of magical realism and set in war-torn Serbia. This book earned the author the Orange Prize at age 25!
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Téa Obreht's first novel is full of magical realism and set in war-torn Serbia. This book earned the author the Orange Prize at age 25!
Téa Obreht's first novel is full of magical realism and set in war-torn Serbia. This book earned the author the Orange Prize at age 25!
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The heroine of this realistic place-based, Indian-centered story is a great inspiration in the face of injustice! Author Margaret Verble is an enrolled ci...Show more
The heroine of this realistic place-based, Indian-centered story is a great inspiration in the face of injustice! Author Margaret Verble is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. This is a prequel to Maud’s Line (Pulitzer Prize finalist), but it may be read as a stand-alone.
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The heroine of this realistic place-based, Indian-centered story is a great inspiration in the face of injustice! Author Margaret Verble is an enrolled ci...Show more
The heroine of this realistic place-based, Indian-centered story is a great inspiration in the face of injustice! Author Margaret Verble is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. This is a prequel to Maud’s Line (Pulitzer Prize finalist), but it may be read as a stand-alone.
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Parallel narratives bring the reader into an Indian woman's haunting historical journey (Trail of Tears) and links to a contemporary journalist's Western Kansas memories.
Parallel narratives bring the reader into an Indian woman's haunting historical journey (Trail of Tears) and links to a contemporary journalist's Western Kansas memories.
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Parallel narratives bring the reader into an Indian woman's haunting historical journey (Trail of Tears) and links to a contemporary journalist's Western Kansas memories.
Parallel narratives bring the reader into an Indian woman's haunting historical journey (Trail of Tears) and links to a contemporary journalist's Western Kansas memories.
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A beautifully told journey of one of the first African (Moroccan) slaves brought to America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction. Author Laila Lalami is originally from Morocco.
A beautifully told journey of one of the first African (Moroccan) slaves brought to America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction. Author Laila Lalami is originally from Morocco.
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A beautifully told journey of one of the first African (Moroccan) slaves brought to America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction. Author Laila Lalami is originally from Morocco.
A beautifully told journey of one of the first African (Moroccan) slaves brought to America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction. Author Laila Lalami is originally from Morocco.
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An epic journey is told with great wit and features John Brown! Winner of the National Book Award.
An epic journey is told with great wit and features John Brown! Winner of the National Book Award.
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An epic journey is told with great wit and features John Brown! Winner of the National Book Award.
An epic journey is told with great wit and features John Brown! Winner of the National Book Award.
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This novella won the O. Henry Prize. Dear Denis Johnson, may you rest in peace (1949-2017),
This novella won the O. Henry Prize. Dear Denis Johnson, may you rest in peace (1949-2017),
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This novella won the O. Henry Prize. Dear Denis Johnson, may you rest in peace (1949-2017),
This novella won the O. Henry Prize. Dear Denis Johnson, may you rest in peace (1949-2017),
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A lyrically-written gritty, historical portrayal of a mother with sons in frontier Washington state who meets a mythological beast. Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award (fantasy that expands our understanding of gender).
A lyrically-written gritty, historical portrayal of a mother with sons in frontier Washington state who meets a mythological beast. Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award (fantasy that expands our understanding of gender).
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A lyrically-written gritty, historical portrayal of a mother with sons in frontier Washington state who meets a mythological beast. Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award (fantasy that expands our understanding of gender).
A lyrically-written gritty, historical portrayal of a mother with sons in frontier Washington state who meets a mythological beast. Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award (fantasy that expands our understanding of gender).
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Recommended by Téa Obreht in fantasticfiction.com
"West proves what in-the-know lovers of her short stories have already been trumpeting: Carys Davi...Show more
Recommended by Téa Obreht in fantasticfiction.com
"West proves what in-the-know lovers of her short stories have already been trumpeting: Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary, a master of the form. In West, she breaks open our fascination with fated journeys and the irrepressible draw of the unknown, imbuing the American landscape with her own rare magic, twisting the heart as few others can, brilliantly navigating the tension between narrative minimalism and imaginative opulence." ~ Téa Obreht
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Recommended by Téa Obreht in fantasticfiction.com
"West proves what in-the-know lovers of her short stories have already been trumpeting: Carys Davi...Show more
Recommended by Téa Obreht in fantasticfiction.com
"West proves what in-the-know lovers of her short stories have already been trumpeting: Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary, a master of the form. In West, she breaks open our fascination with fated journeys and the irrepressible draw of the unknown, imbuing the American landscape with her own rare magic, twisting the heart as few others can, brilliantly navigating the tension between narrative minimalism and imaginative opulence." ~ Téa Obreht
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Read all that is available by Téa Obreht. A writer of vivid & witty, literary, lyrical, magical realism, mythology, ghosts, historical fiction, novels...Show more
Read all that is available by Téa Obreht. A writer of vivid & witty, literary, lyrical, magical realism, mythology, ghosts, historical fiction, novels and short stories of great acclaim.
She earned the Orange Prize for the book The Tiger's Wife, at age 25!
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