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(0)Lauren Groff
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A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive “Extraordinary… staggering…with wrenching beauty…This is a triumph.” –Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Must be read…The writing is inspired, the imaginative power near mystic.” –Kirkus Reviews A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing...
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"From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And...
3) Florida
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English
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A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
Storms, snakes, sinkholes, and secrets: In Lauren Groffs Florida, the hot sun shines, but a wild darkness lurks. The New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies returns, bringing the reader into a physical world that is at...
4) Matrix
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily...
5) Arcadia
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English
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The lyrical and haunting story of a great American dream--the progress of a utopian community and its lasting impact on a gifted young man.
6) Florida
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Lumen
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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En un mundo en el que el clima se ha vuelto impredecible, un lugar a la vez domesticado y salvaje en el que acechan los peligros feroces de la naturaleza, las mayores amenazas siguen siendo emocionales y psicológicas. Un refugio familiar puede ser destruido por una pantera que merodea o por un secreto sexual.Dos hermanas abandonadas, un hombre que crece rodeado de serpientes cazadas por su padre, una pareja inquieta y sin hijos, y una mujer casada...
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Presents a volume of nine stories that reflects the use of different styles and structures, including a recreation of the tale of Abelard and Heloise during the 1918 New York flu epidemic, and the experiences of a group of war correspondents in France
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Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has selected an exciting and engaging variety of stories by an international array of both celebrated and emerging writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired their work, and an extensive and useful directory of magazines...
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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on the perennially controversial Lolita, by a wide range of celebrated writers, edited by the daughter of Lolita's original publisher"--
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"An anthology of original reflections on Henry David Thoreau's life and work"--
"From twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden. Features essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Kristen Case, George Howe Colt, Gerald Early, Paul Elie, Will Eno, Adam Gopnik, Lauren Groff, Celeste Headlee, Pico Iyer, Alan Lightman, James Marcus, Megan Marshall, Michelle Nijhuis, Zoë Pollak, Jordan Salama, Tatiana Schlossberg,...
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Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"[A] terrific and surprising collection of tales by a diverse group of writers . . . Count on them to transport you." USA Today The Best American Short Stories 2017 will be edited by Meg Wolitzer, who is "almost crushingly insightful; she doesn't just mine the contemporary mind, she seems to invade it" (San Francisco Chronicle), making her the perfect person to helm this literary time capsule of a collection.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to Tales of Two Americas gathers contributions from some of today’s most accomplished international writers to illustrate the cause-and-effect impact of the environmental crisis on some of today’s most vulnerable communities.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"An anthology of short stories about the North American wilderness"--
"A dazzling collection of short stories about North American outdoor life—both classic and contemporary—from James Fenimore Cooper and Jack London to Margaret Atwood and Anthony Doerr and many more. The North American landscape, in its rich and rugged variety, has inspired an equally wide and deep range of fiction over the past centuries. Diana Fuss has gathered a rich collection...