by George Mackay Brown (1994)
Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Alan Hollinghurst
**From Amazon.com:** Alan Hollinghurst's hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tutor in a Flemish city. Almost immediately he falls in love with one of his pupils, but can only console himself with other, illicit affairs. With this novel, Hollinghurst exposes us fearlessly to the consequences of unfulfillable, annihilating desire.
Peter Carey
"In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character - especially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies.". "As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET.
Samuel Beckett
Dream of fair to middling women is a celebrated work by Samuel Beckett (Nobel Laureate), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Umberto Eco
Signo de Los Tres, El - Dupin-Holmes-Pierce is a celebrated work by Umberto Eco (Premio Strega), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.