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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

"It is 1972: a group of teenagers, some from Dublin, some from Derry, are spending a month in a Donegal Gaeltacht, learning Irish language and culture from their teachers and from the local people they are boarding with. Liberated for the first time from the restricting reins of parental control, they respond to the untamed landscape of river, hill and sea, finding in it unnerving echoes of their own submerged - and now emerging - wildnesses." "In this complex new novel, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, uses the experiences and emotions of girls on the cusp of womanhood to explore dangerous territories of sex, politics, class, and Irishness."--BOOK JACKET.

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Iris Murdoch

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine is a celebrated work by Iris Murdoch (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.

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John Steinbeck

Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his masterpiece. In his journal, Journal of a Novel (often read as a companion to the novel) he notes that “this is the book I have always wanted and have worked and prayed to be able to write Set primarily in the Salinas Valley in the early twentieth century, the novel traces three generations of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – as they grapple with the ever-present forces of good and evil. From this plot emerged some of Steinbeck’s most fascinating characters – many of whom are modeled after people in his own life. Part allegory, part autobiography, and part epic, East of Eden was an ambitious project from the start – a gift to Steinbeck’s sons that was meant to teach them about identity, grief, and what it means to be human. Tinged with biblical echoes of the fall of Adam and Eve and the rivalry of Cain and Abel, this sprawling saga has captivated audiences everywhere for generations. It is through the popularization of East of Eden that the Salinas Valley was truly transformed into “the valley of the world”; a place where everyone is able to find a piece of themselves in the golden, rolling hills. (source) --- Contains: - East of Eden 1/2 - East of Eden 2/2 --- Also contained in: - East of Eden / The Wayward Bus - The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men - Novels 1942-1952 - Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Spring 1953 Selections

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Mark Harris

Something About a Soldier by Mark Harris is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.