by Stephen Dixon (1991)
Frog by Stephen Dixon is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Sandra Scofield
This novel was named one of the Notable Books of the Year in 1991 by The New York Times, was a finalist for the National Book Awards, and won both a New American Writing Award and an American Book Award. "A deep well of a book that spirals downward into the hearts and psyches of one family. By examining the Fishers 'intensely and relentlessly, ' Ms. Scofield has managed to examine us all. Love wisely, she entreats us, and love well". -- Dallas Morning News.
Chinua Achebe
Adventures in English Literature -- Athena Edition is a celebrated work by Chinua Achebe (Man Booker International Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Nadine Gordimer
Six feet of the country is a celebrated work by Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Laureate, Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates’s Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In Expensive People, Oates takes a provocative and suspenseful look at the roiling secrets of America’s affluent suburbs. Set in the late 1960s, this first-person confession is narrated by Richard Everett, a precocious and obese boy who sees himself as a minor character in the alarming drama unfolding around him. Fascinated by yet alienated from his attractive, self-absorbed parents and the privileged world they inhabit, Richard incisively analyzes his own mismanaged childhood, his pretentious private schooling, his “successful-executive” father, and his elusive mother. In an act of defiance and desperation, eleven-year-old Richard strikes out in a way that presages the violence of ever-younger Americans in the turbulent decades to come.