by Edwin O'Connor (1961)
Beautifully written . Very human, deeply spiritual. A book that resonates with life, it's struggles, its day to day routine that leads to introspection and encounters with God through simple people in everyday events, in a struggle for sobriety. All these lead the protagonist to a the edge of darkness. Routine and struggle can do that to you . Instead of an abyss that you expect him plunge into he is in the end rescued by a loving, caring God. A God that manifests Himself in daily parochial life within a city' s catholic sector. Author has spiritual depth and beautiful prose. I enjoyed this book very very much.
Carson McCullers
Set in Georgia on the eve of court-ordered integration, Clock Without Hands contains McCullers's most poignant statement on race, class, and justice. A small-town druggist dying of leukemia calls himself and his community to account in this tale of change and changelessness, of death and the death-in-life that is hate. It is a tale, as McCullers herself wrote, of "response and responsibility--of man toward his own livingness."
John Arden
Silence among the Weapons by John Arden is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Iris Murdoch
Under the net is a celebrated work by Iris Murdoch (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Enemies is a celebrated work by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Nobel Laureate), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.