by David Bezmozgis (2011)
The Free World by David Bezmozgis is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Pauline Holdstock
Set in 18th-century Manitoba a story of the Native women who lived at the Hudson Bay Company's Prince of Wales Fort and served as "country wives" to the European traders, and whose survival was bound to the fortunes of these men.
Patrick deWitt
Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't share his brother's appetite for whiskey and killing, he's never known anything else. But their prey isn't an easy mark, and on the road from Oregon City to Warm's gold-mining claim outside Sacramento, Eli begins to question what he does for a living - and whom he does it for. With The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters - losers, cheaters, and ne'er-do-wells from all stripes of life - and told by a complex and compelling narrator, it is a violent, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humor, melancholy, and grit of the Old West, and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.
Don DeLillo
Teatro is a celebrated work by Don DeLillo (National Book Award Winner, PEN/Faulkner Award Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Vladimir Nabokov
The Original of Laura is a celebrated work by Vladimir Nabokov (National Book Award Finalist), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.