by Shirley Hazzard (1980)
Caroline and Grace Bell, two orphan sisters eager to begin their lives in a new land, journey to England from Australia. What happens to these young women - seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal - becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves.
Walker Percy
Widower Will Barrett of Linwood, North Carolina, and Allison Vaught--two alienated souls both questioning their faith in God--together heal one another and return to a Christian community that rejects their methods of healing.
V. S. Naipaul
In einem freien Land is a celebrated work by V. S. Naipaul (Nobel Laureate, Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Julian Barnes
Cross channel is a celebrated work by Julian Barnes (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Robert Penn Warren
Amantha Starr, who was sent to Ohio at age nine to receive an education, does not return to her father's Kentucky plantation until she learns of his death. At his graveside she is shocked to learn that her mother had been a plantation slave, and now she, Amantha, is being sold by her father's creditors. This is her story for a search of freedom.