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Literature & Fiction
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: A "rich, Chekhovian novel" about family and forgiveness from the acclaimed author of Fire on the Mountain (The New Yorker). At the heart of this "wonderful" novel are the moving... See More
Literature & Fiction
A collection of stories stretching from India to New England to Mexico from the author of Fasting, Feasting -- an "undeniable genius" (TheWashington Post Book World). The men and women in these nine tales set out on... See More
Contemporary Fiction
This Man Booker Prize finalist is a "splendid novel" about siblings and their very different lives in India and America (The Wall Street Journal). Uma, the plain spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped... See More
Short StoriesDisappointed by his professional and social position, an entitled and officious junior civil servant imagines that his life will change when a mysterious old man promises to lead him to a museum filled with priceless... See More
Literary Fiction
Finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction "The excellent strength [the novellas] share is a gracefulness and dreamlike sonority, reminiscent of writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and W.G. Sebald, wherein strange evolutions of... See More
Short StoriesDistraught by her own lack of accomplishment -- especially in comparison to that of a childhood rival who has become a famous and successful publisher -- a middle-aged woman has the opportunity of a lifetime: to translate... See More
Literary Fiction
A young American in Mexico discovers his family's past -- and a present-day danger -- in this "elegant, exquisite" novel of suspense (Elle). Eric is a newly minted historian just out of graduate school, plagued by... See More
Children's eBooks
A classic survival story by one of India's most acclaimed authors, set in a quiet village outside of Bombay about two siblings who struggle to maintain their family's bond in difficult times Anita Desai's The Village by the... See More
Foreign Languages
Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Mario Vargas Llosa, Colm Tóibín, Ayelet Waldman, Maylis de Kerangal, Graldine Brooks, Jacqueline Woodson, Ala Hlehel, Madeleine Thien, Rachel Kusher, RajaShehadeh, Lars Saabye Christensen... See More