They have been on the move for the past half-year or so now, starting from their longtime home in the downstairs closet, on to my desk, then to my...
Continue »
Powell's subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire.
Only $39.95 per shipment, includes shipping and handling within the United States.
Subscribers outside the continental U.S., please add $12 per package for shipping.
Volume 39 (Ships May 15)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
(Random House)
Subscribers receive:
A signed first edition of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena in a custom slipcase exclusive to Indiespensable
A collectible booklet featuring the Powells.com interview with Anthony Marra
Other special surprises!
Anthony Marra's debut novel is a marvel.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena describes, in astonishingly beautiful prose, five days in a rural village and bombed-out hospital in Chechnya during wartime.
As the characters — including a doctor, a hunted child, a historian, and an informant — try to adapt and survive, their histories, connections, and desires are unveiled.
Marra has created a breathtaking work of haunting, evocative fiction.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is simply spectacular.... If this is where Anthony Marra begins his career, I can't imagine how far he will go." —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of State of Wonder and Bel Canto
Powerful, convincing, beautifully realized — it's hard to believe that A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is a first novel." —T.C. Boyle, New York Times bestselling author of When the Killing's Done and The Women
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is both devastating and transcendent. The story of eight people (and a nation) navigating two brutal wars, it's a novel of loyalty and sacrifice and enduring love. You'll finish it transformed." —Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
We've loved John Brandon for quite a while now. He caught our attention with Arkansas, his debut novel, and when the bleak, haunting Citrus County came out last year, we shivered and marveled in equal measure. So, when we heard from our friends at McSweeney's about his third novel, A Million...
Continue »
For the past 4 years I've given a 3-4 month gift subscription to my folks for the holidays. They have loved it so much and while the book selections...
Questions about your subscription? Simply email us at indiespensable@powells.com. You can count on a personal response within one business day.
Here are just some of the books we're talking about in 'Indiespensable.'
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.
August 6, 2012
Yea, perfect "extras" to go with the book!! I was getting a little worried you guys were off your game!!! Well done!!!!
May 10, 2012
For the past 4 years I've given a 3-4 month gift subscription to my folks for the holidays. They have loved it so much and while the book selections...