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Every country has writers — talented writers whose evocative storytelling can harness their country's customs, capture its flavors, and give flesh to its inhabitants. Authors as talented as García Márquez, Tolstoy, Allende, and Mahfouz plunge us into worlds that were once only recognizable to us by their differences, and create a universal humanity we can all relate to. Join us at Powell's Books as we celebrate the literature of great writers from around the globe.
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Staff Pick
If you've read The Shadow of the Wind, you won't need to read another word — you were likely so enthralled with Carlos Ruiz Zafón's breathtaking literary thriller that you've already ordered your copy of Angel's Game. For those who don't know, Zafón is a masterful storyteller whose Cemetery of Forgotten Books will enchant every lover of books.
Recommended by Hank, Powells.com... ( read more)
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The Divorce Party
by Laura Dave
Staff Pick
Laura Dave is such a natural stylist, and so good with emotional detail, that it's easy to miss (or take for granted) how smartly constructed her novels are. Inviting, observant, full of great dialogue and not without a hearty dose of humor, The Divorce Party should introduce a legion of fans to her work — even before the feature film based upon it, optioned by Universal for Jennifer Aniston and Kristin Hahn's production company, Echo Films.
Recommended by Dave, Powells.com... ( read more)
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
by Xiaolu Guo
Staff Pick
The voice in this melancholy novel is that of an honest Chinese girl who is trying to learn English and who happens to be seeking the meaning of love. Written from the first-person perspective in an English-as-her-second-language vernacular, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers follows Zhuang's emotional and grammatical evolution as she explains her feelings to the London man with whom she falls in love.
Recommended by Carson, Powell's City of Books... ( read more)
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The Enchantress of Florence
by Salman Rushdie
Staff Pick
I'm not much of a Rushdie fan: I've always found him to be far too long-winded for my taste. So it was quite a pleasant surprise for me to find myself enjoying his latest novel so very much. Enchanting, beguiling, and written with exquisite prose, this was definitely the best book I read in 2008. A very seductive read.
Recommended by Sheila N., Powell's City of Books... ( read more)
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
Publisher Comments
From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels... ( read more)
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Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
Publisher Comments
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.
So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright... ( read more)
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames Signed Edition
by David Sedaris
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"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art", (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book.
Trying to make coffee... ( read more)
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Tender is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
About the Author
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896 and was educated at St. Paul Academy, the Newman School, and Princeton University. In 1917 he left Princeton to join the army and shortly after his demobilization sold his first short... ( read more)
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
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A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in... ( read more)
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By Rachel Pastan
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 "How does the space of a novel act in dialogue with the space of its web site? What kinds of things can you include on each, and what does each do well?"
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