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The Asiatics
by Frederic Prokosch
Staff Pick
A great, strange, essentially philosophic novel published in 1935. The Asiatics, Prokosch's first novel, is the story of a young man who bums his way from Beirut to China via Greece, Turkey, Syria, southern Russia, Iran, India, and Southeast Asia... (read more)

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The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze: And Other Stories (New Directions Classics)
by William Saroyan
Staff Pick
First published in 1934 when Saroyan was 26 years old, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories was an immediate critical and commercial success. Written during the Great Depression, the stories offer a unique combination of charm... (read more)

List Price $15.95
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