Rediscover the great Harlem Renaissance poet’s first and only novel, an elegiac, elegantly realized coming-of-age tale.
“This rich, delectable treat is a must-have for American foodies.”— Publishers Weekly
“The brilliance of this anthology is in the editor’s determination to showcase as many facets of L.A. as possible, warts, beauty marks, and all. In nearly 900 pages, editor Ulin presents excerpts from novels and short stories, poems,…
A modern Thoreau explores the mysteries of the universe in this deluxe collector’s boxed set.
“It is in his short stories that we find Updike is most assured . . . and almost without fail they give pleasure, a quality not to be taken lightly.”—The Washington Post
“Why read third- or fourth-rate fiction just to be entertained, when you can be entertained and enlightened by a wise master of fiction who knew what the world was about as well as pretty nearly any writer of his time in America?”—The…
“To the Library of America’s great credit, any real reckoning with Updike’s stature now has to contend with his collected short stories at least as much as it does with the four Rabbit novels . . . . In fact, it’s no hyperbole to suggest…
A collection of three tour de force novels from Roth’s remarkable late period, including The New York Times bestseller, The Plot Against America
“To read the four novels in this volume is to become impressed anew with Wharton’s powers as a satirist—you could almost say a black humorist—and to be struck, perhaps for the first time, by the cool modernism of her…