By the author of Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses, Suttree is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River near...
Manners and customs -- Fiction
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Author:McCarthy, CormacSummary: -
Author:Kawabata, YansunariSummary:At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and...
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Author:Austen, JaneSummary:The romantic fortunes of the Dashwood sisters, set in 18th century England.
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Austen tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent...
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Author:Dazai, OsamuSummary:The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of... - Author:Faulkner, WilliamSummary:
Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.
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apturing a ninteenth-century Spanish world of political tumult and personal obsession, Benito Pérez Galdós's Fortunata and Jacinta tells of two women who love the same man unfailingly—one as his mistress, the other as his wife.
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Author:Moore, LorrieSummary:A celebrated collection of twelve short stories.
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Author:March, J. D.Summary:Gunfighter Johnny Fierro is trying to settle into a new life as a rancher in New Mexico's Cimarron Valley, but his past just won't let go. Whether it's gunfighters looking to settle old scores, or bushwhackers aiming a bullet at his...
