In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels-Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973-that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors...
Young men
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Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary: -
Author:Edgerton, ClydeSummary:Mattie Rigsbee is a strong-minded senior citizen. When delinquent Wesley Benfield drops into her life, he is an even less likely companion than her stray dog.
- Author:Hunter, TravisSummary:
Jermaine Banks is a pot dealer in his Philadelphia neighborhood. He's also father to a three-year-old boy and a committed partner to his pregnant girlfriend. As he approaches his 30th birthday and suffers the loss of a close friend...
- Author:Burke, James LeeSummary:
A young Kentucky miner grows up in the Appalachian Mountains, where he's torn between his family and the lure of the city.
- Author:Flynn, RobertSummary:
Chance Carter doesn't like his Grandmother Rista. When he learns her health is failing, the only thing compelling him to leave Florida for Texas is his status as the sole heir to her million-dollar ranch. Yet when he pays her a...
- Author:Winter, Michael, Moore, LisaSummary:
The A List edition of Michael Winter’s brilliant fictional memoir, This All Happened depicts one man’s descent from love to fury over a calendar year. Featuring an introduction by Lisa Moore.In this journal-a-clef, we are exposed to the...
- Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:
Lesley Choyce’s novella The Summer of Apartment X is a beach book for grownups who remember how they got that way. Fred Winger and his two buddies, Richard and Brian, intend to take the beach resort town by storm. It’s the fateful...
- Author:Shteyngart, GarySummary:
In a novel about being an outsider in America and what it means to be an American, Vladimir, a young Russian-American immigrant, pursues his dreams of success, wealth, and a girlfriend, as his quest takes him deep into uncharted...
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Author:StendhalSummary:The epic novel of the passsion between Madame de Renal and Julien Sorel. It is considered to be among the greatest literature of France.
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Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects. His meandering route to happiness includes work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall, where the brutal Wackfor Squeers ill-treats...
- Author:Tartt, DonnaSummary:
A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, survives an explosion that kills his mother. Alone and determined to avoid being taken in as an orphan, he becomes entranced by the one thing that reminds him of his mother: a painting that...
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Author:Williams, TennesseeSummary: -
Author:Fitzgerald, F. ScottSummary:Set in the heady Jazz Age of New York, "The beautiful and damned" chronicles the relationship between Anthony Patch, a Harvard-educated aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful trophy wife, Gloria, as they wait to inherit his grandfather's...
- Author:Curtis, HerbSummary:
An invasion? For teenagers Dryfly Ramsey and Shadrack Nash, poor and ignorant in the world’s terms but rich in the lore of the magical Miramichi, the annual influx of American anglers, with their money, fishing gear, and thirst for...
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Author:Chabon, MichaelSummary: - Author:Coelho, PauloSummary:
This is the story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain, he journeys to Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with...
- Author:Bellow, SaulSummary:
Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each...
- Author:Levinson, BarrySummary:
Baltimore in 1966 is a quiet, blue-collar town. But all that is about to change for one group of young men. Bobby drops out of law school during his final year. Neil heads for the war in Vietnam, but goes AWOL and comes home as an...
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Author:Aquin, HubertSummary:This bilingual edition is the first English translation of Aquin's ground-breaking novella. Alone in exotic Naples, an impassioned François anticipates the arrival of girlfriend Hélène. Uncertainty and impatience warp his waiting into...
- Author:Leblanc, FrançoisSummary:
Entre sa douce moitié qui a pris amant et un toxicomane qui menace de lui faire la peau, Antoine Barcelo ne sait plus trop à quel saint se vouer. Malgré l’ennui et la violence sourde qui traversent son quotidien, malgré une sexualité...
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