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Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Set in contemporary Nigeria, Uche Okonkwo's A Kind of Madness is a collection of ten stories concerned with literal madness but also those private feelings that, when left unspoken, can feel like a type of madness: desire, desperation, hunger, fear, sadness, shame, longing. In these stories, a young woman and her mother bask in the envy of their neighbors when the woman receives an offer of marriage from the family of a doctor living in Belgium-though...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 169
Publisher
A. A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Author
Series
Voces (Madrid Spain) volume 146
Publisher
Páginas de Espuma
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
Con la precisión y la sensualidad del cuento, pero también con el aliento épico de una novela, las tres historias que forman este volumen se sitúan en esa tierra de nadie imprecisa, sorprendente e incluso difícil de limitar que Jorge Volpi ha bautizado como la media distancia, un género único, con sus propias leyes, tradiciones, oficiantes y enemigos. A pesar del oscuro silencio, El juego del apocalipsis y el relato que da título a este libro,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1998, c1997
Language
English
Description
Having quit his job, Toru Okada is enjoying a pleasant stint as a "house husband", listening to music and arranging the dry cleaning and doing the cooking - until his cat goes missing, his wife becomes distant and begins acting strangely, and he starts meeting enigmatic people with fantastic life stories. They involve him in a world of psychics, shared dreams, out-of-body experiences, and shaman-like powers, and tell him stories from Japan's war in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend--and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
An old woman falls in love with a man who could be her grandson. She is Sarah Durham, 65, a widow working in the theater in England and she develops a passion for a young actor. A look at love in the golden age by the author of The Golden Notebook.
10) Brave new world
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
16) The choice
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A captivating, ingenious novel by the author of The Good Sister about a woman faced with an impossible choice after attacking an unknown assailant, urging readers to ask themselves: What would you do?"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another heart-pounding home full of secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room-a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our obsession withfear as entertainment. On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a shocking and tender novel about a young woman's efforts to sustain a state of deep hibernation over the course of a year on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Using a premise pulled from the headlines--the very real vulnerability of students and teachers--the bestselling author of the Mary Russell mysteries delivers a contemporary novel of psychological suspense. The various presenters at a local school career day prepare for a day in class, not knowing that someone with a thirst for revenge is in their midst"-- Provided by publisher.
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