The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story
By: Frank O'Connor
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The legendary book about writing short stories, by the Irish master of the form, is back in print! …
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1. Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
By: William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects … read more
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- literature
"they are mystified by certain instances."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"Sun benches at the curb bespeak another season, truncated poplars that having served for shade served also later for the fire."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"I have found that Lost World in the Lost and Found Columns whose gray illegible advertisements My soul has memorized world after world: LOST - NOTHING. STRAYED FROM NOWHERE. NO REWARD."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"When I was young and miserable and pretty And poor, I'd wish What all girls wish: to have a husband, A house and children. Now that I'm old, my wish Is womanish: That the boy putting groceries in my …"-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
2. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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- literature
"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
3. The Dead
By: James Joyce
3.99
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more
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- literature
- short stories
"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."-James Joyce, The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pareció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"-James Joyce, The Dead
4. Stories of Your Life and Others
By: Ted Chiang
4.26
Format: 281 pages, ebook
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more
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- short stories
"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
5. The Art of the Novel
By: Milan Kundera , Linda Asher
3.60
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes,… read more
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- literature
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- literary criticism
6. Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more
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7. In the Café of Lost Youth
By: Patrick Modiano , Euan Cameron
3.53
Format: 153 pages, Hardcover
The elegant, haunting story of the forgotten people and places of Paris from the reigning Nobel Lau… read more
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- literature
"Quand on aime vraiment quelqu'un, il faut accepter sa part de mystère... et c'est pour ça qu'on l'aime..."-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth
"Il existait à Paris des zones intermédiaires, des no man's land où l'on était à la lisière de tout, en transit, ou même en suspens."-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth
"Người ta không già đi. Với những năm tháng trôi qua, nhiều người và nhiều thứ rốt cuộc trở nên hài hước và nực cười đến mức bạn ném vào họ và vào chúng một cái nhìn trẻ con."-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
By: James Baldwin
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the fa… read more
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9. The Zone of Interest
By: Martin Amis
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more
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10. Young Skins
By: Colin Barrett
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
Making a remarkable entrance onto the Irish and UK literary scene with rave reviews in The Sunday T… read more
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11. In the Lake of the Woods
By: Tim O'Brien
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
First published to critical acclaim by Houghton Mifflin, Tim O'Brien's celebrated classic In the La… read more
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12. Antarctica
By: Claire Keegan
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more
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- literature
- short stories
"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
13. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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- literature
"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
15. Ficciones
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more
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16. The Monk
By: None
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more
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17. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
By: Ocean Vuong
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more
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18. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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19. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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- literature
"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
20. Night School (Jack Reacher #21)
By: Lee Child , Dick Hill
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Audio CD
It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the after… read more
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21. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more
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22. Far from the Madding Crowd
By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more
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23. Borges on Writing
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Frank MacShane , Norman Thomas di Giovanni , Daniel Halpern
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1971, Jorge Luis Borges was invited to preside over a series of seminars on his writing at Colum… read more
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24. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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25. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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- nonfiction
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
26. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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- literature
- short stories
"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
27. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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- literature
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- literary criticism
"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
28. Life Without Children: Stories
By: Roddy Doyle
3.47
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories… read more
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29. Sweet Home
By: Wendy Erskine
3.98
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
'Wendy Erskine's first collection, Sweet Home . . . is every bit as good as her early stories in th… read more
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- short stories
- essays
30. The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story
By: Frank O'Connor
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The legendary book about writing short stories, by the Irish master of the form, is back in print! … read more
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- literature
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- crafts
- literary criticism
31. Wonderworks: Literary invention and the science of stories
By: Angus Fletcher
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
'Fascinating. It blew my mind!' Malcolm Gladwell Wonderworks reveals that literature is among the m… read more
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- writing
- literary criticism
