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Jakob von Gunten

by Robert Walser

The Swiss writer Robert Walser is one of the quiet geniuses of twentieth-century literature. Largely self-taught and altogether indifferent to worldly success, Walser wrote a …
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Stoner

by John Williams

Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe. …
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A High Wind in Jamaica

by Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of …
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

by James Hogg

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a startling tale of murder and madness set in a time of troubles like our …
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Lolly Willowes

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

The story of a middle-aged spinster who moves to a country village to escape her controlling relatives and takes up the practice of witchcraft.
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The Stories of J.F. Powers

by J.F. Powers

Hailed by Frank O'Connor as one of "the greatest living storytellers," J. F. Powers, who died in 1999, stands with Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and …
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A Time of Gifts

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best …
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