Melville House

"e;White men die very suddenly in Fales."e;Originally censored by its British publisher, The Beach at Fales is a scathing critique of colonialism and economic imperialism that bravely takes on many of the 19th Century' s strongest taboos: miscegenation, imperialism, and economic exploitation. It does so with a story that features...

College students, recent graduates, and their parents work at Dennys, volunteer at a public library in suburban Florida, attend satanic ska/punk concerts, eat Chinese food with the homeless of New York City, and go to the same Japanese restaurant in Manhattan three times in two sleepless days, all while yearning constantly for love, a better kind...

Intelligence turns me on.Lore Segal's tour de force look at the New York literary scene was a hit when it was first released in the 1970s, winning the praise of the literary elite. John Garnder called it ';magical.' William Gass said it was ';witty, elegant, beautiful.' Stanley Elkin called it ';a...

Acclaimed author Noa Weber has a successful feminist life: a strong career, a wonderful daughter she raised alone, and she is a recognized and respected cultural figure. Yet her interior life is bound by her obsessive love for one manAlek, a Russian migr and the father of her child, who has drifted in and out of her life.Trying to understandas well...

"e;A fantastic page-turner."e;Historical Novels ReviewBased on a true story of the first witchcraft trial in Ireland,The Burning Timeis the riveting tale of one extraordinary noblewoman, Lady Alyce Kyteler and her fight for a country's soul. When the Catholic Church brings the Inquisition to Ireland, Lady Alyce Kyteler refuses to grant them...

"e;All crowds have to howl."e;Although F.Scott Fitzgerald is known for the kind of subtle, polished social commentary found in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, his little-known novella May Day is unique in that it is the most raw, directly political commentary he ever wrote, and one of the most desperate works in his...