Vintage

In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins in the Capital, she is drawn...

When Penelope O'Shaunessy, ';an incoming freshman of average height and lank hair' steps into Harvard Yard for the first time she has lots of advice from her mother: "e;Don't be too enthusiastic, don't talk to people who seem to be getting annoyed, and for heaven's sake, stop playing Tetris on your phone at...

A NovelThis extraordinary debut novel from Whiting Writers Award winner John Wray is a poetic portrait of a life redeemed at one of the darkest moments in world history.Twenty years after deserting the army in the first world war, Oskar Voxlauer returns to the village of his youth. Haunted by his past, he finds an uneasy peace in the mountainsbut...

&';A veces creo que los buenos lectores son cisnes aun ms tenebrosos y singulares que los buenos autores&'. Jorge Luis BorgesEn su primer libro de ficcion, Borges trabaja con biografas de ladrones y rufianes verdaderos; personajes traidores y a veces tambien heroicos. Aqu estn, entre otros, Lazarus Morell, redentor de esclavos; el impostor Tom...

Thomas McGuane's first short story collection; 13 stories of great range, verve and humor....

From one of Israels most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family lifethe greatest human dramaand the cost of war. Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofers release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. In a fit of preemptive grief and magical thinking,...