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1) My Ántonia
Author
Language
English
Description
"A successful lawyer remembers his boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with an immigrant Bohemian girl."--
Author
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York’s Golden Age of comics, now with special bonus material by the author—soon to be a Showtime limited series
“It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal—smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.”—The Washington...
“It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal—smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.”—The Washington...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Two men from Los Angeles return to Europe to make a film on the reunified Germany and see their past catch up to them. One has to face neo-Nazis and his aristocratic heritage, the other lands in jail for a murder he doesn't remember committing.
6) Lost Lake
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A dozen stories set in New York State, all centered on a lake. In one, a woman rows in the night to meet her lover, in another a man recalls the day his father caught a big fish, or is that a childhood invention? He cannot remember.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A group of 19th Century emigres flee the oppression of the Hapsburg Empire for America, where they become immersed in the chaos of the Civil War. Their story is told through the eyes of two protagonists, a young Czech woman who marries the son of a plantation owner and her soldier brother who falls in love with a slave. The novel is based on documented memories of Czech soldiers who fought for the Union in the 26th Wisconsin Battalion under General...
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