Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle57 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1990 Ada, our ardors and arbors + Between the ha-ha an Aroma of Antiterra + more please "Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle", Nabokov's longest novel, is also, indisputably, his most involute. Without having read his entire oeuvre (nearly half-way through!) I can still assert this with confidence - and I'm sure most Nabokov fans would concur. Those who have read "Lolita" or "Pale Fire" ...             Hearts In Atlantis573 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 2000 Odd yet mesmerising reading + Not Free SF Reader + LOW MEN PART OF DARK TOWER SAGA This reading, which is also the Audible reading, may take some getting used to. Stephen King does relatively little acting here, while William Hurt apparently does none at all, yet by the end of the book I thought it was one of the finest dramatic readings I had ever heard. Unlike what you may ...             Empty Bed Blues1 review George P. Garrett University of Missouri Press, 2006 An anthology of fifteen stories by award-winning author George Garrett Empty Bed Blues is an anthology of fifteen stories by award-winning author George Garrett, each unique, yet many mixing fact with fiction, memoir with adventure, comedy and tragedy. Nearly all stories are prose, though "A Short History of the Civil War" is in the form of a series of poems by two ...             Time Will Darken It13 reviews William Maxwell Vintage, 1997 This is not a NOT review.... + Beautiful, memorable landscape + Please read. + Writing From Another Time of Another Time + Among the best depictions of the interiors of marriage             The Water-Method Man42 reviews John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 Dear John + Very enjoyable... + As Refreshing As Water + Early Irving, similar in style to Setting Free the Bears + And they all lived happily ever after             Updike in Cincinnati: A Literary Performance1 review Ohio University Press, 2007 Updike as Celebrity The book is a running commentary of Updike visiting Cincinnati, reading a few short stories, interacting with some "Updike" experts, and answering questions. Updike is honest about his appearance, he likes getting paid, although he has trouble looking anyone in the eye. The interesting aspect to me ...             Charity10 reviews Mark Richard Anchor, 1999 Killer collection of short stories + he is cool + The Real Deal + Exceptional             The Ninemile Wolves2 reviews Rick Bass Mariner Books, 2003 You'll want wolves in your backyard. + Are you kidding this book is great! Well, you won't want them in your backyard if you're raising cattle. This story about the Ninemile wolf pack in northwestern Montana is a fascinating account of a wolf reintroduction program, and it deals with the complexity of the situation thoroughly and compassionately. Bass makes no secret of ...             Morte D'Urban (New York Review Books Classics)19 reviews J.F. Powers NYRB Classics, 2000 Incredible A Lost Treasure. + An unclassifiable masterpiece of subtlety and discernment + One age's satire is another age's reality + An Urbane Knight in Minnesota + Pre-Vatican II: Middle America & the Church Triumphant?             God's Little Acre17 reviews Erskine Caldwell University of Georgia Press, 1995 God's Little Acre was ahead of its time...Mary from Georgia + 80 million copies in 40 languages... + The beauty of sex + Historical Value Plus Some Meaning Amongst the Sex             War and Peace (Modern Library Classics)39 reviews Leo Tolstoy Modern Library, 2002 Magnificent Achievement + I felt compelled to review this... + Very long and very good "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist--I really believe he is Antichrist--I will have nothing more to do with ...             Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon24 reviews Jorge Amado Vintage, 2006 Another masterpiece by the late Jorge Amado!!! + UNFORGETABLE ROMANCE. BRAZIALIAN CLASSIC + Great Book For First Time Amado Reader + I loved this book! + Great Book             Out of the Woods: Stories11 reviews Chris Offutt Simon & Schuster, 2000 High Praise for Chris Offutt + Offutt turns on the overhead light and throws off the sheet. + Poetry + voices audible + Flannery, Breece, and Chris: Reference Standards             Meyer2 reviews Stephen Dixon Melville House, 2007 Moving and readable. + You should get to know Meyer I enjoyed this book. It focuses on death, old people, and thinking about the past in concrete, direct, and very readable sentences. I liked this book maybe more than any other books by Stephen Dixon, though I have liked every book I've read by him. It was moving and I felt emotional after reading ...             Nightwatchmen1 review Barry Hannah The Viking Press, 1973 Why in the hell is this book out of print, damn it? Nightwatchmen is a fine, strange and wonderful follow-up to Geronimo Rex. If you enjoy Barry Hannah's wacky, profane, compassionate world and can get your hands on this one, read it!             Revolutionary Road102 reviews Richard Yates Vintage, 2000 Classic tale of the suburban nightmare. + Revolutionary Writing + Makes Mad Men look like Happy Days Richard Yates' 1961 novel, "Revolutionary Road", is a classic that has taken far too long to get the recognition it deserves (considering Yates died in 1992). With the Hollywood version coming out the best way to describe this haunting novel in cinematic terms would be: "American Beauty" meets ...             Self-Help29 reviews Lorrie Moore Vintage, 2007 Everywoman + These stories will make your really think + Excellent read for students of literary fiction Wow. Lorrie Moore just gets it so right. These stories are piercing, exposing, pointing the finger right at the reader, yet sympathetic and just true, true, true. Moore certainly has a flair for drama, which comes out in stories like "What is Seized", but it's never gratuitious or too ...             Nightwork3 reviews Christine Schutt Dalkey Archive Press, 2000 Beautiful and Disturbing I'm glad to see that Dalkey Archive has reprinted this most beautiful and disturbing book. I've owned the original Knopf version since it came out in 1996. These stories made me squirm one minute and pant in jealousy the next. The precision and the lean muscularity of each piece is almost ...             All Aunt Hagar's Children18 reviews Edward P. Jones Amistad, 2006 Mr. Jones does it again!! + Fading folkways + Hagar's Children + The Children We Would Have Never Known About             Silence58 reviews Shusaku Endo Taplinger Publishing Company, 1980 Silence + A great, but somewhat repetitive story. + quickly to my door + The Honor of God