“Jones’s debut novel is an important contribution to American letters, Black queer studies and the present moment’s profound reckoning with the legacy of America’s racialized violence.” –The Washington Post
A recent winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, INTERIOR CHINATOWN explores the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration.
Based on a course he's taught for 20 years at Syracuse University, A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN is George Saunders's literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.
Revealing glimpses of the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino writer Jose Rizal emerge despite the worst efforts of feuding academics in Apostol’s hilariously erudite novel, which won the Philippine National Book Award.
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