FICTION
FICTION
THE LONE- LINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY
Kiran Desai
PB $ 34.99
Sonia, an aspiring novelist has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world. A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years.
THE FOUR SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER
Chris Kraus
PB $ 35.00
In northern Minnesota, three teenagers shot and killed a man after spending the day with him. They are arrested and imprisoned. No one knows why they did it. Catt Greene is living nearby at the time of the murder. She becomes obsessed with the case and during her investigations she finds herself travelling back through the lives of her parents in the working-class Bronx. This book is a piercing commentary on the pressures of lives lived on the edge. The Four Spent the Day Together is a witty, probing journey into a fractured America.
SUPER- FROG SAVES TOKYO
Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin( trans.)
HB $ 34.99
‘ What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.’ Katagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It stood over six feet tall on its hind legs. A skinny little man, Katagiri was overwhelmed by the frog’ s imposing bulk. Fully illustrated this special edition of Murakami’ s celebrated short story sees the bewildered Katagiri find meaning in his humdrum life through joining forces with Frog to try to save Tokyo from an existential threat.
BUCKEYE Patrick Ryan
PB $ 32.99
May, 1945. As news of the Allied victory in Europe reaches the small town of Bonhomie, Ohio, a woman named Margaret Salt walks into a hardware store and asks the man behind the counter, Cal Jenkins, for a radio. What happens next will change both of their lives forever. The consequences of that encounter will intertwine the fates of two families, rippling through the next generation and compelling them to re-examine who they thought they were and what the future might hold. Full of compassion, humour and charm, Buckeye is a dazzling portrait of the human spirit by way of one unforgettable community.
MINOR BLACK FIGURES
Brandon Taylor
PB $ 34.99
In this captivating modern love story, Wyeth is a young Black painter trying to find his place in the Manhattan art scene, but unable to truly capture the life of the subjects he paints. Then he meets Keating, a white former priest struggling with his faith. The two men seemingly have nothing in common, and yet Keating shows Wyeth how to see the world anew... A page-turning New York novel and a sweeping modern romance, Minor Black Figures is a tender portrait of loneliness and connection.
WRECK Catherine Newman
PB $ 34.99
One family, one year and a novel that reminds us what it means to be beautifully, messily human. Rocky, Nick, Willa and Jamie. A normal loving, anxious, messy, relatable, family. When a former classmate of Jamie’ s dies in a random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed. Her father is his outspoken self; her daughter Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst; her husband Nick is steady and logical... Wreck follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they share the unpredictable, beautiful messiness of life. But if accidents can happen – and they do – is it safe to love anyone?
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