The true story of a Holocaust survivor turned Carmelite monk is refashioned into a moving tale that "makes the improbable believable."

A "characteristically sly" memoir of the writer's work as an architect of meticulously detailed fictions. 

Following a prominent Midwestern clan through generations, and shifting identities.

A story of a World War I sniper's dreams of glory, and the terrible reality of combat.

Heinrich Böll's novels confront the horror of Germany's past—and its willingness to turn away.

Following in the footsteps of nineteenth-century Americans in the City of Light.

The tale of a socialite's murder occasions a last, loving look around the beloved and disappearing newsroom.

A comic novel follows the flight of a young Indian woman from village to metropolis. 

A heady new novel harks back to the 1970s science fiction of Ursula Le Guin and Doris Lessing.

A legal genius with a penchant for making mischief.

The most abundant life form on earth holds surprising secrets about humanity.

Women face life on their own terms in the author's career-spanning story collection.

War in the Philippines, gold fever in the Yukon, and an assassin's plot are woven together in a cinematic turn-of-the-century saga.

 The history of an icon so entrenched it seems to have grown right out of the hillside.

The Victorian conflict that set the stage for the political and military tumult of the 20th century.

A colonial girl and a native boy in 17th-century New England are linked by an unusual friendship.

A rare portrait of life—and death—in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.