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The Gossip Columnist's Daughter

by Peter Orner ...

Convinced that the key to the unraveling of his own life is tied to the tragic death of a young Hollywood starlet, an unheralded writer embarks on a quest to solve the cold case—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial ... Read more

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Convinced that the key to the unraveling of his own life is tied to the tragic death of a young Hollywood starlet, an unheralded writer embarks on a quest to solve the cold case—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial
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Still No Word from You

Notes in the Margin

by Peter Orner ...

**Finalist for the Vermont Book AwardFinalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism**Stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, Seymour Orner wrote a letter every day to his wife, Lorraine. She seldom responded, leading him to plead in ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Vermont Book AwardFinalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism**Stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, Seymour Orner wrote a letter every day to his wife, Lorraine. She seldom responded, leading him to plead in
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Maggie Brown & Others

Stories

by Peter Orner ...

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (NYT Book ... Read more

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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (NYT Book
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Am I Alone Here?

Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live

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This National Book Critics Circle Award is “an entrancing attempt to catch what falls between: the irreducibly personal, messy, even embarrassing ways reading and living bleed into each other, which neither literary criticism nor autobiography ever quite acknowledges" (The New York Times).“Stories, both my own and those I’ve taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I’ve become,” Peter Orner ... Read more

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This National Book Critics Circle Award is “an entrancing attempt to catch what falls between: the irreducibly personal, messy, even embarrassing ways reading and living bleed into each other, which neither literary criticism nor autobiography ever quite acknowledges" (The New York Times).“Stories, both my own and those I’ve taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I’ve become,” Peter Orner
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Esther Stories

by Peter Orner ...

The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one ... Read more

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The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one
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The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo

A Novel

by Peter Orner ...

Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us."Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the ... Read more

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Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us."Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the
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Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge

by Peter Orner ...

Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he has been widely praised, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in ... Read more

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Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he has been widely praised, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in
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Lavil

Life, Love, and Death in Port-au-Prince

Edited by Peter Orner, Evan Lyon ...

Moving stories of life in a country enduring an ongoing crisisSeven years after the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti, the island nation remains in crisis, all but ignored by the international community. At the center of this crisis is Lavil—“The City” in Kreyol, as Port-au-Prince is known to Haitians—the cultural, political, and economic capital of Haiti ... Read more

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Moving stories of life in a country enduring an ongoing crisisSeven years after the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti, the island nation remains in crisis, all but ignored by the international community. At the center of this crisis is Lavil—“The City” in Kreyol, as Port-au-Prince is known to Haitians—the cultural, political, and economic capital of Haiti
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Maggie Brown & Others

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Narrated by Peter Orner, Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley ...

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8 hours 58 min

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), Peter Orner,a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times), takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" ... Read more

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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), Peter Orner,a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times), takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls"
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Underground America

Narratives of Undocumented Lives

Edited by Peter Orner ...

Series series Voice of Witness
These remarkable oral histories of undocumented men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the U.S. “[fill] a gap in our understanding of [immigration] by humanizing the people at the center of an otherwise cold debate” (Huffington Post)They arrive from around the world for countless reasons. Many come simply to make a living. Others are fleeing persecution in their native ... Read more

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These remarkable oral histories of undocumented men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the U.S. “[fill] a gap in our understanding of [immigration] by humanizing the people at the center of an otherwise cold debate” (Huffington Post)They arrive from around the world for countless reasons. Many come simply to make a living. Others are fleeing persecution in their native
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The Gossip Columnist's Daughter

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Narrated by Robert Fass ...

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8 hours 3 min

The cold case of a young Hollywood starlet’s death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family**—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).**Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial separation” ... Read more

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The cold case of a young Hollywood starlet’s death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family**—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).**Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial separation”
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Where the Rivers Flow North

by Howard Frank Mosher ...

A new edition of a classic short-story collection.The stories of Where the Rivers Flow North are “superior work, rich in texture and character,” says the Wall Street Journal, and “the novella is brilliantly done.” That novella, the title story of the collection, was also made into a feature film starring Rip Torn and Michael J. Fox. These six stories, available again in this new edition, continue ... Read more

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A new edition of a classic short-story collection.The stories of Where the Rivers Flow North are “superior work, rich in texture and character,” says the Wall Street Journal, and “the novella is brilliantly done.” That novella, the title story of the collection, was also made into a feature film starring Rip Torn and Michael J. Fox. These six stories, available again in this new edition, continue
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