Introduction “What does it mean to be human?” The answer lies within the mystery of Genesis. Set in a postapocalyptic future, the novel takes the form of an examination undergone by young Anaximander as she prepares to enter an enigmatic institution known simply as The Academy. For her subject she has chosen the life of the [...]
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The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Introduction In this dazzling new novel, humankind has rendered its planet unlivable and is beginning to colonize a new, pristine planet. Our hero, Billie Crusoe, a former activist turned government scientist, is offered a place on the next mission to Planet Blue—her boss convinces her that it is safer for her in space than [...]
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart Lydia Millet ISBN:9780156031035 About the book: Oppenheimer’s first full day at the motel was devoted to television. He located the remote on the bedside table, where it sat beside the enigmatic telephone with its sheet of intricate numeric instructions, and eventually by pressing the button marked power discovered its function. [...]
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger ISBN:9780156029438 About the book: A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate love affair endures across [...]
Blindness (Movie Tie-In) by José Saramago
Blindness (Movie Tie-In) José Saramago ISBN:9780156035583 About the book: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A city is hit by an epidemic of “white blindness” that spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and assaulting women. There is one eyewitness [...]
