The Fifth Child (18 page)
Winner of the Nobel Prize
Fiction/Literature/0-679-76816-5
THE UNCONSOLE
by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Unconsoled
is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond control, by the author of
The Remains of the Day
,
“Ishiguro is an original and remarkable genius.…
The Unconsoled
is a work of art.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Fiction/Literature/0-679-73587-9
THE CROSSING
by Cormac McCarthy
A novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic Western and the elegiac power of a lost American myth,
The Crossing
is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.
“A miracle in prose, an American original.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Fiction/Literature/0-679-76084-9
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
by Michael Ondaatje
During the final moments of World War II, four damaged-people come together in a deserted Italian villa. As their stories unfold, a complex tapestry of image and emotion is woven, leaving them inextricably connected by the brutal circumstances of war.
“A rare and spellbinding web of dreams.” —
Time
Winner of the Booker Prize
Fiction/Literature/0-679-74520-3
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