Gargoyles: A NovelThe playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard was one of the most widely translated and admired writers of his generation, winner of the three most coveted literary prizes in Germany. Gargoyles, one of his earliest novels, is a singular, surreal study of the nature of humanity. One morning a doctor and his son set out on daily rounds through the grim mountainous Austrian countryside. They observe the colorful characters they encounterfrom an innkeeper

Her voice is cuttingly perceptive

at age forty-three

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How splendid and impressive to have a complete

Alberta Wittle

and strangers alike

Scientology

A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter

metaphysical

The Artist Box: Frida Kahlo contains twenty-four activity cards with beautiful illustrations by Manjit Thapp and text by Susannah Jowitt

And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes

Hughes's last collection of poems commemorates the experience of Black Americans in a voice that no reader could fail to hear—the last testament of a great American writer who grappled fearlessly and artfully with the most compelling issues of his time