May '19 Notable Books: Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Max Porter, Ted Chiang & More
A monthly series on the most interesting upcoming book releases...
Exhalation - Ted Chiang (May 7) - In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth—What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?—and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.
The Unpassing - Chia-Chia Lin (May 7) - A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through a Taiwanese immigrant family in Alaska.
Light from Other Stars - Erika Swyler (May 7) - From the author of national bestseller The Book of Speculation, a poignant, fantastical novel about the electric combination of ambition and wonder that keeps us reaching toward the heavens.
Lanny - Max Porter (May 14) - From the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes a dark, playful, propulsive novel about an ethereal young boy who attracts the attention of a mythical, menacing force.
The Organs of Sense - Adam Ehrlich Sachs (May 21) - Written with a tip of the hat to the works of Thomas Bernhard and Franz Kafka, The Organs of Sense stands as a towering comic fable: a story about the nature of perception, and the ways the heart of a loved one can prove as unfathomable as the stars.
China Dream - Ma Jian (May 30) - In seven dream-like episodes, Ma Jian – the banned Chinese writer hailed as 'China's Solzhenitsyn' – charts the psychological disintegration of a government leader in provincial China who is haunted by nightmares of his violent past.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
Exhalation - Ted Chiang (May 7) - In this fantastical and elegant collection, Ted Chiang wrestles with the oldest questions on earth—What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human?—and ones that no one else has even imagined. And, each in its own way, the stories prove that complex and thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.
The Unpassing - Chia-Chia Lin (May 7) - A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through a Taiwanese immigrant family in Alaska.
Light from Other Stars - Erika Swyler (May 7) - From the author of national bestseller The Book of Speculation, a poignant, fantastical novel about the electric combination of ambition and wonder that keeps us reaching toward the heavens.
Lanny - Max Porter (May 14) - From the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes a dark, playful, propulsive novel about an ethereal young boy who attracts the attention of a mythical, menacing force.
The Organs of Sense - Adam Ehrlich Sachs (May 21) - Written with a tip of the hat to the works of Thomas Bernhard and Franz Kafka, The Organs of Sense stands as a towering comic fable: a story about the nature of perception, and the ways the heart of a loved one can prove as unfathomable as the stars.
China Dream - Ma Jian (May 30) - In seven dream-like episodes, Ma Jian – the banned Chinese writer hailed as 'China's Solzhenitsyn' – charts the psychological disintegration of a government leader in provincial China who is haunted by nightmares of his violent past.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
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