Apr '21 Notable Books: Bruno Lloret, Helen Oyeyemi, Jeff VanderMeer & More
A recurring series on the most interesting book releases of the month...
Hummingbird Salamander - Jeff VanderMeer (Apr. 6) - From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things.
Peaces - Helen Oyeyemi (Apr. 6) - A spellbinding tale from a star author, Peaces is about what it means to be seen by another person--whether it's your lover or a stranger on a train--and what happens when things you thought were firmly in the past turn out to be right beside you.
Subdivision - J. Robert Lennon (Apr. 6) - A heady, inventive, fantastical novel about the nature of memory and the difficulty of confronting trauma.
Nancy - Bruno Lloret (Apr. 13) - Through the haze induced by her medication, Nancy gazes deep into her adolescence and, despite the horrors that society, poverty, and family inflicted on her as a young woman, she rediscovers life—jubilant and proud.
Whereabouts - Jhumpa Lahiri (Apr. 27) - A dazzling evocation of a city, its captures a woman standing on one of life's thresholds, reflecting on what has been lost and facing, with equal hope and rage, what may lie ahead.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
Hummingbird Salamander - Jeff VanderMeer (Apr. 6) - From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things.
Peaces - Helen Oyeyemi (Apr. 6) - A spellbinding tale from a star author, Peaces is about what it means to be seen by another person--whether it's your lover or a stranger on a train--and what happens when things you thought were firmly in the past turn out to be right beside you.
Subdivision - J. Robert Lennon (Apr. 6) - A heady, inventive, fantastical novel about the nature of memory and the difficulty of confronting trauma.
Nancy - Bruno Lloret (Apr. 13) - Through the haze induced by her medication, Nancy gazes deep into her adolescence and, despite the horrors that society, poverty, and family inflicted on her as a young woman, she rediscovers life—jubilant and proud.
Whereabouts - Jhumpa Lahiri (Apr. 27) - A dazzling evocation of a city, its captures a woman standing on one of life's thresholds, reflecting on what has been lost and facing, with equal hope and rage, what may lie ahead.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
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