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Simon Van Booy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The novel--inspired by true events--tells the stories of a deformed German infantryman; a lonely British film director; a blind museum curator; two Jewish American newlyweds separated by war; and a caretaker at a retirement home for actors in Santa Monica. They move through the same world but fail to perceive their connections until a veil is lifted to reveal the vital parts they have played in one another's lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In rural Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol's daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van Booy's spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light. "What you give in this world," an old man tells his grandson,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood with her Uncle Jason, a disabled felon who took her in after her parents died, and as a young woman in Paris as she awaits his arrival for a Father's Day visit.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
404 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While in Athens, Rebecca--young, beautiful and lost--finds a confidant in George, a translator whose closest friends are Aristophanes and Jack Daniels, but their blossoming relationship becomes complicated when they meet Henry, a happy-go-lucky archaeologist who changes their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.
6) Pobble's way
Author
Publisher
Flashlight Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pobble and her father stroll through the snowy woods near their home one evening. In her excitement of imagining worlds transformed, Pobble does not notice when her pink mitten falls from her pocket and soon the woodland animals gather and begin to wonder what the soft, pink addition to the forest is.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exquisite new collection of short stories from award-winning author Simon Van Booy. Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people's stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the innermost lives of everyday people. From a family saved from ruin by a mysterious benefactor, to a downtrodden boxer who shows unexpected kindness to a mugger,...
