Moo (60 page)

Fiction/Literature/978-0-307-27909-5

TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS

In the aftermath of the Academy Awards, Elena and Max—he’s an Oscar-winning writer/director—open their Hollywood Hills home to a group of friends and neighbors, industry insiders and hangers-on, eager to escape the outside world and dissect the latest news, gossip, and secrets of the business. Over the next ten days, old lovers collide, new relationships form, and sparks fly.

Fiction/Literature/978-1-4000-3320-1

13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE NOVEL

In her inimitable style—exuberant, candid—Smiley explores the power of the novel, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits, spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. As she works her way through one hundred novels—from classics such as the thousand-year-old
Tale of Genji
to recent fiction by Alice Munro—she infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.

Literary Criticism/Essays/978-1-4000-3318-8

A THOUSAND ACRES

A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s
King Lear
cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century,
A Thousand Acres
takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.

Fiction/Literature/978-1-4000-3383-6

A YEAR AT THE RACES

“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has owned and bred horses for a good part of her life. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this irresistibly smart, witty, and engaging chronicle of her obsession. In particular she follows a sexy filly named Waterwheel and a gray named Wowie as they begin careers at the racetrack. Filled with humor and suspense, and with discourses on equine intelligence, affection and character,
A Year at the Races
is a winner.

Sports/Horses/978-1-4000-3317-1
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