June 2013 Indie Next List
On the cover of this month's Indie Next list is, THE SON, the new novel from Philipp Meyer
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"Epic yet intimate, Meyer's The Son is the best kind of historical fiction. Vivid characters and great storytelling bring to life a distant time and place, while the themes and issues explored are completely relevant to our time. The interwoven perspectives of the three generations of the McCullough family create a counterpoint as each comments on the others, their mores, and their expectations and how these change over time. This is what great literature should be: a page-turner with a serious moral purpose."
--Scott Kinberger, Books Inc., San Francisco, CA
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NoViolet Bulawayo talkes about her powerful new novel, WE NEED NEW NAMES, about which Annie Philbrick from Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT says: "Bulawayo givers her character Darling an emotionally powerful voice while telling her story in such sparse and brilliantly crafted sentences, I had to put the book down just to savor the writing and take a break from the heartbreaking scenes of strife in Zimbabwe. . . This is a debut novel not to be missed!"
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 "TransAtlantic is a thoughtful and thought-provoking novel spanning the better part of two centuries. Weaving bits of history. . .with fictional players, McCann show us how the magic of the everyday is related to the momentous. Events circle around family stories overlap as personal history is passed from one generation to the next.”
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 ". . .Hosseini's latest exquisite novel resembles a colorful tapestry, a seamlessly woven tale of sisters, brothers, mothers, and fathers, and the unbreakable bonds between them. The story of each character individually is compelling, but they are interconnected so beautifully that they burst with emotion."
Listen to an interview with the author: Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest |
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Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver Harper |
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The Art Forger Barbara Shapiro Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
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Sweeth Tooth Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese |
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The Light Between Oceans ML Steadman Scribner |
