Fiction - Magical Realism

Nazaré tells the story of a peasants' revolt in the polyglot city of Balaal. The story begins with a miracle. A homeless boy sees a whale washed up on the beach. He alerts the local fishermen, and soon the whole town is trying and...

Author: Morgan JenkinsISBN-10: 1432889648ISBN-13: 9781432889647Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2021Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.00dLarge Print

Come home to 59 Memory Lane with a new novel from the top Kindle and USA Today bestselling author Celia Anderson!'Wonderful characters make this a great read' Good Housekeeping'One of the most charming books I've ever read' bestselling author Cathy Mansell'Enchanting and intriguing' bestselling...

Volume Two continues the Bearth Journey as President Riker's heroic team of misfits battle agents of the Nephilim to prevent a terrorist plot of epic proportions. As the planet continues to divide, so does the human race. Light and darkness become m9ore unaware of...

The hero of this sensational debut novel is an alto-sax virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Coltrane and Rollins. He also happens to be a walking, talking, Blake- and Shakespeare-quoting bear whose musical, spiritual, and romantic adventures add up to perhaps...

Combining Indian myths, epic history, and the story of three college kids in search of America, a narrative includes the monkey's story of an Indian poet and warrior and an American road novel of college students driving cross-country.Author: Vikram ChandraISBN-10: 0316132934ISBN-13: 9780316132930Publisher: Back Bay...

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.Sarah Hall has been hailed as "one of the most significant...

Dovey Declair is troubled by her recent dreams, as if someone or something is trying to communicate with her. After reading an article in a local Tulsa newspaper about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, she feels an immediate draw to the event and wonders if...

Lewis was always the lazy kid in school. After a harrowing hospital visit, he wakes up as a dragon. It's awesome, but he doesn't know the first thing about using his new body Why is everything so fragile? And since when have people been...

The intense, dramatic sequel to 2020's break-out Russian-inspired epic Weave the Lightning. Lies. Treason. Magic. The great Stormhawk--Bourshkanya's paranoid, fascist leader--is seemingly unkillable. But for the rebellion to succeed, he must die. Celka Prochazka uses magic in ways no one believed possible. She could...

Young Miriam is born into a world where women carry houses stitched to their backs, while men carry keys with the power to unlock them. Miriam's nomadic family moves from clearing to clearing within a dark wood, but no matter how deep into the...

Daniel Levin has created an extraordinary book and card deck that have the potential to uplift all readers while changing the present paradigm of politics by conflict. THE MOSAIC focuses on what brings people together, not what divides us. Written for both adults and...

"Deliciously wicked ... readers will also find plenty to enjoy (one sequence of unwitting cannibalism is particularly memorable)."--Publishers WeeklyFast-moving and witty in style and tone, this novel is one not soon forgotten.--World Literature TodayThere's considerable charm to Bursa's clever variation on the story of...

After the war, I thought all that was left was ashes, hollow ruins . . . Today, I know that's not true. Where man remains, a seed, too, survives, a dream to inseminate time. Published in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia...

A "beguiling fairy tale" by the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (The New York Times). The villagers had never seen anything like it: dense white curtains of snow that instantly transformed the landscape. Not in autumn, not here in Burgundy. And...

"Only someone who deeply loves and understands the Metropolitan Museum could deliver such madcap, funny, magical, tender, intimate fables and stories." --Maira Kalman, artist and bestselling author of The Principles of Uncertainty From a writer who worked at the Metropolitan Museum for more than...

"Expansive and imaginative." --Kirkus Reviews "Irreverent and bursting prose... Fans of Mark Leyner will enjoy Kaufman's messy string of outrageous scenarios." --Publishers Weekly Part modern fable, part detective novel, a journey through grief in the imaginary world of Metaphoria. One cold winter night, Charlie...

For fans of THE ROSIE PROJECT and THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME, a broken man and his damaged robot build an unlikely friendship--with some assembly required. Ben's really great at failing at things--his job, being a husband, taking the garbage...

From the master of contemporary urban fantasy, a new collection of "Newford" stories The city of Newford could be any city in North America, bursting with music, commerce, art, love, hate, and, of course magic. Magic in the sidewalk cracks, myth at the foundations...

One "golden afternoon" in Oxford, in July 1862, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, accompanied three young sisters, Lorina, Alice, and Edith, on a boating trip. To keep the children amused, Dodgson, began to tell a tale about an inquisitive youngster called Alice, and her...

Known as "the plague generation" a group of teenagers begin to discover their hidden powers in this shocking post-apocalyptic coming of age story set in 1984. "This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But...

"Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn't choose....

Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat, presents her most accomplished novel yet -- an intoxicating concoction that blends theology and reason, deception and masquerade, with a dash of whimsical humor and a soup on of sensuality.Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer,...

When entering his domain, you will discoverHe is beyond a manHe is beyond a monsterHe is the darkness that exists in the darkest recesses of the mindA corrupted psycheA sickened soul.You will not see himYou will not hear him.But he knows you're thereAnd he...

Alegr?'s family struggles to keep afloat amid secrets as she develops narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder that disrupts her nights and dulls her days. In a fantastical world where dead grandmothers come to visit and witch doctors prescribe waking concoctions, young Alegr? discovers the secrets...

A perennial favourite."Charming, wry, and believable." -- Quill & QuireRiel Nason's novel The Town That Drowned debuted in 2011 to glowing reviews and a flurry of awards, including a Commonwealth Book Prize. Nason's evocation of the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love,...

Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, and Sarah Addison Allen, this is a gorgeously written novel about a family searching for the truth hidden in their past and the power they've inherited, from the author of the acclaimed and giddily exciting (The...

'A brilliantly original and enchanting tale' Sun'Wonderful characters make this a great read' Good Housekeeping'Truly unique...unforgettable' Woman's Weekly'Warm, romantic and different, in the very best way' Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestseller'I absolutely adored it!' Ruth Hogan, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost ThingsMay...

A generational portrait of Latin America in its post-revolutionary come-down, through the eyes of a recovering heroin addict and artist.Author: Rita IndianaISBN-10: 1911508601ISBN-13: 9781911508601Publisher: And Other StoriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2020Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2020

After a freakish death, a young Argentinian woman is left to observe the world outside of the "cage" of her body; through jarring vignettes and ruminations, acclaimed author García Lao creates a complex, intelligent, and subversive theater of the absurd.Author: Fernanda García LaoISBN-10: 1646050452ISBN-13:...

Morgan Blackmoore has a secret, and she's desperate to hide it from her sisters. So when local paranormal healer Clementine Vega is murdered and Morgan is accused of the crime, she has to do something she's never done before--lie to her family. But soon...

An award-winning, lyrically written, beautifully haunting saga of a Haitian family's fight against a curse spanning four generations.Author: Yanick LahensISBN-10: 194192056XISBN-13: 9781941920565Publisher: Deep Vellum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2017Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d

M is a bylaw officer, living with two brothers, in their parents' old house. While investigating a suspicious yard sale, M discovers a red chesterfield sitting in a ditch. Looking closer, M finds a running shoe-and a severed foot. Now M is involved in...

From A Knight in Shining Armor to The Mulberry Tree, Jude Deveraux's bestsellers sparkle with stunning originality, heartfelt wit, and adventurous passion. Now, this superb storyteller mixes the flavor of a classic fairy tale with a very modern love story--set in a town locked...

Across the wide world of the Tingleverse, one thing is clear: love is real. But, for many buckaroos, their preferred kind of love has nothing to do with sex. Whether asexual or just not feeling it at the moment, this collection of completely sexless...

From the author of LORD VISHNU'S LOVE HANDLES and THE WORTHY comes a mind-bending mystery set in the city of New Orleans.Corporate attorney, Duke Melan on, wrestles with twin emergencies that threaten his future. His employer, Mandala Worldwide, has unleashed a deepwater spill that...

How does a boy come to live alone in an apparently deserted city? Are they separated by distance or by time? Does the man dream the boy? Does the boy dream the man? Is a blank paper in a floating bottle an invitation to...

WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE Strange things are happening on the remote and snowbound archipelago of St. Hauda's Land. Magical winged creatures flit around the icy bogland, albino animals hide themselves in the snow-glazed woods, and Ida Maclaird is slowly turning into glass....

Recommended by Publishers Weekly2018 (Canadian SF&F) Aurora Award Winner (Best Related Work/Anthology)2018 Alberta Book Publishing Award Finalist (Best Speculative Fiction Book)One story selected for Best of British Science Fiction 2017 (ed. by Donna Scott, Aug 2018)One story selected for Best Indie Speculative Fiction, Vol....

The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life...

Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love. Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to...

The internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Smilla's Sense of Snow returns with this "engrossing, beautifully written tale of suspense . . . captivating" (The Miami Herald). Set in Denmark in the here and now, Peter Hoeg's The Quiet Girl centers around Kaspar Krone, a...

Brimming with charm and whimsy, this national bestseller set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Am lie. Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and...

The author, an archaeologist who spent eight years among the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, provides in fictional form an invaluable reconstruction of prehistoric Indian culture of the Southwest. Introduction by Stefan Jovanovich.Author: Adolf F. BandelierISBN-10: 0156252643ISBN-13: 9780156252645Publisher: Mariner BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/1971Pages: 528Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one...

Madame Chartreuse Sweet 66's tells the story of unique and magical characters in a small group of dream-like deserted islands. The journey our strange subject embarks on is one where he must try to remember a murky and mysterious past. He must find redemption,...

Sometimes, to truly live, you need to die a little.Katy's father claims he created her out of special clay, literally with his hands. Adding that she will soon slip into another world because of it does not make his assertion any less farfetched, not...

Historical fiction covering unusual cases of animals being put on trial in medieval France from the perspective of their defense attorney--all based on transcripts of actual court cases For fans of Umberto Eco, Edward Carey, and Amor Towles Author Stephen Spotte's career as a...

In this extraordinary breakout novel--a rich, devastatingly humorous epic of one unforgettable family--award-winning author Eric Dupont illuminates the magic of stories, the bonds of family, and the twists of fate and fortune to transform our lives.Over the course of the twentieth century, three generations...

At turns warm, witty, and joyfully absurd, David Thewlis's wicked comedy marks the debut of a savagely funny and observant literary talent. Hector Kipling is a famous artist. But Hector is not as famous as his best friend, Lenny Snook. And as tAuthor: David...