Tag: fiction
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“The Bog Wife” by Kay Chronister
A family’s longstanding contract with their ancestral land unravels in Kay Chronister’s newest novel, The Bog Wife. Charlie, Eda, Wenna, Percy, and Nora are preparing to inherit their family’s cranberry bog through a ritual that generations of Haddesley children before them have performed; they will feed their dying father to the bog, then accept the new matriarch…
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“Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley
A top secret branch of the British government is experimenting with time travel, and it is taking certain individuals, called “expats,” from the past and bringing them to the present day. The Ministry of Time is the story of a civil servant who is tasked with assisting expat Commander Graham Gore, thought to have perished…
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“The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
On a breezy, New York morning, Theo Decker and his mother take a detour to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, not knowing that the choice will change their lives forever. An ill-fated incident leaves Theo motherless at thirteen and in possession of Carel Fabritius’ most famous works, a secret he takes with him through the…
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“The Guest” by Emma Cline
It’s the last days of summer on Long Island, and Alex is alone with a bag of clothes, a water damaged phone, and no place to stay. Determined not to be sent back to the city where she’s burned all her bridges, Alex decides to out wait out the six aimless days until Simon’s Labor…
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“Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” by Hwang Bo-Reum, Translated by Shanna Tan
A former office worker opens a bookshop in the hopes of building an idyllic work environment. When Yeongju opens her bookshop on a seeming whim, she is sure that it will be out of business in two years. At least, that’s what she tells her only employee, Minjun, upon hiring him as a barista. Still,…
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