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The Gossip Columnist's Daughter

by Peter Orner ...

Convinced that the key to the unraveling of his own life is tied to the tragic death of a young Hollywood starlet, an unheralded writer embarks on a quest to solve the cold case—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial ... Read more

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Convinced that the key to the unraveling of his own life is tied to the tragic death of a young Hollywood starlet, an unheralded writer embarks on a quest to solve the cold case—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial
... Read more

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Maggie Brown & Others

Stories

by Peter Orner ...

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (NYT Book ... Read more

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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (NYT Book
... Read more

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Love and Shame and Love

A Novel

by Peter Orner ...

Alexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss ... Read more

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Alexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss
... Read more
Am I Alone Here?

Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live

by Peter Orner ...

This National Book Critics Circle Award is “an entrancing attempt to catch what falls between: the irreducibly personal, messy, even embarrassing ways reading and living bleed into each other, which neither literary criticism nor autobiography ever quite acknowledges" (The New York Times).“Stories, both my own and those I’ve taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I’ve become,” Peter Orner ... Read more

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This National Book Critics Circle Award is “an entrancing attempt to catch what falls between: the irreducibly personal, messy, even embarrassing ways reading and living bleed into each other, which neither literary criticism nor autobiography ever quite acknowledges" (The New York Times).“Stories, both my own and those I’ve taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I’ve become,” Peter Orner
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Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge

by Peter Orner ...

Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he has been widely praised, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in ... Read more

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Peter Orner zeroes in on the strange ways our memories define us: A woman's husband dies before their divorce is finalized; a man runs for governor of Illinois and loses much more than an election; two brothers play beneath the infamous bridge at Chappaquiddick. Employing the masterful compression for which he has been widely praised, Orner presents a kaleidoscope of individual lives viewed in
... Read more
Still No Word from You

Notes in the Margin

by Peter Orner ...

**Finalist for the Vermont Book AwardFinalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism**Stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, Seymour Orner wrote a letter every day to his wife, Lorraine. She seldom responded, leading him to plead in ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Vermont Book AwardFinalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism**Stationed in the South Pacific during World War II, Seymour Orner wrote a letter every day to his wife, Lorraine. She seldom responded, leading him to plead in
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Esther Stories

by Peter Orner ...

The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one ... Read more

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The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one
... Read more
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo

A Novel

by Peter Orner ...

Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us."Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the ... Read more

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Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us."Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the
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Maggie Brown & Others

Stories

by Peter Orner ...

Narrated by Peter Orner, Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), Peter Orner,a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times), takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), Peter Orner,a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times), takes the short story to new heights.Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls"
... Read more

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The Gossip Columnist's Daughter

by Peter Orner ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

8 hours 3 min

The cold case of a young Hollywood starlet’s death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family**—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).**Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial separation” ... Read more

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The cold case of a young Hollywood starlet’s death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family**—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta).**Jed Rosenthal hasn’t published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a “trial separation”
... Read more

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Am I Alone Here?

Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live

by Peter Orner ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

"Stories, both my own and those I've taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I've become," Peter Orner writes in this collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds himself: a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, or a crowded bus in Haiti. The result is a book of unlearned meditations that stumbles into memoir.Among the many writers ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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"Stories, both my own and those I've taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I've become," Peter Orner writes in this collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds himself: a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, or a crowded bus in Haiti. The result is a book of unlearned meditations that stumbles into memoir.Among the many writers
... Read more

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Still No Word from You

Notes in the Margin

by Peter Orner ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for CriticismFrom the acclaimed fiction writer about whom Dwight Garner of the New York Times wrote, "You know from the second you pick him up that he's the real deal," comes Still No Word from You, a unique chain of essays and intimate stories that meld the lived life and the reading ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for CriticismFrom the acclaimed fiction writer about whom Dwight Garner of the New York Times wrote, "You know from the second you pick him up that he's the real deal," comes Still No Word from You, a unique chain of essays and intimate stories that meld the lived life and the reading
... Read more

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