DescriptionA young girl from the West African village of Tos movingly tells how the men came to live in square houses and the women in round ones.
DescriptionWhen an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes, we follow the story of the fateful year 1666, as she and her fellow villagers co…
DescriptionThe people of Streech village had never trusted the women living up at the Grange. For 10 years before, Phoebe Maybury's husband, David, had vanished from there. But does the discovery of an unidentifiable corpse in the old ice house now mean that the police can finally close the case on his disappearance? Deep-buried prejudices surface when Inspector Walsh and Sergeant McLaughlin delve into private lives and secret passions to discover the killer of a man long since cold.
DescriptionA life in literature. John Updike has contributed fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism to The New Yorker for the past half century. He is the author of more than 50 books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, and, most recently, the novel Villages, parts of which first appeared in the magazine. His story "The Roads of Home" was published in the February 7th issue. Still Looking, a collection of his art essays, was published in October. David Remnick is the editor of The New Yorker .
DescriptionBobby Norfolk plays a prominent role in African-American storytelling. But when he recently visited Africa, he went as a humble student, hoping to glean new insights, to immerse himself in a living oral tradition. He went as a pilgrim to the cities, villages, and jungles of Africa. Yet he was caught completely by surprise when, during a visit to an obscure African village, he was invited to a community-wide afternoon break at which elders told traditional Anansi stories and everyone else listened intently. It was "Anansi Time". With material gleamed on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Bobby Norfolk electrifies audiences with energized retellings of Anansi the wise, Anansi the resourceful, and Anansi the mythic underdog figure who is never undone or outdone. For Ages Five to Adult…
DescriptionIn this glowing novel of love lost and love found again, the Thrush Green cottage known as Tullivers has remained unoccupied for years. But suddenly it begins to show signs of life. Its new residents are Phil, an attractive young woman, and her young son. There's no sign of any husband or father. The village takes the two under its collective wing. Harold Shoosmith, especially, arrives at their doorstep with advice and help when Phil starts working in her wild garden. A writer, Phil also gets help from Harold when he connects her with his best friend, a successful London publisher who prints her stories. Finally, when Phil's estranged husband dies in a car accident in France, her new freedom brings more changes to her life as well as new love to the village. Here's heartwarming simplicity with marvelous restorative power.
