(This review attempts to avoid spoilers while presenting something of a synopsis of the plot. Personally I don't think it needs spoiler warnings but if you like going into a book knowing nothing about it then let me just say that I very much enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.)I wish I had...
From "a writer of remarkable gifts," "Borges with emotional weight, comes a tale that is at once a fantastical historical mystery, a haunting love story, and a glimpse into the uncanny--the quest for a long-lost book detailing the animals left off Noah's Ark. Xeno Atlas grows up in the Bronx, his...
When Ruby and Devon walked out of the Pierre, a white stretch limousine awaited them. “What’s this?” Devon said. The driver came around in the falling snow and opened the rear door. He was a young Japanese man wearing a blue uniform with black gloves and boots. “Good morning, Dr. Cardillo. My nam...
It was a dark, cloudy night, and the streets were nearly deserted. Leaving the house, I glanced toward the small park. “Is that really Stefan?” I said. “Can Massimo do that?” “He can do much worse than that,” Meta replied. “He is fond of you. And it’s clear you’re more worldly than the last time ...