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|  | Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes
This is Roland Barthes's last work. While mourning the death of his mother and searching for photos of her as a child, he writes about photography and the ways it affects and attracts the viewer. AUTHOR: Roland Barthes
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner, Wolfram Kandinsky
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! is often considered to be Faulkner`s greatest book, and one of his most compelling explorations of race, gender, and the burdens of the past. The plot revolves around the character of Thomas Sutpen, son of poor whites in Faulkner`s fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Densely written and notoriously difficult, the novel explores the question of why Sutpen`s son, Henry, killed Charles Bon, his friend and classmate, and the suitor of his sister, Judith. The action shifts from the early 19th century, when this event took place, to the present (1909-1910), when Quentin Compson, a student at Harvard, becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about his ancestor Sutpen--and hence about his family`s past--and the relevance of that truth to the present. AUTHOR: William Faulkner, Wolfram Kandinsky
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Canterbury Tales by A. C. Cawley, A. I. Doyle, A. Kent Hieatt, Barbara Cohen, Constance B. Hieatt
The Canterbury Tales were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and his tale in a way that greatly enriches the content. This, and the interactions between the pilgrims, give the Canterbury Tales the complexity of a good novel. The Tales reflect Chaucer's wide experience with all levels of English society: the royals, the aristocracy, the clergy, the middle class from which he came, and the lower classes, for whom he invariably shows sympathy and understanding. They are also notable for the dialogue that is set up about marriage, its virtues and liabilities, and the proper role of husband and wife--giving the work a coherent unity and an even greater resonance. AUTHOR: A. C. Cawley, A. I. Doyle, A. Kent Hieatt, Barbara Cohen, Constance B. Hieatt
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Herman Wouk - The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, Michael Prichard
Focusing on the Henrys, an American naval family, and half-a-dozen other main characters, Wouk presents all of the pivotal events leading up to 1941 when the U.S. joined the war. An historical epic (romance) in the fullest sense of the term.
Focusing on the Henrys, an American naval family, and half-a-dozen other main characters, Wouk presents all of the pivotal events leading up to 1941 when the U.S. joined the war. An historical epic (romance) in the fullest sense of the term.
AUTHOR: Herman Wouk, Michael Prichard
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Butterfly Effect by Harry Humes
Though the title echoes features of chaos theory, the effect this book describes is more homespun and more direct, its poems lingering over the power of nature to move and shape the imagination, reminiscing about the poet`s childhood, and paying tribute to the poet`s hardworking father. AUTHOR: Harry Humes
PUBLISHER: Milkweed Editions
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Zen Poetry by Lucien Stryk
This superb anthology, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind to appear in English, is the work of an American poet and a Japanese scholar. AUTHOR: Lucien Stryk
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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