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Powerful Story Collection “To Be a Man” Dissects Gender Roles

“Krauss imbues her prose with authoritative intensity. In short, her work feels lived ... The strange urgency of Krauss’s art ... continues to haunt a reader’s mind and heart.” — The Washington Post —∞— "Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling toward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once…
Jennifer Blankfein
February 8, 2021
Fiction

Set in a Post-COVID-19 Chicago, “Seismic Sedition” Is an Absurdly Hilarious Sci-Fi Satire

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/seismic-sedition.jpg Crimes against volcanic pizza stones, verbal violence, dissent against Siberian-American reindeer herders, people stealing other people's voices by agreeing with them — these are just some of the absurdities and hilariously extreme forms of political correctness to be found in Seismic Sedition: The Heinous Crimes of Professor Terry Joyner,…
Gevera Bert Piedmont
November 23, 2020
Fiction

A Tornado Tears Apart a Prison, Laying Bare Complex Moral and Social Issues

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fujita-4-terence-gallagher.jpg We all know how destructive a tornado can be, but can it also bring together people from different countries, backgrounds and socioeconomic levels? It does in Terence Gallagher’s Fujita 4, a novel that explores what can happen when different people are — in some cases literally — thrown together.…
Y. M. Nelson
October 16, 2020
Fiction

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out, Asks DeLillo in His Latest Novel

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/the-silence-don-delillo.jpg In his latest slim novel, The Silence (Scribner), Don DeLillo attacks technology and its domination over every aspect of our existence. The story begins in the near future of February 2022 on a transatlantic flight from Paris to New York. Jim Kripps, a claims adjuster, and his poet partner,…
Jodé Millman
October 23, 2020
Fiction

Discovery in the Woods Bonds Three Small-Town Sisters in “Threads”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_CharlotteWhitney_Threads.jpg The first pages of Threads: A Depression Era Tale, Charlotte Whitney’s latest work, is narrated by a seven-year-old named Nellie who loves cows (but not cowpies), cherry blossoms, daydreams and exploring in the woods. She’s got her eye out for gypsies, mushrooms and buried pirate treasure. What she does…
Sherri Daley
November 3, 2020
Fiction

The Struggles and Joys of an Irishman’s Life Unfold in Epic Tale

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_the-hearts-invisible-furies-john-boyne.jpg There some epic novels that are ideal to tackle when you can devote a big chunk of time, and this winter could be just the time to make the commitment. Sinking your teeth into a long, well-written novel and feeling all the feels is a perfect way to spend…
Jennifer Blankfein
November 4, 2020
Fiction

“Beneath the Moon” Mesmerizes with Mythology from Around the World

In times of division and confusion, stories are the universal way we connect with each other. Stories show us our roots to the past and give us hope for the future. No matter how different or far away a culture, identity or tradition seems, stories have the power to connect, inspire and unify. Beneath the Moon recounts stories — many centered…
BookTrib
September 2, 2020

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