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Amerika - Franz Kafka; Willa Muir; Edwin
SUMMARY:Depicts the tragicomic misadventures of a young immigrant in New York. -
Almost Dead_ A Novel - Assaf Gavron
SUMMARY: Politically incorrect, provocative, and steeped in wit and irony, a fast-paced tragicomedy about the perfectly ordinary madness in today's Middle East A thirtysomething Te... -
After the prophet_ the epic sto - Lesley Hazleton
SUMMARY: Narrative history at its most compelling, "After the Prophet" relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam. Even as M... -
A History Of Scotland - Neil Oliver
Scotland's history has been badly served over the years. Defined by its relationship to England, Scotland's popular history is full of near-mythical figures and tragic events, her ... -
A Dangerous Fortune - Ken Follett
From Kirkus ReviewsFollett (Night Over Water, 1991; The Pillars of The Earth, 1989, etc.) peeks into the naughty world of late Victorian merchant bankers. A tragic misadventure amo... -
A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr
Amazon.com ReviewEvery element of great drama--tragic deaths, titanic greed, a flawed hero--already existed in Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. John Shea's reading provides th...