Literary Lights: Selections From the Astor Collection, 2002

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Literary Lights: Selections From the Astor Collection, 2002


	After Nature Sebald, W.G. \| Random House, © 2002 \| Fic S Three men search for a proper place in the natural world. Reserve This Title
	After the Dance: A Walk through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti Danticat, Edwidge \| Crown Journeys, © 2002 \| 394.2509 D Enlightening meditations on the cultural history of Carnival. Reserve This Title
	After the Quake Murakami, Haruki \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 2002 \| Fic M Vivid, mysterious and poetic stories, born of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake. Reserve This Title
	The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit Meloy, Ellen \| Pantheon Books, © 2002 \| 917.9043 M Contemplative essays which blend personal observation, landscape and natural history. Reserve This Title
	Atonement McEwan, Ian \| Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, © 2001 \| Fic M A psychologically penetrating tale set in 1935 on an English country estate. Reserve This Title
	Back Then: Two Lives in 1950's New York Bernays, Anne, and Justin Kaplan \| Morrow, © 2002 \| B Bernays East Side meets West in this tender memoir of postwar New York. Reserve This Title
	Bellocq's Ophelia Trethewey, Natasha \| Graywolf Press, © 2002 \| 811 Trethewey Exceptionally moving poems portraying the life of a prostitute. Reserve This Title
	Camouflage: Stories Bail, Murray \| Farrar, Straus and Giroux, © 2002 \| Fic B A peculiar cast of characters parade through this collection of Australian short works. Reserve This Title
	Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Gawande, Atul \| Metropolitan Books, © 2002 \| 617.092 G Thought-provoking essays which consider the human and scientific aspects of medicine. Reserve This Title
	Desirable Daughters Mukherjee, Bharati \| Theia, © 2002 \| Fic M A compelling family drama set in India and the United States. Reserve This Title
	The Dive from Clausen's Pier Packer, Ann \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 2002 \| Fic P How tragedy forces a young woman to determine the course of her future. Reserve This Title
	Good Poems Keillor, Garrison, sel. \| Viking, © 2002 \| 811.008 G An appealing collection of contemporary and classic poems that illuminate everyday life. Reserve This Title
	Ignorance Kundera, Milan \| HarperCollins, © 2002 \| Fic K A profound story of disappointing homecomings, reminiscent of the Odyssey. Reserve This Title
	Land's End: A Walk through Provincetown Cunningham, Michael \| Crown Publishers, © 2002 \| 917.4492 C A contemplative tour of the "eccentrics' sanctuary" on the Massachusetts coastline. Reserve This Title
	Making Callaloo: 25 years of Black Literature, 1976-2000 Rowell, Charles Henry, ed. \| St. Martin's Press, © 2002 \| 810.8 M An impressive anthology of fiction and poetry produced by celebrated writers of the African diaspora. Reserve This Title
	Manhattan Monologues Auchincloss, Louis \| Houghton Mifflin, © 2002 \| Fic A Tracing the manners and foibles of wealthy New Yorkers across the 20th century. Reserve This Title
	A Multitude of Sins Ford, Richard \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 2002 \| Fic F Ten unsettling stories dealing with infidelity and its consequences. Reserve This Title
	Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith Highsmith, Patricia \| W.W. Norton, © 2002 \| Fic H A gathering of twenty-eight tales featuring quintessential misfits. Reserve This Title
	Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology Pinsky, Robert, and Maggie Dietz, eds. \| W.W. Norton, © 2002 \| 808.81 P A lyrical and stirring collection of beloved American and European works. Reserve This Title
	See the Child Bergen, David \| Simon & Schuster, © 1999 \| Fic B How an unexpected death impacts one family's life. Reserve This Title
	Something to Declare: Essays on France Barnes, Julian \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 2002 \| 824 Barnes A witty celebration of French phenomena including Flaubert and the Tour de France. Reserve This Title
	Soy La Avon Lady and Other Stories Lopez, Lorraine \| Curbstone Press, © 2002 \| Fic L A delightful debut collection of short stories exploring Latino identity. Reserve This Title
	The Trolley Simon, Claude \| New Press, © 2002 \| Fic S An elegant novel that links childhood memories with the experiences of old age. Reserve This Title
	Ways of Dying Mda, Zakes \| Picador USA, © 1995 \| Fic M A tender reunion between two childhood friends in new South Africa. Reserve This Title
	The Writer and the World: Essays Naipaul, V.S. \| Alfred A. Knopf, © 2002 \| 824 Naipaul Stirring reflections on ancient cultures, western ideals and the New World. Reserve This Title
Back to the Branch Libraries home page In May, 1997, The Board of Trustees of the Vincent Astor Foundation, most notably its President, Brooke (Mrs. Vincent) Astor, approved a grant to The New York Public Library. The annual proceeds of this endowment are used to purchase literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Branch Library collections. This booklist highlights a few and will, we hope, lead you to seek out more of these titles. Prepared by the Booklist Committee of the Office of Adult Services, The New York Public Library. Miriam Tuliao, Primary Selector, Scot Allyn, Terri Corbin-Hutchinson, Kassandre Innocent, Carol Lloyd, Forest Turner, Cecil Hixon, Chair. Selected titles appearing on this booklist may be available in recorded, braille or large print versions. For more information, please contact the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011-4211, (212) 206-5400, (212) 206-5458 (TTY).