Folio Books: Fiction

Fiction

The Actual : A Novella A new novel by Saul Bellow due out on May 1st; 112 pages. Click on the title to order. (hardcover, US$17.95)

Stones of Power, Drenai etc David Gemmell

Hapworth 16, 1924, J.D. Salinger

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy et al, by Douglas Adams

The Portable Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (a small-format Signet Classic)

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. A fine paperback edition of one of the great Russian novels of this century; a special book. This medium-format edition is recommended. Sensitive editing is enormously helpful (e.g. of seemingly duplicated and therefore confusing names in the first translation). Complete and unabridged.

J.R.R. Tolkien (4-volume set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) US$45.95

The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever.

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. The Finca Vigía edition with previously unpublished fiction. Foreword by John, Patrick and Gregory Hemingway.

Fiela's Child by Dalene Mathee. A fine story from Africa with a fairy-tale quality. It has a strong sense of place -- a different Africa, of ostriches and deep dark forests and elephants with ancient and mysterious memories.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. A splendid read from the very first page, perfect for a quiet weekend; far better than The Three Musketeers. This Oxford University Press edition is complete and unabridged with good paper and binding -- the book lies open comfortably, not a small matter with such a big novel (1130 pages).

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