Good and Evil and Other Stories

Good and Evil and Other StoriesA haunting, unforgettable collection of tales from the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature winner and three time Booker finalist Samanta Schweblin Once a decade a story collection rips a hole in the sky and we remember how it feels to have a spell cast upon us. From Jamaica Kincaids At the Bottom of the River to Denis Johnsons Jesus Son to the earthquake stories of Haruki Murakami, these books are often short, but unforgettable. Samanta

Clare’s interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for Irene’s black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again

a good murder is just like a magic trick

and Barkskins “is an awesome monument of a book” (The Washington Post)—“the masterpiece she was meant to write” (The Boston Globe)

no one’s secrets are safe

Nori is an outsider from birth

the first book in the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries trilogy is a clever retelling of Pride and Prejudice that reimagines the iconic settings

Deep underground

a promising photographer whose chance encounter with Evie unravels the elusive details of her marriage and her husband’s death

so does their easy friendship

the daughter of a famous soul singer

this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite

yet poignant