Summer Reading -- New Fiction

Looking for some summer reading?

Try one of these recent additions to our Fiction section . . . .

Roberto Calasso, master of turning ancient myth into fine literature and author of Ka: Stories of the Minds and God of India, turns to Greek mythology for his inspiration in this work: The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.

Two selections from Geraldine Brooks, author of Nine Parts of Desire.  The first is a historical novel set in 17th century Massachusetts:  Caleb's Crossing.  The second is a biblio-mystery, part historical novel, part modern-day story: People of the Book.

 

A novel by rabbi and writer, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner,  Kabbalah: A Love Story.
Book in a book mystery set in New York City.

 This one is a New York Times best seller by Sue Monk Kidd:  The Invention of Wings

Another novel which is part historical fiction, and part modern-day story, as well as a biblio-mystery: The Illusionist, by Anita Mason.

Other new arrivals in our Fiction section include:   

The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck

Fatelessness: A Novel, by Imre Kertesz

The Samurai, by Shusaku Endo

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, by Nadia Hashimi

The Poet of Tolstoy Park, by Sonny Brewer

Rav Hisda's Daughter - Book 1: Apprentice, A Novel of Love and the Talmud, by Maggie Anton

The Mistress of Spice, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

-- submitted by Jennifer Knight

To visit the blog and see more reviews and quotes from books in the collection of Center for Sacred Sciences' Library, click here https://centerforsacredscienceslibrary.blogspot.com