A mature and masterful
work of contemporary fiction from one of our most accomplished storytellers, Lost Memory of Skin unfolds in language both powerful and beautifully lyrical, show - casing Banks at his most compelling, his reckless sense of humor and intense empathy at full bore.
Everybody I know is reading it — people who devour suspense, people who typically don't read «genre» novels, people who aren't usually
aware of contemporary fiction.
In this
masterpiece of contemporary fiction, Lee gives the reader a wide range of topics, settings and characters: there is enough variety to please almost every reading taste.
The recent rapid growth of the market for electronic
editions of contemporary fiction, with some titles selling more in digital marketplaces than they do in printed form, seems unlikely to tail off.
Organ donation and domestic abuse are two topics of importance that the author, Amy Hatvany, weaves together in this
gem of contemporary fiction.
Since his dynamite assessment of last year's «Forever Now» show at MoMA — which in many ways struck me as better and more thoughtful than the exhibition itself, particularly in its ability to map current trends in painting onto
styles of contemporary fiction — I have been a fan of David Salle's writing on art.
Under Fishbone Clouds is at once an examination of the nature of love and the human heart, a survey of 20th century Chinese history, an introduction to Chinese mythology and philosophy, and a poetic
work of contemporary fiction.
The little - known Solomon Islands are a particularly unusual frame of reference for a work
of contemporary fiction.
It would be a massive step in the right direction if the Kindle Store would allow a narrower, more varied classification of literary fiction (and
of contemporary fiction, for that matter).
An action - packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page - turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from
some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights — and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.
She's also an author
of contemporary fiction.