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Cherokee
Editions de Minuit

Cherokee

Jean Echenoz

Jean Echenoz's Cherokee follows a young Parisian drifter whose search opens into a light, mobile portrait of urban loneliness.

Selected Poems
Black Sparrow Press,U.S.

Selected Poems

John Weiner

長年の詩作を収めた選集。世代を超えた詩的実践の変遷を示すコレクション。

Distraction
Spectra

Distraction

Bruce Sterling

Set in a fractured near-future America after the collapse of the information economy, the novel follows political fixer Oscar Valparaiso as he is drawn into a web of elections, corporations, military power, and genetic engineering. Its sharp satire and technological critique capture the anxiety of a country worn down and being remade.

The Matchlock Gun
Penguin Young Readers Group

The Matchlock Gun

Walter D. Edmonds

Set in colonial New York in 1756, the novel follows a boy and his mother as they try to protect their home while the father is away. Against the backdrop of an historical episode, it compresses family ingenuity and tension into a compact narrative.

Naught for Your Comfort: A South African Testimony of Hope
Fount

Naught for Your Comfort: A South African Testimony of Hope

Trevor Huddleston

Trevor Huddleston was a towering figure in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. Often a lonely voice, he describes his experiences as a leading bishop and an influential Church leader in South Africa. Archbishop Tutu sees him as one of the strongest critics of the oppressive regime. The book follows Huddleston's time in the shanty towns of South Africa and on the protest lines as the church and state clash over politics.

The Time of Voice: Poems 1994-1996
Black Sparrow Press

The Time of Voice: Poems 1994-1996

Robert Kelly

A collection of ninety poems that follows the movement of voice, consciousness, and language. It can be read as a representative late book by Robert Kelly, with sound and rhythm pushed to the front rather than abstraction alone.

Scarlet Sister Mary (Brown Thrasher Books)
Univ of Georgia Pr

Scarlet Sister Mary (Brown Thrasher Books)

Julia Peterkin, A. J. Verdelle

Set in a Gullah community in South Carolina, the novel stages a clash between female desire, faith, and communal norms. Through Mary's attempt to choose her own life, it reveals the South's layered social tensions.

Solitudes
Marlboro Pr

Solitudes

Goffredo Parise, Isabel Quigly

Il sillabario n.2 is a collection of short pieces and essay-like reflections that weave together language and fragments of everyday life. With sharp observation and quiet humor, it draws out the universal meanings hidden in ordinary scenes.