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Vendela Vida
Written in the key of Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, We Run the Tides unravels the tense friendships of a tight-knit group of self-obsessed teenage girls, who, through a small misunderstanding…
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A gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she…
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Features interviews with Jennifer Egan, Amy Hempel, Orhan Pamuk, Richard Powers, and Marjane Satrapi. This book presents a collection of conversations between writers and their mentors, taken from the pages…
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In her first book, Vida explores a variety of rituals that girls have created or embraced in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn’t just observe, she actively participates…
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This sharply humorous and fast-paced debut novel is about the effects–some predictable, some wildly unexpected–that an encounter at gunpoint have on a (previously) assured young woman.
Written in the key of Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird, We Run the Tides unravels the tense friendships of a tight-knit group of self-obsessed teenage girls, who, through a small misunderstanding, are…
On the day of her fathers funeral, 28-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasnt her biological father. On a mission to find her real father, she is confronted with the…
From the acclaimed author of the New York Times Notable Book Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name comes a stunning novel about the love between husbands and wives, mothers…
After being robbed of her wallet and passport while on a mysterious trip to Morocco, a woman feels a strange freedom of being stripped of her identity and soon begins…
Told with vibrant, lush detail and a wicked sense of humor, The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty is part literary mystery, part psychological thriller an unforgettable novel that explores free will…
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2021 by Ecco,an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
‘The hottest young writer in US fiction’ – Guardian
Told with vibrant, lush detail and a wicked sense of humour, The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty is part literary mystery, part psychological thriller - an unforgettable novel that explores free…
In Issue 145 of The Believer, Meara Sharma meditates on the life of a largely-forgotten Caribbean writer; Eula Biss writes about the challenges of love after apartheid; Ann Beattie describes…
A twelve-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, every issue of The Believer features commentary, deeply reported journalism, poetry, art, essays, and a difficult but ultimately highly enjoyable games section…
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An achingly beautiful and wickedly funny story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance, set in the changing landscape of San Francisco.
Named the best magazine of 2022 by Alta. Inside issue 141 of The Believer A mystery of literary lineage involving Muriel Rukeyser and Robinson Jeffers; an extensive, reported feature from…
In issue 142 of The Believer, Amy Fusselman trawls the streets of New York for "everyday weirdos" with filmmaker John Wilson; Joshua Hunt treks to the peak of Japan's "Mount…
The Believer's music issue returns! A twelve-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, every issue of The Believer features commentary, deeply reported journalism, poetry, art, essays, and a difficult but…
Paul Bowles (University of Northern British Columbia Canada)
Paul Bowles’s classic collection of short stories, available in a deluxe paperback edition–part of Ecco’s Art of the Story series.
All the tales are a variety of detective story, wrote…
Sound the bugles! The Believer is back with McSweeney's! This massive 144-page resurrection issue is packed with highlights. We have essays from Rafia Zakaria, Sarah Marshall, and Ryan Walsh, and…
