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Jesse Ball
Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers
In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to…
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A stunning debut, this work is a dream-like spy novel set in an asylum for the curing of chronic liars. Like a tale by Lewis Carroll or a film by…
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An astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love and a journalist’s obsession.
Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a…
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A startling, subversive novel from award-winning author Jesse Ball. An unsettling exploration of inequality and the devastating effect of unmitigated power.
From the acclaimed author of Silence Once Begun comes a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself…
A captivating novel about free will, grief, the power of memory and the ferocity of parental love.
‘CENSUS is a vital testament to selfless love; a psalm to commonplace miracles; and a mysterious evolving metaphor. So kind, it aches.’ David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas
A father…
The author presents a novel about a society that has abandoned the concept ofequality, wherein one ethnic group is subjugated by another.
March Book is a wonder and a revelation. A shockingly assured first collection from young poet Jesse Ball, its elegant lines and penetrating voice present a poetic symphony instead of…
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From the author of A Cure for Suicide and Census comes a philosophical recasting of myth and legend, folklore and popular culture: a fabulist’s compendium of poetry and prose.
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A text for those curious about education as a context for creativity and collaboration, and for teachers who want to reconsider hierarchy in their classrooms, Jesse Ball’s Notes on My…
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A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an examiner, charged with teaching the…
A powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of towns.
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A work of unflinching honesty, Autoportrait is a hypnotic memoir of reflection, loss, and everyday joy from one of America’s best contemporary novelists
Jesse Ball has produced fourteen acclaimed works…
Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on each door. Known as the Narito Disappearances…
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Ball has created a voice that echoes the beloved narrators of J. D. Salinger and John Green… . With her tragic past, brilliant mind and subversive potential, Lucia could be…
A novel about a society that has abandoned the concept of equality, wherein one ethnic group is subjugated by another –
The author of The Way Through Doors and Samedi the Deafness returns with this tender, spellbinding novel of a father and daughter living in a city ruled by fear.
Offering up moments of pure insight and unexpected humor, The Way Through Doors is a haunting novel of love and identity, from the acclaimed author of Samedi the Deafness.
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Jesse Winecoffe Ball
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Absolute Idealism And Immortality is a philosophical treatise written by Jesse Winecoffe Ball in 1907. The book explores the concept of absolute idealism, which posits that the universe is a…
Jesse F. Ball Jr.
Contains stories told by the author’s grandfather in his late eighties. This book also has stories that the author have learned and lived through his own. His father was in…
Brian Evenson,Jesse Ball
There are so many ways to die, thought Henry King, and nearly as many ways to live.
Byron Graves
This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to…
Jesse Cole, Don Yaeger
2.8 million TikTok followers. 610k Instagram followers. Not only are these numbers more than any MAJOR-league team's, it is all organic and all because of one thing- the Bananas make…
From the inimitable mind of award-winning author Jesse Ball, a novel about an unsettlingly familiar society that has renounced the concept of equality–and the devastating consequences of unmitigated power.
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Denise Markonish
Contemporary artists examine the human condition from all sides in this riveting collection of American art that questions how we represent ourselves in the 21st century.
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