The People’s Act Of Love
Author: James Meek
In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war lives a small Christian sect and its enigmatic leader, Balashov. Anna Petrovna, a beautiful, restless photographer, is raising her young son by herself amid this brutal landscape. Stationed nearby is a company of Czech soldiers, desperate to get home but on the losing side of the recent conflict. Each soldi….Read More
10 Books Similar to The People’s Act Of Love
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
"Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukranian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary British & Irish Literature, Domestic Fiction, Historical British & Irish Literature, Novels England 2005, Older Parents
The Library at Night
Inspired by creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, the author tours from his childhood bookshelves to the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Cultural Anthropology, History, History of Books
Enduring Love
Joe planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return after 6 weeks in the States. The perfect day turns to nightmare however, when they are… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Erotomania, Fictional Works, Humorous Literary Fiction, LGBT Literary Fiction
Vernon God Little
Named as one of the 100 Best Things in the World by GQ magazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of Vernon Gregory Little in small town Texas and beachfront Mexico… Continue Reading Posted in: Australian, Authors, Drugs, Humorous Stories, Literary Fiction
The White Tiger
Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that… Continue Reading Posted in: Australia & Oceania Literature, India Bangalore, India Delhi, Indian Literature, Novel
The Human Stain
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town an aging… Continue Reading Posted in: Intellectual Life, Psychological Fiction, Social Conditions
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.