This Week's Acquisitions
- Vladimir Nabokov, The Original of Laura (Knopf, 2009). What exists of Nabokov's final novel. (QPBC)
- Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna: A Novel (Harper, 2009). American ends up in Mexico, keeping company with the likes of Trotsky. (Borders)
- Francine Prose, Blue Angel: A Novel (Harper, 2006). A creative writing instructor makes a big, big mistake. (Barnes & Noble)
- K. K. Collins, Identifying the Remains: George Eliot's Death in the London Religious Press (ELS, 2007). Brief study of how the religious press attempted to make sense of GE's spiritual and intellectual career. (Amazon)