Books written by Charles Baxter
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Saul and Patsy
To freak me out with Baudelaire?” “Yeah, I was just being nostalgic. Just as you say.” They stood there and watched the students parading by, accessorized with their preoccupations, and Saul glanced over at Patsy and saw instantly that ...
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爱情盛宴
爱情盛宴
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The Feast of Love
A collection of vignettes set in a coffee shop explores the subtle movements of love between ordinary people. By the author of Believers and Harmony of the World. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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Gryphon: New and Selected Stories
A New York Times Notable Book from the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune) By turns compassionate, gently humorous, and haunting, this ...
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Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
"Lately I've been possessed of a singularly unhappy idea: the greatest influence on American fiction for the last twenty years may have been Richard Nixon." What happens to American fiction...
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Shadow Play: A Novel
When assistant city manager Wyatt Palmer enters into a shady business deal he faces consequences that have a profound impact on him and those around him, including brother Cyril, lover Alyse, and mother Jeanne.
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Through the Safety Net: Stories
Baxter dives into the undercurrents of middle-class American life in these eleven arresting, often mesmerizing stories. Whether they know it or not, Baxter's characters are floating above an abyss of...
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The Soul Thief
Nathaniel Mason, a graduate student in upstate New York, is drawn into a tangle of relationships with the people around him--alluring but elusive Theresa, fickle Jamie, and Jerome Coolberg, an enigmatic figure who seems to have appropriated ...
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The Feast of Love
Shortlisted for the National Book Award.
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Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Readers are rewarded with thoughtful analysis, humorous one-liners, and plenty of brushfires that continue burning long after the book is closed.
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There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories
When Dennis doesn}t reply, Benny turns to him and sees that his friend has fallen asleep, probably from the morphine. Or perhaps he}s had a pain spasm. Benny reaches over and shuts off the TV set. ¡Hold my hand,¢ Dennis says, ...
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The Sun Collective
Once a promising actor, Tim Brettigan has gone missing.
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First Light
That was the idea: to bring her here and leave her here in the Hall of Mirrors, in the cold winter dark, trapped. She feels a wave of fear starting at her stomach and rising to her shoulders and simultaneously descending to her knees, ...
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A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations
Writers whose lives and work were inspired by the late fiction editor at The New Yorker share intimate essays and other writings about his contributions as a mentor, an author, and a literary correspondent, in a collection that includes ...
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Saul y Patsy
Saul y Patsy
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The Would-be Father
From the collection Gryphon, Charles Baxter’s luminous story of caretaking under any circumstance.
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A Relative Stranger: Stories
A collection of thirteen intimate stories explores relationships with a unique blend of shock, comedy, and love.
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Believers: A novella and stories
This radiant collection confirms Baxter's ability to revel in the surfaces of seemingly ordinary lives while uncovering their bedrock of passion, madness, levity and grief.
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The Feast of Love
National Book Award Finalist • A superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people, from "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) and the winner of the PEN/Malamud ...
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Harmony of the World: Stories
From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune)—these ten stories show make everyday experiences seem utterly unprecedented, even as Baxter reminds us, ...