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When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, are reunited by the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them. “As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few TITLE ISBN PRICE Emily’s life changes in unexpected ways, as she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always “A symphonic work that reprises the themes of identity, familial legacies and the imperatives of fate…. years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague—that of human immortality. offers new possibilities. It is a gripping and fiercely imagined work that burrows deep into the dark heart of war, leaving us with Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate his- “O’Nan’s best novel yet…. If O’Nan’s earlier novels were influenced by Poe, the spectre of Henry James a choral portrait of the human capacity for both barbarism and transcendence.”—The New York Times tory of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable.”—Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill hovers delicately above Emily’s Grafton Street home, insinuating itself into O’Nan’s spiraling, exact sen- “Captures so perfectly the haunted unease that limns so many immigrant lives and this novel, about “Magary’s haunting first novel imagines a postmodern dystopia that would seem far-fetched if it didn’t tences and the beautiful, subtle symbolism that permeates the novel.”—The New York Times Book Review an orphanage in post-War Korea...looks to be Lee’s epic masterpiece.”—Junot Díaz, author of The Brief seem so possible. 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When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, are reunited by the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them. “As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few TITLE ISBN PRICE Emily’s life changes in unexpected ways, as she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always “A symphonic work that reprises the themes of identity, familial legacies and the imperatives of fate…. years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague—that of human immortality. offers new possibilities. It is a gripping and fiercely imagined work that burrows deep into the dark heart of war, leaving us with Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate his- “O’Nan’s best novel yet…. If O’Nan’s earlier novels were influenced by Poe, the spectre of Henry James a choral portrait of the human capacity for both barbarism and transcendence.”—The New York Times tory of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable.”—Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill hovers delicately above Emily’s Grafton Street home, insinuating itself into O’Nan’s spiraling, exact sen- “Captures so perfectly the haunted unease that limns so many immigrant lives and this novel, about “Magary’s haunting first novel imagines a postmodern dystopia that would seem far-fetched if it didn’t tences and the beautiful, subtle symbolism that permeates the novel.”—The New York Times Book Review an orphanage in post-War Korea...looks to be Lee’s epic masterpiece.”—Junot Díaz, author of The Brief seem so possible. The Postmortal will make you regret ever wondering, even secretly, what it would be like Course Name:______“O’Nan gives each small experience an emotional heft, and he’s supremely skilled at revealing Emily’s Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao to live forever.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______emotional investment in every small change in her life.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 496 PP. • 978-1-59448-501-5 • $16.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-0-14-311982-1 • $15.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PP. • 978-0-14-312049-0 • $15.00 Also available: The Odds VIKING HARDCOVER • 192 PP. • 978-0-670-02316-5 • $25.95 Course Name:______MONIQUE ROFFEY SIGRID NUNEZ SIOBHAN FALLON Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______The White Woman on the Green Bicycle You Know When the Men Are Gone Salvation City A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and In an American landscape devastated by a flu pandemic, an orphaned thirteen-year-old is rescued by an Fallon welcomes readers into the American army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where U.S. soldiers prepare political turmoil of Trinidad. evangelical couple. to fight, and where their families are left to cope after the men are gone. “A searing account of the bitter disappointment suffered by Trinidadians on securing their indepen- “Through Cole’s eyes, the redemption offered by religion is offset by its hypocrisy; he finds his enlighten- Course Name:______“There is the war we know...and then there is the battleground at home depicted by breakout author dence from British colonial rule and of the mixed feelings felt by a white couple who decide to stay on.” ment not from dogma but from his own painful experiences.”—The New York Times Book Review Siobhan Fallon, an army wife with a neglected, deeply important perspective and a staggering arsenal —London Evening Standard Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______of talent, her sentences popping like small-arms fire, her stories scaring a gasp out of you like tracer “[This] tale of an American near-apocalypse…reads beautifully, at time joyously, and it makes one recon- “Gripping, particularly in its dark portrayal of the recent history of Trinadad….The protagonist Sabine rounds burning in the night sky over your hometown.”—Benjamin Percy, author of The Language of Elk sider the ordering of our world.”—Gary Shteyngart is powerful in her raging impotence against her stubbornly optimistic husband.”—Ralph Flood, Temple RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 288 PP. • 978-1-59448-537-4 • $16.00 “Poignantly reminds us that the sacrifices made by members of the military hardly begin on the battle- University field.”—Wall Street Journal PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 448 PP. • 978-0-14-311951-7 • $15.00 Course Name:______“Surely marks the beginning of a major career….[Fallon] has a sharp, clean, prose style; a gift for telling urgent, important stories; and an eye for the kind of odd, revelatory detail that may seem ordinary if you Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______have spent time on military bases but that civilians rarely encounter.”—San Francisco Chronicle NAL PAPERBACK • 240 PP. • 978-0-451-23439-1 • $14.00 JEAN KWOK BEN LOORY PLEASE INDICATE YOUR FORM OF PAYMENT BELOW: Subtotal:______*Sales Tax:______REBECCA MAKKAI Girl in Translation Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day  Visa  Master Card  AmEx  Discover Exp. 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Name:______evenings. author of Emily, Alone “Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower…. * Appropriate state and local “An incredibly impressive debut.”—Vendela Vida, co-editor of The Believer Signature:______Makkai is a writer to watch.”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls “Short, terse, and disquieting, [these] tales will compel readers to reflect upon our troubling times and sales tax must be included for “Kwok perfectly captures the voice and perspective of a young immigrant, and the result is a powerful grasp how our world has been turned upside down….[Loory] lights upon the humor of human foibles your order to be processed. “Makkai takes several risks in her sharp, often witty text, replete with echoes of children’s classics from Card Address (if different from shipping address):______work about love, sacrifice and faith.”—Min Jin Lee, author ofFree Food for Millionaires and makes us aware of the snares that we set for ourselves.”—Jack Zipes, editor of The Oxford Companion Goodnight Moon to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as well as more ominous references to Lolita....Smart, ______PAPERBACKS: $5.00 RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-1-59448-515-2• $15.00 to Fairy Tales literate and refreshingly unsentimental.”—Kirkus Reviews HARDCOVERS: $10.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 208 PP. • 978-0-14-311950-0 • $15.00 Telephone:______VIKING HARDCOVER • 336 PP. • 978-0-670-02281-6 • $25.95 SEND COMPLETED FORM TO: PENGUIN GROUP (USA) SHIP TO: Academic Marketing Dept. 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When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, are reunited by the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them. “As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few TITLE ISBN PRICE Emily’s life changes in unexpected ways, as she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always “A symphonic work that reprises the themes of identity, familial legacies and the imperatives of fate…. years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague—that of human immortality. offers new possibilities. It is a gripping and fiercely imagined work that burrows deep into the dark heart of war, leaving us with Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate his- “O’Nan’s best novel yet…. If O’Nan’s earlier novels were influenced by Poe, the spectre of Henry James a choral portrait of the human capacity for both barbarism and transcendence.”—The New York Times tory of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable.”—Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill hovers delicately above Emily’s Grafton Street home, insinuating itself into O’Nan’s spiraling, exact sen- “Captures so perfectly the haunted unease that limns so many immigrant lives and this novel, about “Magary’s haunting first novel imagines a postmodern dystopia that would seem far-fetched if it didn’t tences and the beautiful, subtle symbolism that permeates the novel.”—The New York Times Book Review an orphanage in post-War Korea...looks to be Lee’s epic masterpiece.”—Junot Díaz, author of The Brief seem so possible. The Postmortal will make you regret ever wondering, even secretly, what it would be like Course Name:______“O’Nan gives each small experience an emotional heft, and he’s supremely skilled at revealing Emily’s Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao to live forever.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______emotional investment in every small change in her life.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 496 PP. • 978-1-59448-501-5 • $16.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-0-14-311982-1 • $15.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PP. • 978-0-14-312049-0 • $15.00 Also available: The Odds VIKING HARDCOVER • 192 PP. • 978-0-670-02316-5 • $25.95 Course Name:______MONIQUE ROFFEY SIGRID NUNEZ SIOBHAN FALLON Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______The White Woman on the Green Bicycle You Know When the Men Are Gone Salvation City A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and In an American landscape devastated by a flu pandemic, an orphaned thirteen-year-old is rescued by an Fallon welcomes readers into the American army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where U.S. soldiers prepare political turmoil of Trinidad. evangelical couple. to fight, and where their families are left to cope after the men are gone. “A searing account of the bitter disappointment suffered by Trinidadians on securing their indepen- “Through Cole’s eyes, the redemption offered by religion is offset by its hypocrisy; he finds his enlighten- Course Name:______“There is the war we know...and then there is the battleground at home depicted by breakout author dence from British colonial rule and of the mixed feelings felt by a white couple who decide to stay on.” ment not from dogma but from his own painful experiences.”—The New York Times Book Review Siobhan Fallon, an army wife with a neglected, deeply important perspective and a staggering arsenal —London Evening Standard Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______of talent, her sentences popping like small-arms fire, her stories scaring a gasp out of you like tracer “[This] tale of an American near-apocalypse…reads beautifully, at time joyously, and it makes one recon- “Gripping, particularly in its dark portrayal of the recent history of Trinadad….The protagonist Sabine rounds burning in the night sky over your hometown.”—Benjamin Percy, author of The Language of Elk sider the ordering of our world.”—Gary Shteyngart is powerful in her raging impotence against her stubbornly optimistic husband.”—Ralph Flood, Temple RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 288 PP. • 978-1-59448-537-4 • $16.00 “Poignantly reminds us that the sacrifices made by members of the military hardly begin on the battle- University field.”—Wall Street Journal PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 448 PP. • 978-0-14-311951-7 • $15.00 Course Name:______“Surely marks the beginning of a major career….[Fallon] has a sharp, clean, prose style; a gift for telling urgent, important stories; and an eye for the kind of odd, revelatory detail that may seem ordinary if you Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______have spent time on military bases but that civilians rarely encounter.”—San Francisco Chronicle NAL PAPERBACK • 240 PP. • 978-0-451-23439-1 • $14.00 JEAN KWOK BEN LOORY PLEASE INDICATE YOUR FORM OF PAYMENT BELOW: Subtotal:______*Sales Tax:______REBECCA MAKKAI Girl in Translation Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day  Visa  Master Card  AmEx  Discover Exp. 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CONTACT US AT: [email protected] STEWART O’NAN CHANG-RAE LEE DREW MAGARY EXAMINATION COPY ORDER FORM / CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Emily, Alone The Surrendered The Postmortal In the sequel to the bestselling Wish You Were Here, widow Emily Maxwell grapples with her new inde- Thirty years ago, the lives of a Korean orphan girl and a young GI collided. Now, half a world away, they A dystopian thriller about a future world without death—and its unforeseen consequences. PAPERBACKS $5.00 • HARDCOVERS $10.00 pendence. When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, are reunited by the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them. “As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few TITLE ISBN PRICE Emily’s life changes in unexpected ways, as she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always “A symphonic work that reprises the themes of identity, familial legacies and the imperatives of fate…. years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague—that of human immortality. offers new possibilities. It is a gripping and fiercely imagined work that burrows deep into the dark heart of war, leaving us with Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate his- “O’Nan’s best novel yet…. If O’Nan’s earlier novels were influenced by Poe, the spectre of Henry James a choral portrait of the human capacity for both barbarism and transcendence.”—The New York Times tory of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable.”—Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill hovers delicately above Emily’s Grafton Street home, insinuating itself into O’Nan’s spiraling, exact sen- “Captures so perfectly the haunted unease that limns so many immigrant lives and this novel, about “Magary’s haunting first novel imagines a postmodern dystopia that would seem far-fetched if it didn’t tences and the beautiful, subtle symbolism that permeates the novel.”—The New York Times Book Review an orphanage in post-War Korea...looks to be Lee’s epic masterpiece.”—Junot Díaz, author of The Brief seem so possible. The Postmortal will make you regret ever wondering, even secretly, what it would be like Course Name:______“O’Nan gives each small experience an emotional heft, and he’s supremely skilled at revealing Emily’s Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao to live forever.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______emotional investment in every small change in her life.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 496 PP. • 978-1-59448-501-5 • $16.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-0-14-311982-1 • $15.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PP. • 978-0-14-312049-0 • $15.00 Also available: The Odds VIKING HARDCOVER • 192 PP. • 978-0-670-02316-5 • $25.95 Course Name:______MONIQUE ROFFEY SIGRID NUNEZ SIOBHAN FALLON Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______The White Woman on the Green Bicycle You Know When the Men Are Gone Salvation City A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and In an American landscape devastated by a flu pandemic, an orphaned thirteen-year-old is rescued by an Fallon welcomes readers into the American army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where U.S. soldiers prepare political turmoil of Trinidad. evangelical couple. to fight, and where their families are left to cope after the men are gone. “A searing account of the bitter disappointment suffered by Trinidadians on securing their indepen- “Through Cole’s eyes, the redemption offered by religion is offset by its hypocrisy; he finds his enlighten- Course Name:______“There is the war we know...and then there is the battleground at home depicted by breakout author dence from British colonial rule and of the mixed feelings felt by a white couple who decide to stay on.” ment not from dogma but from his own painful experiences.”—The New York Times Book Review Siobhan Fallon, an army wife with a neglected, deeply important perspective and a staggering arsenal —London Evening Standard Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______of talent, her sentences popping like small-arms fire, her stories scaring a gasp out of you like tracer “[This] tale of an American near-apocalypse…reads beautifully, at time joyously, and it makes one recon- “Gripping, particularly in its dark portrayal of the recent history of Trinadad….The protagonist Sabine rounds burning in the night sky over your hometown.”—Benjamin Percy, author of The Language of Elk sider the ordering of our world.”—Gary Shteyngart is powerful in her raging impotence against her stubbornly optimistic husband.”—Ralph Flood, Temple RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 288 PP. • 978-1-59448-537-4 • $16.00 “Poignantly reminds us that the sacrifices made by members of the military hardly begin on the battle- University field.”—Wall Street Journal PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 448 PP. • 978-0-14-311951-7 • $15.00 Course Name:______“Surely marks the beginning of a major career….[Fallon] has a sharp, clean, prose style; a gift for telling urgent, important stories; and an eye for the kind of odd, revelatory detail that may seem ordinary if you Term:______Anticipated Enrollment:______have spent time on military bases but that civilians rarely encounter.”—San Francisco Chronicle NAL PAPERBACK • 240 PP. • 978-0-451-23439-1 • $14.00 JEAN KWOK BEN LOORY PLEASE INDICATE YOUR FORM OF PAYMENT BELOW: Subtotal:______*Sales Tax:______REBECCA MAKKAI Girl in Translation Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day  Visa  Master Card  AmEx  Discover Exp. Date:______Total Fee:______The Borrower When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly A collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contemporary fables. Card No.:______begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the “With his first book, Ben Loory proves he’s already a master of the sleight of hand.”—Stewart O’Nan, In this delightful first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. Name:______evenings. author of Emily, Alone “Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower…. * Appropriate state and local “An incredibly impressive debut.”—Vendela Vida, co-editor of The Believer Signature:______Makkai is a writer to watch.”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls “Short, terse, and disquieting, [these] tales will compel readers to reflect upon our troubling times and sales tax must be included for “Kwok perfectly captures the voice and perspective of a young immigrant, and the result is a powerful grasp how our world has been turned upside down….[Loory] lights upon the humor of human foibles your order to be processed. “Makkai takes several risks in her sharp, often witty text, replete with echoes of children’s classics from Card Address (if different from shipping address):______work about love, sacrifice and faith.”—Min Jin Lee, author ofFree Food for Millionaires and makes us aware of the snares that we set for ourselves.”—Jack Zipes, editor of The Oxford Companion Goodnight Moon to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as well as more ominous references to Lolita....Smart, ______PAPERBACKS: $5.00 RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-1-59448-515-2• $15.00 to Fairy Tales literate and refreshingly unsentimental.”—Kirkus Reviews HARDCOVERS: $10.00 PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 208 PP. • 978-0-14-311950-0 • $15.00 Telephone:______VIKING HARDCOVER • 336 PP. • 978-0-670-02281-6 • $25.95 SEND COMPLETED FORM TO: PENGUIN GROUP (USA) SHIP TO: Academic Marketing Dept. WILLIAM GIBSON 375 Hudson Street Name:______New York, NY 10014-3657 ROSECRANS BALDWIN KIM EDWARDS Zero History School:______OR: Fax requests with completed You Lost Me There The Lake of Dreams Hollis Henry, former rock singer turned journalist, has reluctantly agreed to work for the secretive Department:______credit card details to Belgian finance genius Hubertus Bigend again—only to find herself entangled in a threatening mesh of 212.366.2933 Leading Alzheimer’s researcher and widower Dr. Victor Aaron remembers his marriage as perfect— In this much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Edwards gives us postmodern marketing, corrupt American military contractors, and belated romance. Street Address (required):______until he discovers writings from his late wife who described it differently. the story of a woman’s homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true “Gibson [merges] a crackling thriller with cutting-edge social commentary, a subtle sense of satire and, ______All orders are subject to stock legacy of a family. availability at the time they are “A work of lucid literary art, roisterous wit, and close, wry knowledge of the vexed circuits of the human surprisingly, not one, but two, love stories.”—Victoria Times Colonist City:______State:______Zip:______processed. Please wait to order mind and heart.”—Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned “Set in the Finger Lakes region of her native New York, [this] tour de force showcases [Edward’s] talent “Gibson’s radar is deftly tuned to the changes in the culture that many of us are missing.”—Milwaukee our forthcoming titles until the for engaging readers immediately and…effortlessly.”—Louisville Courier-Journal “A tender, smart, antic, and often hilarious novel about grief. And also about love and marriage, remem- Sentinel Journal available month. bering and forgetting, neuroscience and Bruce Willis….This is a terrific debut that makes you yearn for “Gorgeously written.”—The Dallas Morning News “Gibson’s best writing.”—The Guardian (UK) Books will be sent to school address only. Allow a minimum the most unexpected things.”—Anthony Doerr, author of The Shell Collector PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 400 PP. • 978-0-14-312063-0 • $16.00 THIS ORDER FORM IS FOR BOOKS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR COURSE ADOPTION ONLY. BERKLEY PAPERBACK • 416 PP. • 978-0-425-24077-9 • $16.00 of 10 business days for delivery. RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 304 PP. • 978-1-59448-524-4 • $15.00 Also available: Distrust That Particular Flavor All examination copy orders PUTNAM HARDCOVER • 272 PP. • 978-0-399-15843-8 • $26.95 require a U.S. ship-to address. No PO boxes please. WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 2012 WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 2012 WWW.PENGUIN.COM/ACADEMIC • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 2012 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONTACT US AT: [email protected]