[Read by Sean Runnette, Joe Barrett, Grover Gardner, and Dawn Harvey] Him with His Foot in His Mouth, and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction from one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. In the title piece, a musicologist awaiting extradition in British Columbia reflects on the events of his past that led to his criminal offense -- beginning with a thoughtless insult he'd given over thirty years earlier. ''What Kind of Day Did You Have?'' explores the humorous conflicts in a single day in the lives of a divorcée and her lovers. Reanimating the Chicago of the past as only Bellow can, ''Zetland: By a Character Witness'' tells the story of the early life of a brilliant but eccentric artist. In ''A Silver Dish'' a man mourning his father recalls his memories of their relationship. And in ''Cousins'' a successful man is drawn into his cousin's life of criminal activities. Witty and at times emotional, Him with His Foot in His Mouth, and Other Stories is a must-have collection for all Bellow fans.

Him with his foot in his mouth and other stories/ Saul Bellow (Alison Press Books)

Literature & Fiction

BELLOW, SAUL.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Martin Secker & Warburg

In her brief stay in Andover, Massachusetts, the charm and beauty of a young and alluring prostitute touches the lives of many of the town's leading citizens, including Sergeant Sonny Dawson, the investigator of her murder

Love nest

COBURN, Andrew

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Choice of Enemies, A

HIGGINS, George V.

Birds Without Wings

<p>The story of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: Iskander the Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty who is courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the Goatherd, their great love culminating in tragedy and madness; Karatavuk and Mehmet-ik, childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, Mehmet-ik teaching the illiterate Karatavuk how to write Turkish in Greek letters; the two holy men of different faiths, Father Kristoforos and Abdulhamid Hodja, who greet each other with the words 'infidel efendi'; the landlord Rustem Bey, his wife's adultery and stoning, and his journey to Istanbul in search of a Circassian mistress. It tells also of Mustafa Kemal, the man of destiny, who by virtue of military genius and sheer bloody-mindedness defeats the Franks and reshapes the whole region in his image. When jihad is declared against the Allies the young men of the town are sent to war. Karatavuk soon finds himself at Gallipoli where he experiences the intimate brutality of trench warfare, the loss of many comrades and of his own innocence. As the great world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, hunger grips the town and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed.</p>

Birds without wings

De Bernières, Louis

Genre Fiction

A collection of twenty-two stories that probe the lives, trials, dreams and struggles of vividly drawn characters

THE COLLECTED STORIES.

William, Humphrey

British & Irish

Half-lives

JONG, ERICA

Poetry

For centuries, Poles and Germans have mingled in the province of Masuria in East Prussia, and, to preserve this heritage, Zygmunt Rogalla builds a museum that the forces of history compel him to destroy

The Heritage

LENZ, SIEGFRIED

Translated from the German by Krishna Winston

Thinks... (Aus/Nz)

DAVID LODGE

Elsewhere, Perhaps

Oz's fictional community of Metsudat Ram is a microcosm of the Israeli frontier kibbutz, where, held together by necessity and menace, the kibbutz-niks share love and sorrow under the guns of their enemies and the eyes of history. Translated by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the Author. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

amos-oz

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