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New & Notable
At Belletrista, we are constantly on the lookout for new and forthcoming books
that we think look exciting. Below are some of our favourites for Summer and
Autumn 2009. We are a diverse group, so we hope that there will be something
in here for everyone. We want to encourage our readers to experience literature
written in, or about, parts of the world their reading hadn't taken them to
before. In order to help with this, we have categorized the books according
to where we think they best represent. Of course, we couldn't resist adding a
few of our more familiar favourites in there as well. We have provided some
publisher information to help you track down the books you are interested in,
but this can vary from place to place. If you like the look of something,
check with your local bookshop or library for the best way to get hold of it.
Bon voyage!
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CANADA & THE US
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THE BIGNESS OF THE WORLD
Lori Ostlund
In this debut collection, people seeking escape from situations at
home venture out in to a world they find is just as complicated and
troubled as the one they left behind. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor
Award for short fiction.
Univ. of Georgia Press (US), hardcover, 9780820334097 (October)
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TRAIN TO TRIESTE
Domnica Radulescu
An incandescent love story—a thrilling debut novel—that moves from Romania
to America, from the Carpathian Mountains of Romania to Chicago, from
totalitarianism to freedom, and from passionate infatuation to profound understanding.
Vintage (US), paperback, 9780307388360
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THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
Margaret Atwood
A parallel story to Atwood's dystopian tale, Oryx & Crake, this new novel
follows two members of God's Gardeners - a religion that blends science and
religion - through a natural disaster that will alter the Earth as we know it.
McClelland & Stewart (CAN), hardcover, 9780771008443
Nan A. Talese (US), hardcover, 9780385528771
Bloomsbury (UK), hardcover, 9781408804858
Bloomsbury (AU), hardcover, 9780747585169
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MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER
Barb Johnson
Barb Johnson's debut collection of award-winning stories is about
four outsiders whole unruly lives intersect on the back streets of
New Orleans. Barb Johnson worked as a carpenter in New Orleans before
turning to writing.
Harper Perennial (US), paperback, 978006173227 (October)
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HELP ME, JACQUES COUSTEAU
Gil Adamson
The Outlander established Adamson as one of Canada's preiminent
writers. Now comes a new release of Adamson's first novel, a fascinating
portrait of an eccentric and dysfunctional family, and funny portrait of
one contemporary young woman's coming of age.
Anansi (CAN), paperback, 9780887847998 (October)
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TOO MUCH HAPPINESS
Alice Munro
This stunning collection of new stories demonstrates once again why
Alice Munro is celebrated as a pre-eminent master of the short story.
While some of the stories are traditional, set in "Alice Munro Country"
in Ontario or in British Columbia, dealing with ordinary women's lives,
others have a new, sharper edge.
Douglas Gibson (CAN), hardcover, 9780771065293
Chatto & Windus (UK), hardcover, 9780701183059
Knopf (US), hardcover, 978-0307269768 (Nov.)
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A COUNTRY CALLED HOME
Kim Barnes
Set in Idaho in the US, this is a powerful novel of young love
and rural isolation in the tradition of Willa Cather.
Anchor (US), paperback, 9780307399114
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HOLDING STILL FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
Zoe Whittall
Whittall's novel is a contemporary tale that follows three young
neighbors in Toronto who, when a freak accident changes everything,
must decide how to cope with the things they can't control.
Anasi (CAN), hardcover, 9780887842344 (Sept.)
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REBECCA, BORN IN THE MAELSTROM
Marie-Claire Blais
Translated from the French by Nigel Spencer
In this fourth novel in the author's ongoing series, the reader is invited
once again to enter a complex circle of unforgettable characters and as we
follow Rebecca, the voice of the novel becomes the voice of the world
inventing itself.
Anansi (CAN), paperback, 9780887848254
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NOAH'S COMPASS
Noah's Compass is a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate
tale about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one,
coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
Knopf (US), hardcover, 0307272400
Chatto & Windus (UK), hardcover, 9780701184230
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