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Paperback Books by Jane Smiley
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| Ten Days in the Hills |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| In the aftermath of the 2003 Academy Awards, Max and Elena- he's an Oscar-winning writer/director-open their Holywood Hills home to a group of friends and neighbors, industy insiders and hangers-on, eager to escape the outside world and... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 2008 |
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| Ordinary Love and Good Will |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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The emotional and moral complexity that [Jane Smiley] uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms [her] singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE & GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement.'
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| Publication Date: October 2007 |
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| Duplicate Keys |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| A group of Midwesterners living in New York find their friendship strained when two of their number--drug dealers--are murdered, and the suspense revolves around who did or did not have keys to their apartments. |
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| Publication Date: November 2004 |
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| Good Faith |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| In Jane Smiley's 12th book, Joe Stratford, a newly divorced real estate salesman, wants to get rich. His friend Marcus Burns has some ideas for how to make it happen. It's 1982, and Joe is tempted--but his life is also complicated by the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 2004 |
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| A Thousand Acres |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An... Read More |
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| Publication Date: December 2003 |
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| Horse Heaven |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| Jane Smiley's panoramic novel is about racing--the jockeys, trainers, and fans, and--not least--the horses themselves, one of whom even handles part of the narration. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000. |
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| Publication Date: September 2003 |
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| The Age of Grief |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| The title novella in Jane Smiley's collection is about two dentists--husband and wife--and the wrenching consequences of the infidelity that shakes their marriage. The stories in this volume, many of which are about troubled relationships,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: June 2002 |
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| Publication Date: February 2001 |
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| Publication Date: January 1999 |
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| Thousand Acres |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| When their father, a wealthy farmer, decides to retire and offers to divide the land between his three daughters, Ginny and Rose accept the offer, but Caroline refuses and is banished from the family, which causes dark, deep rooted secrets to... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 1996 |
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| Greenlanders |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| An acclaimed novel, set in fourteenth-century Greenland and rich with fascinating detail about everyday life, presents the compelling story of one Norse family as it brings to life a remote and almost forgotten civilization. Reprint. |
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| Publication Date: September 1996 |
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| Moo |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| MOO works some wonderfully loose variations upon the Shakespearean comedy to produce an uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest...MOO is not only a delectably entertaining... Read More |
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| Publication Date: March 1996 |
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| Moo |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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| A wickedly funny comedy is set in the heart of the midwest at the distinguished Moo University, where respectable pursuits in art, science, and agriculture give way to devious plots, mischievous intrigue, and irresistible eccentricities.... Read More |
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| Publication Date: March 1996 |
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| The Greenlanders |
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| by Jane Smiley |
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Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Jane Smiley's The Greenlanders is an enthralling novel in the epic tradition of the old Norse sagas.
Set in the fourteenth century in Europe's most farflung outpost, a land of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 1988 |
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