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Author: Roberto Bolaño, Multi-Voice Production

Unforgettable characters converge on Santa Teresa – a fictional Juarez – on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here, hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared. This impressive work is divided into five tales, each focusing on an interweaving story. Winner of the 2008 National Book Critic's Circle Award for Fiction. "A consummate display of literary virtuosity."—Kirkus Reviews

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, NP9553, 9781433279553, $119.99
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The Accidental
Author: Ali Smith, Reader: Multiple Narrators

Amber, an eerie, exotic woman, invades the Smarts' summer vacation. As she insinuates herself into the family with lies and cleverness, they begin to see themselves through her eyes. When she is finally banished, she disappears from their sight, but not from their profoundly altered lives. "The readers successfully create an atmosphere of hypnotic appeal infused with seductive tension."—Booklist

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, NP2100, 9781598952100, $54.99
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Against the Day
Author: Thomas Pynchon, Reader: Dick Hill

In this sprawling historical saga, myriad characters battle and love, experiment and adventure in the years between 1893 and just after WWI. With that disaster looming, it is a time of corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places. "Hill works wonders as he portrays this cast of hundreds who wend their way through a dense yet always intriguing story... immensely rewarding."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP8687, 9781605148687, $184.99
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The Age of Shiva
Author: Manil Suri, Reader: Josephine Bailey

Caught up in the passion of a love at first sight, a 17-year-old Indian girl dives into an ill-considered marriage that pleases no one. No one, that is, until she gives birth to a son who fulfills her completely. This story of modern Indiais richly layered with themes from Hindu mythology. From the author of The Death of Vishnu. "Bailey is true to Meera's character, giving depth to her passion but holding it in check."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP7847, 9781615457847, $69.99
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Atonement
Author: Ian McEwan, Reader: Josephine Bailey

One shattering mistake colors many lives across 64 years, from pre-WWII England to a family reunion in 1999. A remarkable story of childhood, love, war, shame, and forgiveness by the Booker Prize-winning author of Amsterdam. 2002 Listen Up Award from Publishers Weekly. The Oscar-winning film stars Keira Knightley. "A grand old novel with a wicked spin... Few other novels offer so much magic."—Entertainment Weekly

Abridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP6690, 9781605146690, $54.99
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Black and White
Author: Dani Shapiro, Reader: Marguerite Gavin

The public, exploited subject of her demanding mother's art, Clara escaped as soon as she could. But now her mother is dying. Reluctantly, she returns, an adult swamped by memories and regret. A fascinating tale that explores the limits and duties of family loyalties and love. This examination of motherhood pits artistic inspiration against maternal obligation and asks whether the two can ever be reconciled.

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP8204, 9781607758204, $64.99
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Author: Haruki Murakami, Readers: Patrick G. Lawlor and Ellen Archer

In these 24 stories, the author of Kafka on the Shore transforms the range of human experience in surprising, relentlessly entertaining ways. From animated crows to dreams, romance in Greece and a criminal monkey, no one else createsfiction exactly like this. An American Library Association notable. "Ironic, metaphysical, quixotic... [His] cunning and his bag of tricks... hold the sublime."—San Francisco Chronicle

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP6669, 9781605146669, $59.99
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The Breast
Author: Philip Roth, Reader: David Colacci

Oh, the horror! The horror! A man wakes up transformed – not into a giant beetle, as in Kafka's Metamorphosis, but into a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a funny yet touching exploration of the implications of this alteration. This daring, heretical audiobook confronts the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity. First published in 1973. "Terrific... inventive and sane and very funny."—The New York Times

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Literary, MP37806, 9781441837806, $44.99 This item is scheduled for release on 01/15/2010, but you may order it now for earliest possible shipment.
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