Memento Park

Tête-à-Tête with Mark Sarvas

Tête-à-Tête with Mark Sarvas

Once best known as the voice behind the popular literary blog The Elegant Variation that championed favorite writers and called out subpar writing and reviewing, Mark Sarvas is now an internationally lauded novelist in his own right.

Memento Park, his second novel is loosely based on his family’s history and maintains his signature viewpoint and undertone of humor while delivering a new take on what it means to be the child of a Holocaust survivor. It’s a riveting mystery about art reparation, family secrets, and how challenging it can be to know who we are. Memento Park is now available in paperback.

53 Books to Read in 2018

53 Books to Read in 2018

2018 promises to be a stellar year for readers. We can't wait to get our hands on novels by Michael Ondaatje, Julian Barnes and Amy Bloom. There's a novel set in Tangier that brings to mind the fascinating lives of Paul and Jane Bowles; the true story of a woman's obsession with a serial killer; an Israeli pitted against his Palestinian best friends; posthumous works by Denis Johnson and William Trevor; and essay collections by some of the most astute public intellectuals, including Zadie Smith, Lorrie Moore and Marilynne Robinson.
Our list of 52 titles coming out in the first six months of the year promises hours of provoking, moving, challenging and pleasurable reads. Keep this list handy so you don't get behind!