Jane Smiley
JANE SMILEY is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, as well as three works of nonfiction, including a critically acclaimed biography of Charles Dickens. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California.
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Ten Days in the Hills
Trade Paperback | 544 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-3320-1 (1-4000-3320-9)
April 8, 2008 | $16.95
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 dissect the latest news, gossip, and secrets of the business. Over the next ten...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 544 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-3320-1 (1-4000-3320-9)
April 8, 2008 | $16.95
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 dissect the latest news, gossip, and secrets of the business. Over the next ten...
The Fish Can Sing
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-38605-2 (0-307-38605-8)
February 19, 2008 | $16.50
The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness’s most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor.
The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur...
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-38605-2 (0-307-38605-8)
February 19, 2008 | $16.50
The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness’s most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor.
The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur...
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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
eBook | 480 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-307-41684-1 (0-307-41684-4)
December 18, 2007 | $12.00
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Six years after her Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, A Thousand Acres, and three years after her witty, acclaimed, and best-selling novel of academe, Moo, Jane Smiley once...
Written by Jane Smiley
eBook | 480 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-307-41684-1 (0-307-41684-4)
December 18, 2007 | $12.00
See the difference, read #1 bestselling author Jane Smiley in Large Print
* About Large Print
All Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface
Six years after her Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, A Thousand Acres, and three years after her witty, acclaimed, and best-selling novel of academe, Moo, Jane Smiley once...
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Charlotte Temple
eBook | 144 pages | Modern Library | Fiction
978-0-307-43077-9 (0-307-43077-4)
December 18, 2007 | $12.00
With an Introduction by Jane Smiley
First published in America in 1794, Charlotte Temple took the country by storm—in fact, it was this nation’s first bona fide “bestseller.” Susanna Rowson’s most famous work is the story of an innocent British schoolgirl who takes the advice of her depraved French teacher— with tragic...
eBook | 144 pages | Modern Library | Fiction
978-0-307-43077-9 (0-307-43077-4)
December 18, 2007 | $12.00
With an Introduction by Jane Smiley
First published in America in 1794, Charlotte Temple took the country by storm—in fact, it was this nation’s first bona fide “bestseller.” Susanna Rowson’s most famous work is the story of an innocent British schoolgirl who takes the advice of her depraved French teacher— with tragic...
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Ordinary Love and Good Will
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-27909-5 (0-307-27909-X)
October 9, 2007 | $17.00
From Jane Smiley, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres: a pair of novellas chronicling difficult choices that reshape the dynamics of two very different families.
In Ordinary Love, Smiley focuses on a woman’s infidelity and the lasting, indelible effects it leaves on her children long after her departure. Good...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-27909-5 (0-307-27909-X)
October 9, 2007 | $17.00
From Jane Smiley, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres: a pair of novellas chronicling difficult choices that reshape the dynamics of two very different families.
In Ordinary Love, Smiley focuses on a woman’s infidelity and the lasting, indelible effects it leaves on her children long after her departure. Good...
Ten Days in the Hills
Hardcover | 464 pages | Knopf | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-4061-2 (1-4000-4061-2)
February 13, 2007 | $32.00
Written by Jane Smiley
Hardcover | 464 pages | Knopf | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-4061-2 (1-4000-4061-2)
February 13, 2007 | $32.00
A glorious new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner: a big, smart, bawdy tale of love and war, sex and politics, friendship and betrayal—and the allure of the movies. With Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron as her model, Jane Smiley takes us through ten transformative, unforgettable days in the Hollywood hills.
It is the...
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Ten Days in the Hills
eBook | pages | Knopf | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-26735-1 (0-307-26735-0)
February 13, 2007 | $23.00
Written by Jane Smiley
eBook | pages | Knopf | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-26735-1 (0-307-26735-0)
February 13, 2007 | $23.00
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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
Trade Paperback | 608 pages | Anchor | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading; Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays; Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays
978-1-4000-3318-8 (1-4000-3318-7)
September 12, 2006 | $21.00
Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling novelist Jane Smiley celebrates the novel-and takes us on an exhilarating tour through one hundred of them-in this seductive and immensely rewarding literary tribute.
In her inimitable style-exuberant, candid, opinionated-Smiley explores the power of the novel, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 608 pages | Anchor | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading; Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays; Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays
978-1-4000-3318-8 (1-4000-3318-7)
September 12, 2006 | $21.00
Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling novelist Jane Smiley celebrates the novel-and takes us on an exhilarating tour through one hundred of them-in this seductive and immensely rewarding literary tribute.
In her inimitable style-exuberant, candid, opinionated-Smiley explores the power of the novel, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
Hardcover | 608 pages | Knopf | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-1-4000-4059-9 (1-4000-4059-0)
September 13, 2005 | $37.95
Over an extraordinary twenty-year career, Jane Smiley has written all kinds of novels: mystery, comedy, historical fiction, epic. “Is there anything Jane Smiley cannot do?” raves Time magazine. But in the wake of 9/11, Smiley faltered in her hitherto unflagging impulse to write and decided to approach novels from a different...
Written by Jane Smiley
Hardcover | 608 pages | Knopf | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-1-4000-4059-9 (1-4000-4059-0)
September 13, 2005 | $37.95
Over an extraordinary twenty-year career, Jane Smiley has written all kinds of novels: mystery, comedy, historical fiction, epic. “Is there anything Jane Smiley cannot do?” raves Time magazine. But in the wake of 9/11, Smiley faltered in her hitherto unflagging impulse to write and decided to approach novels from a different...
The Greenlanders
Trade Paperback | 608 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-9546-9 (1-4000-9546-8)
September 13, 2005 | $22.95
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 glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains, The Greenlanders is the story of...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 608 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-9546-9 (1-4000-9546-8)
September 13, 2005 | $22.95
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 glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains, The Greenlanders is the story of...
A Year at the Races
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor | Sports & Recreation - Horse Racing
978-1-4000-3317-1 (1-4000-3317-9)
April 19, 2005 | $21.00
“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor | Sports & Recreation - Horse Racing
978-1-4000-3317-1 (1-4000-3317-9)
April 19, 2005 | $21.00
“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this...
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Duplicate Keys
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-7602-4 (1-4000-7602-1)
November 9, 2004 | $21.00
Alice Ellis is a Midwestern refugee living in Manhattan. Still recovering from a painful divorce, she depends on the companionship and camaraderie of tightly knit circle of friends. At the center of this circle is a rock band struggling to navigate New York’s erratic music scene, and an apartment/practice space with...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Literary
978-1-4000-7602-4 (1-4000-7602-1)
November 9, 2004 | $21.00
Alice Ellis is a Midwestern refugee living in Manhattan. Still recovering from a painful divorce, she depends on the companionship and camaraderie of tightly knit circle of friends. At the center of this circle is a rock band struggling to navigate New York’s erratic music scene, and an apartment/practice space with...
Charlotte Temple
Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Modern Library | Fiction
978-0-8129-7121-7 (0-8129-7121-3)
May 11, 2004 | $14.95
With an Introduction by Jane Smiley
First published in America in 1794, Charlotte Temple took the country by storm—in fact, it was this nation’s first bona fide “bestseller.” Susanna Rowson’s most famous work is the story of an innocent British schoolgirl who takes the advice of her depraved French teacher— with tragic...
Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Modern Library | Fiction
978-0-8129-7121-7 (0-8129-7121-3)
May 11, 2004 | $14.95
With an Introduction by Jane Smiley
First published in America in 1794, Charlotte Temple took the country by storm—in fact, it was this nation’s first bona fide “bestseller.” Susanna Rowson’s most famous work is the story of an innocent British schoolgirl who takes the advice of her depraved French teacher— with tragic...
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Good Faith
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Anchor | Fiction
978-0-385-72105-9 (0-385-72105-6)
May 11, 2004 | $21.00
Greed. Envy. Sex. Property. In her subversively funny and genuinely moving new novel, Jane Smiley nails down several American obsessions with the expertise of a master carpenter.
Forthright, likable Joe Stratford is the kind of local businessman everybody trusts, for good reason. But it’s 1982, and even in Joe’s small town, values...
Written by Jane Smiley
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Anchor | Fiction
978-0-385-72105-9 (0-385-72105-6)
May 11, 2004 | $21.00
Greed. Envy. Sex. Property. In her subversively funny and genuinely moving new novel, Jane Smiley nails down several American obsessions with the expertise of a master carpenter.
Forthright, likable Joe Stratford is the kind of local businessman everybody trusts, for good reason. But it’s 1982, and even in Joe’s small town, values...
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A Year at the Races
Hardcover | 304 pages | Knopf | Sports & Recreation - Horse Racing; Pets - Horses - Riding
978-1-4000-4058-2 (1-4000-4058-2)
April 13, 2004 | $32.00
The Pulitzer Prize—winning author of A Thousand Acres gallops into territory she first explored in her acclaimed best-selling novel Horse Heaven (“Deeply satisfying . . . a smart, warmhearted, winning book” -New York Times Book Review) with this irresistible account of her lifelong love affair with horses.
Smiley draws upon her firsthand knowledge of horses, as well as the wisdom...
Written by Jane Smiley
Hardcover | 304 pages | Knopf | Sports & Recreation - Horse Racing; Pets - Horses - Riding
978-1-4000-4058-2 (1-4000-4058-2)
April 13, 2004 | $32.00
The Pulitzer Prize—winning author of A Thousand Acres gallops into territory she first explored in her acclaimed best-selling novel Horse Heaven (“Deeply satisfying . . . a smart, warmhearted, winning book” -New York Times Book Review) with this irresistible account of her lifelong love affair with horses.
Smiley draws upon her firsthand knowledge of horses, as well as the wisdom...
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