Berger, John. To The Wedding.
The story of a beautiful young woman infected with HIV is told through a series of vignettes set in Greece, Italy and Prague.
Doerr, Harriet. Tiger in the Grass.
A collection of the author's reminiscences as well as fictional short stories are brought to life through luminous prose.
DeBernieres, Louis. Corelli's Mandolin.
An epic tale of life both "humorous and profoundly moving" on the Greek island of Cephalonia in the years surrounding World War II.
Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain.
A Civil War soldier's arduous journey home is interplayed against changes occurring in the home he left behind.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Remains of the Day.
The story of an English butler whose blind devotion represents a relic of a fading age.
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses.
A young man's coming of age story is set against the dramatic backdrop of rolling Texas plains and the mountains of Mexico.
Makine, Andrei. Dreams of My Russian Summers.
Remembrance by a Russian emigre of boyhood in his harsh home-land, overlaid by recollections of his French grandmother.
Minot, Susan. Folly.
Relates the story of a proper young Boston woman as she struggles with what she wants versus what is expected.
Mukherjee, Bharati. Holder of the World.
The compelling story of a woman's journey from her Puritan surroundings in Colonial America to India, where she becomes the lover of the raja.
Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient.
Explores the aftereffects of World War II on four individuals at war's end. The language creates a dreamlike setting.
Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things.
The story (within many stories) of young twins and their extended family, caught up in the beauty and tragedy of India.
Salter, James. Light Years.
Chronicles the disintegration of a marriage between two vibrant individuals in settings ranging from the Hudson River to Italy.
Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse.
Stream of consciousness technique captures the essence of a British family's relationships on their yearly summer trip.
Compiled by Nancy Wagner, September 1998.
