The Raj Quartet, Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen...

An acclaimed Lebanese writer speaks to the complexity of the Palestinian experience in a devastating account of resilience and loss"Gives voice to rooted exiles and trapped refugees, to dissolving boundaries and changing identities, to radical demands...

"The perfect pick to really light a fire under my book club, and yours....A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in this world." --New York Times Book Review "A beautiful, big-hearted treasure of a novel." --Lily King National Bestseller *...