Open Option
The Lighthouse (Alison Moore)
The Lighthouse Author: Alison Moore List: Open Option (Man Booker Longlist 2012) Year of publication: 2012 Pages: 184 Goodreads: The Lighthouse
memory
Orpheus
Etta and Otto and Russell and James (Emma Hooper)
Etta, Otto, Russell and James is a moving novel that chronicles Etta’s solo journey, leaving her husband Otto and friend Russell behind. Set against a backdrop of shared memories, the story delves into themes of […]
Dystopia
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Published: 2005 Pages: 288 Project: Orpheus – power of music / unaccepted death / fleeting nature of happiness / love and trust Project: dystopia – technology / social injustice […]
Orpheus
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Published: 2015 Pages: 317 Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death / love and trust / fleeting nature of happiness please note that subscription libraries change over time; regional restrictions may […]
Orpheus
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close follows a young boy named Oskar Schell who embarks on a quest to uncover the meaning behind a key left by his father, who died in the September 11 attacks. […]
Recent Prize Winner
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending follows Tony Webster, a retired man reflecting on his youth and the unreliability of memory. As he delves into his past, a long-buried secret resurfaces, forcing him to confront the […]
Recent Prize Winner
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See is a historical novel set during World War II, following the intertwining stories of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a young German orphan with a knack for […]
Poetry into Prose
Remembrance (Emily Brontë)
Remembrance By Emily Brontë Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last by […]