Daniel Stern: 27 books

Daniel Stern’s sparkling reinventions of six great literary works Twice Told Tales is a new take on some of literature’s greatest stories. In a bravura performance, acclaimed novelist Daniel Stern channels the particular styles and spirits of six classic pieces—even the writings of Sigmund...

The wryly amusing and revealing story of one man’s journey into the swinger lifestyle that “transcends most of the usual boundaries of sexuality…and leaves the vanilla world behind” (The New York Times Book Review). An estimated fifteen million strong worldwide, swingers are everywhere—a...

More sly and imaginative tributes to some of the greatest writing of the modern age, from author Daniel Stern In Twice Told Tales, Stern wonderfully reimagined classics of world literature—from Forster to Freud—in homage to their authors and the power of great writing.Twice Upon a Time continues...

More of Daniel Stern’s celebrated updates to classic tales The stories of One Day’s Perfect Weather are original, but they flirt enchantingly with classic prose, poetry, and music. Inspired by sources as diverse as Robert Frost and Johann Sebastian Bach, Stern spins luminous short fiction that honors and expands upon its inspirations.

Winner of the International Prix du Souvenir Award: A theater director and Holocaust survivor is confronted by a figure from his past Behind the lights and glamour of Broadway, two men reckon with a shared past—one that hides a terrible secret. Jud Kramer is mounting his most painful and...

Cette œuvre est composée de trois nouvelles : Valentia, Hervé et Julien. Valentia est une œuvre de fiction autobiographique - Mes plus anciens souvenirs me montrent une petite chambre où il faisait froid, une femme très pâle qui me pressait contre sa poitrine...

A dark and beautiful tale of a most unusual school Wolf Walker is the director of the Suicide Academy. Troubled individuals come to his school for just one day and must decide whether to end their lives. As for Wolf himself, he is suffering a kind of death-in-life. The Academy’s board members...

“An important and rewarding collection.” —Houston Chronicle The short stories from* In the Country of the Young* feature characters struggling to find hope and connection—or just escape—through art, work, and love. The title story, a moving account of an angst-ridden seventeen-year-old...

Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less. Anthony Bourdain is a television host, author, and chef. A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Bourdain worked as a professional chef in New York City for nearly twenty years, eventually being named Executive Chef of Brasserie Les Halles...

A witty novel about art, morality, and the midlife crisis of an earnest man who works at an advertising agency, by an “original and accomplished” writer (Los Angeles Times).   Wolf Walker is that noblest of creatures: the unrealized artist. He is also ethical advisor to the Lester &...

A former pageant queen struggles with the realities of life off the runway in a novel “reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and the Damned” (The State News, Lansing).   After being crowned Miss America a decade ago, Cathy Forester has been in some glamorous settings—but...

Elly Kaufman is too young, too beautiful, and too intense to accept life on its own terms; instead, she creates havoc in the world around her In postwar Indianapolis, young dreamer Elly is navigating adolescence in a tight-knit family. Her search for truth leads her through a variety of experiences—and...

After a tour of combat abroad, a young man determined to keep to himself is drawn into the dramas of his East Village neighbors World War II veteran Richard Stone is attempting to transition back into normal life. An aspiring writer, he’s surviving off the GI Bill and the help of friends....

“A beautiful book” about the temptations and dangers of an adulterous relationship from an award-winning novelist (The Philadelphia Inquirer). As Simon recovers from a professional disaster—and escapes Chicago for New York—he is drawn to the beautiful, exciting, and mysterious Sarah....