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Looking for a book from a small press

Indie publishers — Fitzcarraldo, Coffee House, Graywolf, Two Lines, Tin House. Different from chain-bookstore tables.
  1. The Vegetarian — Han Kang (Hogarth/Granta) novel
    Korean, three sections, dark and brilliant.
  2. Pond — Claire-Louise Bennett (Fitzcarraldo) fiction
    A woman alone in a cottage.
  3. The Last Samurai — Helen DeWitt (New Directions) novel
    Single mother, child prodigy, Akira Kurosawa.
  4. Convenience Store Woman — Sayaka Murata (Granta) novel
    Tokyo. Already mentioned. Still excellent.
  5. The Friend — Sigrid Nunez (Riverhead) novel
    A woman inherits a Great Dane.
  6. Fates and Furies — Lauren Groff (Riverhead) novel
    Marriage from two angles.
  7. Outline — Rachel Cusk (FSG) novel
    A writer in Athens listens.
  8. Lincoln in the Bardo — George Saunders (Random House) novel
    Lincoln, ghosts, unusual.
  9. Asymmetry — Lisa Halliday (Simon & Schuster) novel
    Three parts. The middle is a swerve.
  10. Salt Slow — Julia Armfield (Picador) stories
    Strange. Bodies. Sea.