TY - BOOK AU - Constantakis,Sara ED - Gale Group. TI - Novels for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414410531 AV - PN3385 PY - 2006///.] CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale KW - McDermott, Alice. KW - Ondaatje, Michael, KW - Pynchon, Thomas. KW - Brookner, Anita. KW - Cunningham, Michael, KW - Greenberg, Joanne. KW - Kert�esz, Imre, KW - Eliot, George, KW - Rushdie, Salman. KW - D��ng, Thu H��ng. KW - Maugham, W. Somerset KW - Shields, Carol. KW - Lederer, William J., KW - Burdick, Eugene. KW - Welch, James, KW - Fiction KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - History and criticism KW - Literature N1 - "ISSN 1094-3552."; Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan; 2; Charming Billy / Alice McDermott --; The English patient / Michael Ondaatje --; Gravity's rainbow / Thomas Pynchon --; Hotel du lac / Anita Brookner --; The hours / Michael Cunningham --; I never promised you a rose garden / Joanne Greenberg --; Kaddish for a child not born / Imre Kertesz --; Middlemarch / George Eliot --; Midnight's children / Salman Rushdie --; Paradise of the blind / Duong Thu Huong --; The razor's edge / W. Somerset Maugham --; The stone diaries / Carol Shields --; The ugly American / William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick --; Winter in the blood / James Welch; 2; b N2 - Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/5FGG/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -