Jai Chakrabarti Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Jai Chakrabarti is a writer. Author of A Play for the End of the World (PEN/Faulkner Longlist, Jewish Book Award) and A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness @Aaknopf. (He/Him).

A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories
Jai Chakrabarti
Excited to be included in this roundup of best books of Feb - A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness comes out 2/21: "Chakrabarti illustrates the challenges and rewards of raising children, and asks big questions about the definition of family." https://t.co/AMnHEmstKT
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
Joshua Cohen
@TheBookMaven The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen (and loving it)
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Small Odysseys: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories
Hannah Tinti
The beloved Selected Shorts comes to print for the first time with #SmallOdysseys, available 3/15. Edited by Hannah Tinti with a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this volume features 35 new stories. I am thrilled to be a part of this. PREORDER NOW: https://bit.ly/3CBEzvS https://t.co/GrIiW7bP9g
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Once We Were Home
Jennifer Rosner
Happy pub week to @jen_rosner and her beautiful new novel ONCE WE WERE HOME. We chatted about the layers of stories and the philosophical undercurrents-- https://t.co/2i9a4Dg2CJ
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Three Muses
Martha Anne Toll
I so enjoyed this interview. I got to talk about my journey from poet to fiction writer, translating Bengali poems as a new dad, and my experience at Brooklyn College MFA with @JoshuaHenkin. Also, please check out Martha's new novel "Three Muses" that comes out later this year! https://twitter.com/marthaannetoll/status/1491132360737181696
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Alice Munro
@Ursulaofthebook So many good ones in this thread! Surprised not to find a single Munro so I'll add: Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (which I consider to be her finest).
Paperback, 2002
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
A challenging week living through as an American. Thankful for books as refuge. I’ve been going through translations- steeping myself into the light and woes of other countries. And is there a more original and vital voice for waking us up than #olgatokarczuk?
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tinkers: 10th Anniversary Edition
Paul Harding
@rabihalameddine Also: Tinkers, Paul Harding; Miss Lonelyhearts, Nathaniel West; Sula, Toni Morrison.
Paperback, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Play for the End of the World
Jai Chakrabarti
Just for today A Play for the End of the World is part of the Amazon daily deal. If you’re looking for a new #fiction read and are curious about a book that travels from New York to Poland to India and back check it out: https://www.amazon.com/author/jaichakrabarti https://t.co/aPQXSJtIgx
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Be Both
Ali Smith
The word mystery originally meant a closing, of the mouth or the eyes. It meant an agreement or understanding that something would not be disclosed. - Ali Smith, how to be both #fridayreads
Paperback, 2015
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book