FALL BOOK PREVIEW 2021
“Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. To tolerate myself. To get closer to everything that is outside of me.”
—Jhumpa Lahiri
FICTION
Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
BY SANDRA CISNEROS (SEPT. 7)
The latest novel from Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, follows the story of Corina, a young woman who leaves her Mexican family to pursue life as a writer in Paris, making friends with two fellow immigrants, Martita and Paola, along the way. This edition is told in both English and Spanish, with Liliana Valenzuela providing the English translation from Cisneros’ Spanish. “The author’s fans will treasure this,” promises Publishers Weekly.
Matrix
BY LAUREN GROFF (SEPT. 7)
In her first novel since her 2015 National Lauren Groff delivers a work of historical fiction inspired by the life of Marie de France, who was banished from court by Eleanor of Aquitaine and sent to live at a nunnery in early medieval Europe. “Groff’s trademarkworthy sentences bring vivid buoyancy to a magisterial story,” writes Kirkus in a starred review.
