Andrea Barrett Libri

"Elegantly contemplative....[O]ffers a powerfully human sense of the struggle it takes for new ideas to dislodge old ones." --Janet Maslin, New York Times Book Review Dramas both personal and cosmic unfold around five pivotal moments in the history of knowledge in this collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.

"Gemlike stories that sparkle with intelligence and fire." --O, The Oprah Magazine A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this wonderfully imagined collection from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award, explores the crossroads of science and desire.

Finalist for the 2022 Story Prize Named Among the Best Fiction of 2022 by BookPage and Kirkus Reviews A masterful new collection of interconnected stories, from the renowned National Book Award-winning author.

Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable offering of stories over its seventy-seven-year history. O. Henry first-prize winners have included Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, John Cheever, John Updike, and Cynthia Ozick, as well as some lesser-known writers such as Alison Baker and Cornelia Nixon. Many talented writers who were unknown when first chosen for an O. Henry Award later went on to become seminal voices of contemporary American fiction. Representative of the very best in contemporary American fiction, these are varied, full-bodied fictional creations brimming with life--proof of the continuing strength and variety of the American short story.

The National Book Award-winning author of "Ship Fever" delivers her eagerly anticipated new novel, set in 1916, in an isolated town in the Adirondacks, far from the war raging in Europe.

Barrett's two previous novels won her comparisons to Gail Godwin and Anne Tyler. The Middle Kingdom--now available in trade paper--is the story of a dutiful wife in an unhappy marriage who accompanies her husband on a business trip to China. But once there she falls out of love with her husband and into love with the country and its culture.

The book explores effective models for enhancing the capacity of developing states to foster innovation. It highlights the interconnectedness of economic growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship in generating wealth. Additionally, it identifies crucial elements necessary for establishing national systems that promote an innovation-driven culture, vital for the sustained socioeconomic transformation of these states.

1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams. In "Ship Fever," the title novella, a young Canadian doctor finds himself at the center of one of history's most tragic epidemics. In "The English Pupil," Linnaeus, in old age, watches as the world he organized within his head slowly drifts beyond his reach. And in "The Littoral Zone," two marine biologists wonder whether their life-altering affair finally was worth it. In the tradition of Alice Munro and William Trevor, these exquisitely rendered fictions encompass whole lives in a brief space. As they move between interior and exterior journeys, "science is transformed from hard and known fact into malleable, strange and thrilling fictional material" (Boston Globe).

Der junge Mendel streift durch seine Erbsenpflanzung, ein verwunschener Ort, in dem er das Geheimnis der Erblehre lüften wird und doch bald selbst nicht mehr daran glaubt. Zwei Frauen stellen sich gegen zähe Vorurteile und zweifeln die Lehrmeinungen an. Der alte Carl von Linné hat der Natur eine taxonomische Ordnung übergestreift, doch der Name seiner Tochter entschwindet im Nebel. Das heisere Gezänk nistender Möwen, nachtschwarze Jaguare, Vögel ohne Füße und der Zauber der Chemie befeuern die glühende Faszination an der Natur, den Drang, forschend die Welt zu erfassen. Andrea Barrett erzählt vom versteckten Preis hinter umwälzenden Erkenntnissen, von brennenden Zweifeln und dem, was bleibt, wenn es still wird.