This Week's New Arrivals
Updates from Harvard Book Store
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May 23, 2023
This week's new arrivals include a novel of chosen family from the author of Real Life, Brandon Taylor; a meditation on the adventure of healing the mind from clinical psychologist and author of An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison; and a collection of profiles of some of the greatest musicians of our time from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Remnick. We offer pickup and mailout services for your online and phone orders, and you can view our current hours of operation here on harvard.com.
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Come browse this week's new arrivals in the following categories.
» New Fiction & Poetry
» New Nonfiction
» New Scholarly
» New Paperback
» New Kids & Young Adult
» Featured Pre-orders
However you choose to shop, come browse this week's best sellers and this month's featured titles. Looking for author events? Our upcoming events schedule is regularly updated at harvard.com/events. Thank you for supporting Harvard Book Store!
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fiction
The Late Americans:
A Novel
by Brandon Taylor
A novel of friendship and chosen family from the Booker Prize finalist and widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals, The Late Americans asks fresh questions about love and sex, ambition and precarity, and about how human beings can bruise one another while trying to find themselves. The New York Times calls it "exquisitely sensitive . . . with flashes of beauty.”
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fiction
Tomás Nevinson:
A Novel
by Javier Marías, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
“Javier Marías’s best work.” —El País
Charting a world in which right and wrong, good and evil, are irreparably blurred, Javier Marías takes us on a journey of rare and unforgettable suspense in this, the final novel written before his untimely passing.
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fiction
Dom Casmurro:
A Novel
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, translated by Margaret Jull Costa & Robin Patterson
Hailed as “the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America,” Machado’s genius is on full display in this fresh translation of the 1899 classic Dom Casmurro. A gripping domestic drama brimming with Machado’s signature humor, this is another stunningly modern tale from the progenitor of twentieth-century fiction.
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nonfiction
Fires in the Dark:
Healing the Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison
The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. The Washington Post writes, “Jamison is a beautiful writer with a vast store of knowledge . . . Her book contains a blueprint for finding a way out of darkness—a great gift for anyone who sometimes struggles to overcome psychic pain.”
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nonfiction
Holding the Note:
Profiles in Popular Music
by David Remnick
The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.
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nonfiction
Sea Change:
An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
by Christina Gerhardt
"How often does an atlas command immediate attention, warranting a page-by-page perusal? . . . This unique approach documents dramatic climate change while mounting an impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities." ―Booklist, starred review
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