2023 NYT Notable Books - Fiction & Poetry

 

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1. The Iliad

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Author:
Homer
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, CD Audiobook, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia.; The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability"...

2. Not even the dead

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Author:
Gómez Bárcena, Juan, 1984-
Formats:
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Description:
"The conquest of Mexico is over, and Juan de Toñanes is just one of the many inglorious soldiers eking a small existence on the land he helped conquer. When he receives one last mission, to hunt down a renegade Indian who calls himself the Padre and preaches a dangerous heresy, Juan realizes it may be his last chance to create the future he's always dreamed of. But as he moves deep into the unexplored northern territory, hot on the Padre's trail,...