Provocative Prose

Explore a curated list of provocative prose books that challenge conventions and ignite thought. Discover bold narratives and daring storytelling in literature.

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West with the Night

by Beryl Markham

Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.
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The Power of One

by Bryce Courtenay

“The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama.” –The New York Times “Unabashedly uplifting . . …
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Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; …
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The Deptford Trilogy

by Robertson Davies

The complete volume of Robertson Davies's acclaimed trilogy, featuring Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders, with a new foreword by Kelly Link Fifth …
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I Know This Much Is True

by Wally Lamb

Tells the story of a pair of twins, one plagued by schizophrenia and the other by a promise he made to his dying mother to …
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The Mistress of Spices

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

A classic work of magical realism, this bestselling novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells the story of Tilo, a young woman from another time who …
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Interpreter of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and a baffling new world, the characters in Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of …
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The Liars' Club

by Mary Karr

The author, a poet, recounts her difficult childhood growing up in a Texas oil town.
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All Over but the Shoutin'

by Rick Bragg

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... …
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