Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
2,999-word summary · 13 min read
literary fiction + new york
4 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “new york”.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
3,146-word summary · 14 min read
A Little Life
Four friends in New York orbit Jude, whose hidden past of abuse shapes every page of this 720-page epic.
1,972-word summary · 9 min read
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye explained: Holden's weekend in New York, the phony adults, Phoebe's carousel, and why readers keep coming back to him.
2,477-word summary · 11 min read