Jay Parini

The Last Station

by Jay Parini

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, & James McAvoy

In 1910, Count Leo Tolstoy, the most famous writer in the world, is caught in the struggle between his devoted wife and an...

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America

by Jay Parini

In this lively exploration of America’s intellectual heritage, acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini celebrates the life and times of thirteen books that helped shape the American psyche.

Moving...

The Passages of H. M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

by Jay Parini

From the author of the international bestseller The Last Station, a stirring novel about the adventurous life and tragic literary career of Herman Melville.

As The Passages of H. M. opens, we see, through...

One Matchless Time

by Jay Parini

William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- including letters, memoirs, and interviews with Faulkner's daughter...

The Apprentice Lover

by Jay Parini

When Alex Massolini's brother is killed in Vietnam, he drops out of Columbia University and leaves his conservative family behind for Capri to become secretary to Rupert Grant, a famous British novelist and...