After-Words Bookstore
23 E. Illinois St.
Chicago, 312-464-1110
1. Memories of My Melancholy Whores
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, $11.95 paper
The story of a 90-year-old bachelor who falls in love with a 14-year-old virgin.
2. The Time Traveler’s Wife
By Audrey Niffenegger
Harcourt, $14 paper
An unconventional love story featuring a time-jumping librarian and his wife, from a Columbia College professor.
3. Infinite Jest
By David Foster Wallace
Back Bay, $19.95 paper
Explores a variety of addictions in America through the story of a film that leaves its viewers hypnotized.
4. Wild Ducks Flying Backward
By Tom Robbins
Bantam, $12 paper
A collection of essays, articles and tributes by the author of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.”
5. Richard Nickel’s Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City
By Richard Cahan and Michael Williams
CityFiles Press, $39.95
The story of one man’s love affair with Chicago, told through his photographs.
