A girl matches wits with a war god in this kaleidoscopic, epic tale of oppression and the cost of peace, where stories hide within other stories, and narrative has the power to heal.
Winner of the 2019 American Fiction Award for Best Historical FictionSet in London and Russia at the turn of the century, Susana Aikin's debut introduces a vibrant young woman determined to defy convention and shape an extraordinary future.
Der neue Feelgood-Roman von Viola Shipman bringt das Lebensgefühl der achtziger Jahre zurück und erinnert uns an die Sommer, die uns zu denen machten, die wir sind.
The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 400,000 copies sold*Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award'Exquisitely sensual' Emma Donoghue, author of Room-----Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin.
Before We Were YoursmeetsWater for ElephantsinNew York Timesbestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman's vivid, daring, emotional novel about the devastating power of family secretsbeginning in the poignant, lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the transformative 1950s.
'Magnificently horrifying' Daily Mail'Gripping' Glamour'Impressive and moving' Irish Times'Unique, bold and unsettling' Aiwanose Odafen'Claustrophobic and very disturbing' Guardian'Unflinching, unforgettable' Layne Fargo'Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daisy Johnson' Amy GentryMy name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.
Streets Of New York Volume 1 takes readers into the turbulent lives of Promise, Squeeze, Show, and Pooh, four young men from the rough-and-tumble streets of Brook-nam.
This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment.
A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature’s most influential writers and teachers As a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R.
Liebe auf den ersten Blick: Bei der Vollbremsung eines überfüllten Autobusses in der Kairoer Innenstadt stossen ein junger Angestellter und eine Studentin zusammen.
';Fluent, mordant, authentic, propulsivewonderfully lit from within' (Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review), this critically acclaimed, stunningly mature literary debut is the darkly comic story of a car thief on the run in the gritty and arid landscape of the 1970s Texas panhandle.
"e;Will break your heart, but Leah Weiss's beautiful writing will sew it back together again"e; -Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling authorA Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II.
In Mixed Company Jenny Shank reveals moments of grace and connection between people of her hometown, Denver, through stories that contrast the city during its oil-bust era of economic troubles and court-ordered crosstown busing for racial desegregation with the burgeoning and gentrifying city of recent years.
The Sunday Times bestselling novel from viral sensation, @MammyBanterA hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood - and how having it all sometimes isn't what you think it might be.
Set simultaneously in the farm country of Wisconsin and a small mining town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado during the nineteenth century, this new novel by Peter Grandbois follows the lives of three brothers as each strives to re-create himself despite the forces that work to determine his identity.
An exquisite piece of historical fiction (Winnipeg Free Press), The Moors Account is brilliantly imagined fictionrewritten to give us something that feels very like the truth (Salman Rushdie).
WINNER OF THE 2025 ADCI LITERARY PRIZEBBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'Powerful, joyful, heartbreaking and so funny all at once' SARA NISHA ADAMS'Every now and then a book comes along that changes the way you see the world, and this is one of them' FREYA SAMPSONHattie has a plan.
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award"e;This first novel is so eloquent because it is hellbent on collaring the reader and telling him or her the whole passionate story.
Renée Knight follows up her international sensation Disclaimer with this shivery tale of psychological suspense, featuring a character as disturbing and compelling as Mrs.
Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world, Jung Young-moon's short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea and abroad, most often drawing comparisons to Kafka.
A bold, epic debut novel set during the war and financial crisis that defined the beginning of our centuryOne September morning in 2008, an investment banker approaching forty, his career in collapse and his marriage unraveling, receives a surprise visitor at his West London townhouse.
Dora and Luka are inseparable: ever since he fainted at the sight of her - walking into the classroom with her new schoolbag - and she woke him with a chaste kiss, it has been love at first sight.
Zwischen Angola und Portugal, zwischen Rebellion und Tragödie findet ein Bruch statt – einer, der eine neue Welt eröffnet, der zeigt, was uns ausmacht.
