Set against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's brilliant novel weaves myth and legend together with the suffering and tragedies of the Filipino people.
Harking from the golden age of fiction set in American suburbia-the school of John Updike and Cheever-this work from the great American humorist Peter De Vries looks with laughter upon its lawns, its cocktails, and its slightly unreal feeling of comfort.
This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated and abandoned by her lover and subsequently shunned by her family.
Desire Mensah, a disgraced schoolteacher in her thirties, sees moving to sleepy little Cape Coast, Ghana, as her chance to get away from a shameful secret not buried deeply enough.
Today, we know Dolores Huerta as the cofounder, with Cesar Chavez, of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America.
Polish emigres have written poignantly about the pain of exile in letters, diaries, and essays; others, more recently, have recreated Polish-American communities in works of fiction.
'Het fregatschip Johanna Maria' is een realistisch geschreven en ontroerend werk van Arthur van Schendel, en tevens één van zijn belangrijkste en bekendste werken.
Een oud-officier, een kapitein en een stel eenzame Europeanen zwerven afzonderlijk over de wereld, verlangend naar verschillende dingen als rust, verlossing en een vrouw.
'Een revolverschot' is een geanimeerd verhaal over de zussen Santander, die na de dood van hun ouders samenwonen in het gemoedelijke dorpje Vroden in Oost-Vlaanderen.
Evoking the atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century New Orleans and the deadly aftermath of the San Domingo slave revolution, this historical novel begins as its protagonist puzzles over the seemingly prophetic dream of an aged black praline seller in the famous Place d'Armes.
PRE-ORDER REBECCA RYAN'S UNFORGETTABLE AND EMOTIONAL LOVE STORY, THE EDGE OF ALWAYS'A beautiful love story, this one is perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid RACHEL GREENLAW 'Tender, funny and life-affirming.
Na ziekte, terug naar het leven en de liefdeAlice Nahon bracht verschillende jaren in een sanatorium door, in de veronderstelling dat ze tuberculose had en gauw zou sterven.
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025'Extraordinary' BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour'Not many novels are unputdownable; this one is' Financial Times 'Uncompromising and supremely disquieting' Prospect'A story so profound and yet so readable -- a landmark book' Rory ClementsThe knock on the door changed everything.
'A white-knuckle ride of a thriller' Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key'An essential and chilling read' Heat magazine'A wild and page-turning thriller' The Sun'Perilous and gripping' Woman & Home magazine'Highly recommended for book clubs .
Loewe-Bücher: garantiert ohne KIWillkommen bei Familie AndersGeschichten aus der Hummelgasse: Familie Anders ist alles andere als eine gewöhnliche Familie.
Not Out of Hate-published in Burmese in 1955 and set in 1939-42-was Ma Ma Lay's fifth novel and one that further cemented her status as one of twentieth-century Burma's foremost writers and voices for change.
Soldiers wounded in World War II return home in this "e;moving read full of compassion and resilience"e; (Tatiana de Rosnay, New York Times-bestselling author).
