Abraham Karpinowitz (1913-2004) was born in Vilna, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania), the city that serves as both the backdrop and the central character for his stories.
As the head of Wits Mining, the last major mining company to do an empowerment deal, Max Sinclair has a mandate from the board and a clear directive: to sell a share of the company to a black consortium.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO'S 'HIDDEN GEM' AWARD________'Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives'THE SUNDAY POST'An engrossing and moving story' CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures'An evocative portrayal of love and family' AYISHA MALIK'Invites you in, not as a stranger but as a family friend' KATIE FFORDE'A masterclass in representation and brilliant writing' ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country______Your roots can always lead you home.
Layké Caphiya, le président de la République de Sahamaque, avait réussi à museler toute l'opposition, à présent, il pouvait diriger le pays sereinement sans contrainte.
Ein komischer, berührender Roman über das Scheitern in und an unserer Zeit Die große Liebe ist gefunden, das erste Kind ist unterwegs, bevor steht der Umzug in die Provinz – weg aus der Wahlheimat Berlin.
Der Roman »Ökotopia«, 1975 verfasst, verblüfft durch seine Aktualität: Elektrotaxis, Biogemüse, Smartphones, mächtige Politikerinnen, Solarenergie – beim Lesen glaubt man sich immer wieder in eine parallele Gegenwart versetzt.
There is no doubt that Desmond Hogan is one of most remarkable literary talents to have come out of Ireland in the past half-century, and perhaps the best introduction to his work is through his magnificent short stories, widely anthologized and praised throughout the world.
* NO REGRET, the brand new pulse-pounding novel from Martina Cole, is available to preorder now *'With the return of some of her best-loved characters and lashings of her usual grit, Cole fans will lap this up' HeatIconic heroine DCI Kate Burrows returns in a blistering thriller you won't be able to put down.
This is a collection of portraits of a shepherd, a farmer, a painter and blind man, a sylph of Byzantine arrogance and a vagabond cyclist with primroses growing in her basket.
A romantic, vivid novel about three women who leave Victorian London for Egypta tale of female empowerment, self-discovery, love, and the absolution that comes from facing the secrets of our pasts.
Capturing the strength of the British Army from 1815 to 1914, this groundbreaking reference presents the most recent research on the most significant wars, campaigns, battles, and leaders.
In this joint volume of Caucausian fiction, two friends from opposing sides of the unresolved Georgian-Abkhaz conflict join forces to craft a poignant anti-war narrative that spans borders and transcends political divides.
In Exiled from Almost Everywhere, Juan Goytisolo's perverse mutant protagonist-the Parisian "e;Monster of Le Sentier"e;-is blown up by an extremist bomber and finds himself in the cyberspace of the Thereafter with an infinite collection of computer monitors.
'The perfect book to take on holiday' ALEX MICHAELIDES'A must-have for your summer reading list' GLAMOUR'Agatha Christie meets The White Lotus' TOM HINDLE________For starters, everyone here is lying.
An estranged daughter returns home to discover her father's WWII history in a ';beautifully written' novel of family rifts and the burdens of racism (Historical Novel Society).
For the first time in one volume, the most elegant and accessible translation of Dante's enduring masterpieceCharles Singleton's English-language translation of The Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the finest renderings of Dante's masterpiece.
From the exploits of railwaymen at the Front to the secrets of railway spies who worked behind enemy lines; the manufacture of munitions in railway workshops to the role of railways in post-war remembrance this book explores some of the remarkable stories of the railway war.
Freya Wyley meets Nancy Holdaway amid the wild celebrations of VE Day, the prelude to a devoted and competitive friendship Freya, ambitious and outspoken, pursues a career on Fleet Street while Nancy, less self-confident, struggles to get her first novel published.
Set in Copenhagen and the Danish West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, LOVING SOREN is the true story of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, told from the point of view of his fiancee.
