Eine schicksalhafte Bekanntschaft in JerusalemIch beobachtete, wie er zielstrebig das Lokal durchquerte, und fragte, ohne die Augen von ihm zu nehmen: »Eli, wer ist dieser Mann?
Ein Roman wie ein LieblingssongMoses, Big City, Fünf-nach-zwölf und die anderen setzen große Hoffnungen in ihr neues Leben im »Zentrum der Welt«, so nennen sie das London der Nachkriegszeit.
Über das, was wir suchen – in uns, im Anderen, in der FremdeEin Fahrradunfall in Berlin, ein Turmbau bei Kolkata, eine zurückgelassene Familie in Bagdad – innerhalb weniger Wochen verändert sich das Leben von Amal, einer Archäologie-Studentin, die aus dem Irak geflohen ist, von Clara, einer jungen Ärztin in Berlin, und von Claras Freund Tarun, einem aus Indien stammenden Architekten.
Die große Neuentdeckung: Ein meisterhafter Roman aus den Dreißiger JahrenDer jüdische Cellist Erich Krakau wird Opfer einer gnadenlosen Intrige, an der sich bald eine ganze Stadt beteiligt: Kleinbürger, Emporkömmlinge und Spießer.
'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' Guy Gunaratne 'Absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' Tom Benn'A hymn to empathy, alive with care and love' Rebecca WatsonLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 JHALAK PRIZEJamila Shah is twenty-nine and exhausted.
Lucia and Pablo are Colombian immigrants who've built their lives together in the US yet maintain conflicting attitudes towards their homeland and the extent to which it defines their identity.
Recommended Year Group: 9+Show Length: 90 minsAll the boys at school seem to be only interested in one thing, so when naive Charlotte meets an older guy online who promises her a fairytale romance, she is sure it s true love.
A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and one Chinese girl fighting to claim her place'An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel' ANN PATCHETT, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House'A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging' C PAM ZHANG, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold'An impressive and original debut' THE SUNDAY TIMES__________Daiyu was named after a ghost .
'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin Litteken Paris, 1940: Two sisters separated by the Nazis.
Let bestselling author Lindsey Hutchinson transport you back in time to Marshall's Children's Home, for this heart-warming and unforgettable tale from the Black Country.
A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it?
The presence of the refugee in the contemporary metropolis is marked by precarity, a quality that has become a characteristic feature of the neoliberal urban milieu.
'A beautiful book about the best minds of a generation and the devastation of war - an outrageous voyage from the past that speaks eloquently to our present' Deborah LevyMarch 1941.
A veteran educator tackles the many difficulties kids face in school-from bullying to lack of motivation-with strategies to help your child love learning.
AKirkusBest Indie Book of the Year & aLibrary JournalBest World Literature read, from Pulitzer Prize-winning AP Journalist and Director/Producer/Writer of the Academy Award-winning documentary20 Days in Mariupol[A] book for our timesvivid enough to grab us and not let go.
AKirkusBest Indie Book of the Year & aLibrary JournalBest World Literature read, from Pulitzer Prize-winning AP Journalist and Director/Producer/Writer of the Academy Award-winning documentary20 Days in Mariupol[A] book for our timesvivid enough to grab us and not let go.
'A stunner' THE TIMES'Sublime' HANNAH KENT'Magnificent' TIM WINTONThe explosive story of outcast twins Iris and Floyd as they join a hunt through the wilderness for a man-killing puma.
Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction AwardBest Book of the Year - New York Public Library, Cosmopolitan, Independent Book Review'Pickhart's story is powerful, boldly imaginative, rich in history and feeling, charged with events that have occurred since it was written - and which summon up the same force of the history that compelled an American author to write about this "e;foreign land"e;.
"e;This novel will be nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in similar circumstances and a breath of fresh Jamaican air for anyone else"e; The Voice Jenny and Hortense Rodney have always loved and hated one another in the way that only sisters can.
