Narrative theme: Sense of place

The only writer ever to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel (Independence Day) Richard Ford follows the completion of his acclaimed Bascombe trilogy with Canada.

Winter, 1860.

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This proud and haunting novel is the last great work of Raymond Harris, his final testament.

In a small town in the middle of England, the aftermath of the Second World War brings change.

'The world is not neatly divided into two camps of women, those who wanted to reproduce and did, and those who didn't want to, and didn't.

A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halld r Laxness's masterpieceLate one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat.

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Uli trinkt zu viel und prügelt sich mit anderen jungen Männern im Dorf.

A tremendously appealing and mordantly funny novel for fans of Richard Russo and Curtis Sittenfeld, about friendship, compassion, and social privilege.

'As in The Day of the Jackal and a host of other gripping tales, the master has done a brilliant job' (The Times)In a matter of weeks Saddam Hussein will invade Kuwait and the Allied forces need all the information they can get to help the resistance.

Ein Urlaubskrimi mit Softeis und LakritzNach einem Richtfest radelt die Bestatterin Gitte Madsen beschwipst nach Hause, mit den Gedanken immer noch bei dem Richtspruch, der leider ganz schön schiefgegangen ist.

'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You ve had no sleep since the firefight last night.

A bold, mesmerizing debut collection exploring womanhood, the body, mental illness, and what it means to move between culturesRenowned for her storytelling and spoken-word artistry, Ama Asantewa Diaka is also an exultant, fierce, and visceral poet whose work leaves a lasting impact.

Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is a collection of interrelated short stories about small-town life in the American Midwest by author Sherwood Anderson.

If I could only read one writer from now until the end of my life, it would be Dorothea Benton Frank.

I had a lot of jobs in Los Angeles Harbor because our family was poor and my father was dead.

A beautifully written new crime thriller you won't want to miss.

Julio Cortazar's crazed masterpiece, the forbearer of the Latin Boom in the 1960s 'Cortazar's masterpiece.

Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.

THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN McGAHERN BOOK PRIZE 2025'Wild, singular.

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Winner of the Southern Book Prize for Literary FictionNamed a Best Book of 2017 by the Chicago Public Library and the American Library AssociationWiley Cash reveals the dignity and humanity of people asking for a fair shot in an unfair world.

Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2017A finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeMy sister Sil ncia was the most recent victim of the lions, which have been tormenting our village for some weeks now When Mariamar Mpepe s sister is killed by lions, her father imprisons her at home.

In her second book, Alexandra Oliver takes us on a journey of escape from the suburbs of Canada to Glasgow, Scotland.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER, APRIL 2017**'The night before Charlie was born I had this dream.

Life can t go on like this can it?

Sylvie is half French and half English.

Dreamland Collection # 1 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Will the death of a prominent knight lead to the Bishop of Winchester's downfall?

Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own.

Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025 Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025 A best book of the year for the Independent, Guardian, i Newspaper and Good Housekeeping'Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect.

You never know, when it happens, what's going to change your life, what's going to bounce you out of the rut you've been in, send you flying off in some new direction.

'The most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work' IndependentA single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails.

When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead.

Portly, perceptive and spectacularly moustachioed, Indias finest private detective, Vish Puri, tackles his most difficult case to date in the long-awaited return of Tarquin Halls delightful humorous whodunit series set in New Delhi.

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'The most polished crime writer on the murder beat' Daily ExpressFive footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.

"e;A quietly powerful addition to the canon of emigreliterature"e; -The Moscow TimesNo longer at home in Russia, but not quite assimilated into the American mainstream, the daily lives of Russian immigrants are fueled by a combustible mix of success and alienation.

'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging.

Wo der Himmel das Meer berührt, wartet das ganz große GlückDie alleinerziehende Inselärztin Wiebke und Schwimmmeister Tamme haben ein Haus auf Pellworm gekauft.

Former chief inspector Chen faces a tricky serial murderer case at the height of the Covid pandemic - and risks everything he has to expose the deadly effects of the Chinese Communist Party's so-called zero Covid policy to the world.