The Number One Global Sensation*Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year**Amazon Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year**Fiction Book of the Year 2024 - British Book Awards*'Addictive' Grazia'Hugely entertaining' Observer'Provocative' Mail on SundayTHIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.
"e;Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before"e; Sunday Times"e;Ukraine's greatest living novelist"e; New European"e;A Ukrainian Murakami"e; GuardianA love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees.
Two exquisite novellas on memory, perception, and shifting intimaciesIn The Impostor, a man travels with his wife through Italy and recalls a family legend about an uncle who was swallowed by Mt.
An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come Literary ReviewThis eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature.
The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' Ai Weiwei'Fills the reader with aching poignancy, and yet makes them want to laugh out loud' Jung Chang, author of Wild SwansTwenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity.
The uplifting new cat novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES Biggest Books of the Autumn _____________________Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives.
Eine Odyssee durch Tel Aviv zur Zeit des zweiten Golfkriegs: Adam Lotem, General der israelischen Armee, ist auf der Suche nach den Bildern von Luca Signorelli und nach der geheimnisvollen Shulamit, der er in der Bibliothek der Universität begegnet und die sich ihm immer wieder entzieht.
„Der grüne Bogenschütze“ ist einer der bekanntesten Kriminalromane des britischen Ausnahmeschrifttellers Edgar Wallace und gehört zum Kanon der Weltliteratur.
'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany, conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both' Lisa Appignanesi1960.
This Is a Classic illuminates the overlooked networks that contribute to the making of literary classics through the voices of multiple translators, without whom writers would have a difficult time reaching a global audience.
This Is a Classic illuminates the overlooked networks that contribute to the making of literary classics through the voices of multiple translators, without whom writers would have a difficult time reaching a global audience.
Im Alter von 18 Jahren kommt Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932), Sohn reicher brasilianischer Plantagenbesitzer, nach Paris, um sich auf dem Gebiet der Technik und Naturwissenschaften weiterzubilden, doch: Er erliegt dem Traum vom Fliegen, der Faszination der Gefahr und seiner Lust auf Abenteuer.
Im Herzen Amazoniens, im wildesten Urwald, verläuft am Rio Madeira eine 360 Kilometer lange Eisenbahnlinie; zu Beginn des letzten Jahrhunderts gebaut, sollte sie während des Kautschukbooms den nicht schiffbaren Oberlauf des Flusses erschließen.
Mit einem Sprung aus dem Schlafzimmerfenster einer schönen Frau rettet sich der Spanier Luiz Galvez, der sich in seinen Memoiren als einer der letzten großen Abenteurer des ausgehenden 19.
Dovlatov and Surroundingsis a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Dovlatov.
The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is perfect for fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
After her ex-husband dies unexpectedly, Nora Garcia travels to the funeral, back to a Mexican village from her past and the art and music of their life together.
In this masterpiece Kawabata, his brush dipped in silver, renders all the excruciating anguish and beauty of post-war Japan Edmund WhiteWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age.
"e;Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic"e; MUSA OKWONGA"e;A time-travelling wonder of a read"e; PATERSON JOSEPH"e;A work of fierce imagination"e; NII AYIKWEI PARKES WHERE IS ADA?
In typical Drndic style, the reader is offered a view of the past and the present through a collage of different genres - from (pseudo) autobiography to documentary material and culinary recipes as the narrative explores different perspectives on the issue of emigration, the unresolved history of the Second World War, while emphasising the absurdity of politics of differences between neighbouring nations.
**NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**'Written with heart and great appeal' FINANCIAL TIMES'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE'Has struck a chord worldwide' NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young S mi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle.
**NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**'Written with heart and great appeal' FINANCIAL TIMES'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE'Has struck a chord worldwide' NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young S mi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle.
Winner of an English PEN awardWith her days split between a passionate marriage and a high-octane television studio job, Homi is a thoroughly modern young woman until one day she is approached by a yogi in the street.
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023Peter Greenaway meets Angela Carter: a Gothic tale of secrets and revengeWhen the curtain rises on Malmaison, it reveals a once-enchanting estate, quietly falling into darkness and ruin, and at the heart of it, a father, one of a long line of fathers who have flourished at the expense of those around them.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
"e;One of Hungary's most important twentieth-century writers"e; New York Times"e;Magda Szab 's fiction shows the travails of modern Hungarian history from oblique but sharply illuminating angles"e; EconomistEszter Encsy is an acclaimed actress, funny and outrageous, quick-witted but callous.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptationTo tell the truth, religious faith is really just a matter of believing stories.
