"e;A darkly humorous work, but also very sada mortal struggle, where the joy of life grapples with the fear of death, and often there is no way of knowing which of the two is on top.
From the 2010 winner of the Best Translated Book Award comes a harrowing, controversial novel about a woman's revenge, Jewish identity, and how to talk about Adolf Hitler in today's world.
Winner of the Eduard Vilde Literary AwardThe Brother opens with a mysterious stranger arriving in a small town controlled by a group of menmen who recently cheated the stranger's supposed sister out of her inheritance and mother's estate.
"e;Early in Sergio Chejfec's The Dark, the nameless narrator describes his disorientation when looking over a landscape as 'the vertigo of simple things.
An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, One Hundred Shadows is set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul - an area earmarked for demolition in a city better known for its shiny skyscrapers and slick pop videos.
Mark Wolfe ist im Job gerade wegen «Überarbeitung» in den Urlaub geschickt worden, als er zum ersten Mal seit Jahren von seinem Bruder in England hört.
* ORDER MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE NOW THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM ISABEL ALLENDE *A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR JULY 2024'A testament to love, survival and sacrifice' HARPER'S BAZAAR No, we're not lost.
* ORDER MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE NOW THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM ISABEL ALLENDE *A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR JULY 2024'A testament to love, survival and sacrifice' HARPER'S BAZAAR No, we're not lost.
A breathless page-turner from an international master of suspense - a story about dependency, justice, and the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
From the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling Alone'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times___________When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond.
"e;A tender and thoughtful exploration of the painful irony of being alive and our attempts to make sense of the past as well as the present"e; KATHARINA VOLCKMER, author of The Appointment"e;A reflection on identity, rootlessness and violence - Fonseca's most ambitious, most complex and most accomplished novel to date"e; JAVIER CERCAS, author of Soldiers of Salamis"e;A beautifully knotted novel which unfolds with every traced layer of its deeply affecting narrative alongside a meditation on memory, mystery and vanishing.
Gott hassen ist ein kompromissloser, nachdenklicher, spielerischer und zutiefst faszinierender Roman über Black Metal und weiß getünchte Idylle, über Untergrundbewegungen, Magie und Rebellion.
Madsen erzählt eine durchgehende Geschichte, die vier Stilebenen hat, wobei eine Stilebene unmerklich zur anderen wechselt: Vom Kriminalroman zum Liebesroman, vom Pornoroman zum Science-Fiction-Roman.
'When the snow water had broken crevices open in the mountain a shot or even just a sharp cry was enough to tear loose a huge slab and send it toppling.
Eine heitere und tiefgründige Liebeskomödie von Pulitzer-Preisträger Andrew Sean Greer über die großen Zeichen der Liebe, die Ungleichzeitigkeit der Gefühle und ein Wohnmobil namens Rosina.
Martin Vopenka's novel, The Back of Beyond-Travels with Benjamin, is the story of a middle-aged man, who-despite his professional success and affluence-lacks fulfillment.
Martin Vopenka's novel, The Back of Beyond-Travels with Benjamin, is the story of a middle-aged man, who-despite his professional success and affluence-lacks fulfillment.
An engrossing crime novel from the internationally bestselling authors of The Hanging and The Girl in the Ice--the fourth in the Konrad Simonsen series.
A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the YearWinner of the Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation PrizeTranslated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama.
