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.
A powerful exploration of identity and belonging, Where You Come From is the major new novel from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Sa a Stani icSa a Stani ic's Where You Come From is a novel about a village where only thirteen people remain, a country that no longer exists, a shattered family that is his own.
An international bestseller and French publishing sensation Consolation is a dazzling, heartbreaking tale of one man, two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite.
Unavailable for more than 70 years, this early but important work is published for the first time with Tolkien's 'Corrigan' poems and other supporting material, including a prefatory note by Christopher Tolkien.
A mischievous and genre-spanning story collection from legendary film director Pedro Almod var'Almod var s mind seems to be reporting from another world to illuminate, clarify, and challenge our own KAVEH AKBAR'Akin to a Spanish Angela Carter' TELEGRAPHThe Last Dream brings together twelve unpublished stories from Almod var s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day.
A semi-autobiographical portrait of the original Yentl and “an important contribution to the vastly neglected genre of feminist Yiddish literature” (Booklist).
Una leyenda del futuro, de Agustin de Rojas, es un admirable estudio sobre la sofocacion social que se lleva a cabo en una mision fallida a Titan, una de las lunas de Saturno.
Auf den ersten Blick könnte man Fast Eddie Felson für einen mittelmäßigen Billardspieler mit einem ehrlichen Lächeln und locker sitzender Brieftasche halten.
___________________AN EXPLORATION OF LOVE, LUST AND BETRAYALPart novel, part expose, Diana is a stirring portrait of a passionate affair amid the cultural chaos of the 1960s and 1970s.
"e;Karastoyanov's novel is set in Bulgaria in the 1920s, but also invokes the spirit of John Lennon, and brings to mind Dostoevsky's Demons with its anarchists and assassins, lighthouses, zeppelins, and synthesis of modernist narrative techniques and Balkan storytelling.
One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
1940, der Zweite Weltkrieg wütete in Europa, schrieb George Orwell den Essay ›Im Innern des Wals‹, in dem er die Freiheit des Künstlers, sich von den Problemen der Welt abzuwenden, verteidigte – obwohl er selbst ein eminent politischer Autor war.
The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children tooa remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officers Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.
When Sarah leaves him - heartbroken by their inability to conceive - Pietro reverts to a younger self, leaving the dishes unwashed, his bed unmade and the post unopened.
The narrators of Paco Ignacio Taibo II's wonderfully inventive novel, Four Hands, are Greg Simon and Julio Fernandez: investigative journalists uncovering an elaborate plot by an obscure American government agency to vilify the Sandinista leadership in Nicaragua.
Talismano is a novelistic exploration of writing seen as a hallucinatory journey through half-remembered, half-imagined cities-in particular, the city of Tunis, both as it is now, and as it once was.
From the author of Grey Souls and Brodeck's Report: a chilling island fable of murder, exploitation and complicity"e;A parable about modern migration that is also the kind of detective story Mikhail Bulgakov might have written: visionary and darkly humourous"e; Lucy Hughes-Hallet, New Statesman BOOKS OF THE YEAR"e;A timely and elegant examination of the migrant situation in the Mediterranean from the point of view of a remote, volcanic island"e; The New European BOOKS OF THE YEARThe Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea.
Einsam im fremden England, vertraut Asta, eine junge Dänin, ihre Freuden und Nöte einem Tagebuch an: Probleme mit dem Mann, ihre Bemühungen um Eigenständigkeit, das Nahen des Ersten Weltkrieges.
