CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 202349th SHELF EDITORS' PICK FOR JUNE 2023When a family is forced to return to the mothers childhood home, she seeks meaning in her ancestral roots and the violent beauty of the natural world.
Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men.
Der neue Roman von Baptiste Beaulieu »Die Taxifahrerin, die das Glück brachte« ist eine Hommage auf das Glücklichsein, eine Kampfansage an den Trübsinn!
This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated and abandoned by her lover and subsequently shunned by her family.
Ein fesselnder Roman nach einer wahren Begebenheit: Tiefgründig und sensibel beschwört die französische Schriftstellerin Samira Sedira die Schönheit eines kleinen Bergdorfs herauf – und die schockierenden Taten seiner Bewohner.
Three classic Richard Sharpe adventuresRichard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy.
This book deals mostly with American avant-garde literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the present-day practice and politics of its translation into Polish, trying to answer the following questions: What are the meaning and the limits of avantgardism?
He is a brilliant maths Professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.
The Night Circus meets Lonely Castle in the Mirror in this multi-award-winning Japanese bestseller, available finally in an English translation by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami- AN FT BEST SUMMER READ 2023- OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN- WINNER OF THE NAOKI PRIZE AND THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD- A MAJOR MOVIE RELEASE IN JAPAN'A thrilling and often nail-biting depiction of music, friendship, and personal demons' OBSERVER'Propulsive and poetic' KIRKUS______________________Welcome to a magical world of music, friendship and rivalry .
A highly original, piercingly beautiful work, full of beautiful shocks I felt like a door had been kicked open in my brain Johanna Thomas-Corr, ObserverA woman searches Buenos Aires for the paintings that are her inspiration and her refuge.
The hilarious second novel from actress and bestselling novelist Alona Kimhi holds up a comically warped mirror to contemporary Israel, as well as the very notion of "e;chick lit.
Der polnische Avantgardist beschreibt in dieser politisch-sozialen Groteske den Verfall der europäischen Kultur, die zum Opfer eines neuen Gesellschaftskonzepts wird.
[A] gripping mix of stories and poems interwoven with moments of quiet, affecting beauty This remarkable work rescues an important 20th-century Israeli voice from obscurity.
In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers.
The novel behind the new Danish TV series starring The Killing's Sofie Gr b l, available on All 4 / Walter PresentsTwo young men from very different backgrounds.
Surreal and gothic, The Iliac Crest is a masterful excavation of forgotten Mexican women writers, illustrating the myriad ways that gendered language can wield destructive power.
Die Magie ist zurück und mit ihr ein tödlicher Kampf - Band 2 der mitreißenden »Children of Blood and Bone«-Trilogie von Bestsellerautorin Tomi AdeyemiZélie und Prinzessin Amari haben das Unmögliche geschafft: Die Magie ist nach Orïsha zurückgekehrt.
Previously unavailable in English, Salim Barakat's Sages of Darkness depicts Kurdish life in the period of transition from a traditional tribal existence to half-hearted modernization under the Ottomans.
suddenlyI should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, for some time, seconds, hours, I can do nothing,suddenly I stopVioleta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, in the midst of a fearsome storm.
Winners of the Inaugural Spain-USA Foundation Translation AwardInfused with the spirit of pulp fiction, b-movies, zines, and punk rock, The Fake Muse is a linguistic tour-de-force from the author of The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orp, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia.
»Die Wurzeln des Lebens« ist ein großer epischer Roman, der unseren Platz in der Welt neu vermisst - ausgezeichnet mit dem Pulitzer Preis 2019 für LiteraturIn Richard Powers Erzählwelt ist alles miteinander verknüpft.
Ein Pfad zur Vorgeschichte des Herrn der RingeAusgabe zur SerienverfilmungVor unvordenklichen Zeiten wurden die Ringe der Macht von den Elben geschaffen und Sauron, der Dunkle Herrscher, schmiedete heimlich den Einen Ring und füllte ihn mit seiner Macht, auf dass er über alle anderen Ringe und ihre Träger gebieten konnte.
Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva follows up his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers The Order, The New Girl, and The Other Woman with this riveting, action-packed tale of espionage and suspense featuring art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon.
Helga Ruebsamen's extraordinary achievement in this, her first novel to be translated into English, is in finding a voice for a sensitive and highly imaginative child who must endure the painful transition from life in the paradise of the Dutch East Indies to the savage realities of wartime Holland.
