'It was a very momentous day, the day on which I was to be slaughtered' Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German stories from the past 200 years.
'Achingly beautiful' Guardian 'By turns touching and profoundly sad' SpectatorWhen a young, rebellious writer from Leningrad arrives in a remote Russian village to study local customs, one woman stands out: Vera, who has been waiting thirty years for her lover to return from the Second World War.
'Indisputably the definitive translation' Observer'If there is one novel you should read before you die, it is Don Quixote' Ben OkriWidely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing grew up in Africa - and returns to that troubled, misunderstood continent in this searing collection of short stories.
Anna Bella Nor is just two weeks away from revealing her controversial research on the evolutionary origin of birds when her supervisor Lars Helland is found dead .
"e;A literary phenomenon"e; The Times"e;Despentes' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise"e; Times Literary SupplementTHE FINAL VOLUME IN THE EPIC ROCK AND ROLL TRILOGY BY CULT AUTHOR VIRGINIE DESPENTESAlthough it means leaving behind the community of disciples who have followed him on his travels and assembled at his raves and gatherings, Vernon Subutex is compelled to return to Paris to visit the dentist.
** THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER, 'THE INFORMER' **** WINNER OF THE 2011 CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER **** NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER **'Extraordinarily compelling' Daily Mail'The action is non-stop' The Times'Three Seconds is just about how long it feels it takes to read Three Seconds .
The fifth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, in Linda Asher's timeless translation.
The best book yet from this witty writerIn these ten stories, Suzannah Dunn shows her considerable talent for writing short fictionWonderfully funny, clever observations of womens' lives: Auntie Fay comes to Spain for the summer, survives on insulin injections, tans to the hue of a blood blister and routinely saves the skins of Renee and her unfortunate family; the sixth form do Pembrokeshire, on a field trip of stale cigarettes, smuggled scotch, and finally, mutiny; a young woman remembers her first real love - for the ghost of her aunt's boyfriendDunn is poised to win a major prize -Venus Flaring was called in by the Booker judges
The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work described the effects of the Livonian War on the peasantry of what is now Estonia.
Traumatized by memories of his war-ravaged country, his son and daughter-in-law dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring the child in his arms to safety.
Some cases aren t as cold as you d thinkKurt Wallander s life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted, only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden the skeleton of a middle-aged woman.
TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL GLENNYWith the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or electric light.
'Everything Flows is as important a novel as anything written by Solzhenitsyn, and Robert Chandler's superb translation makes it a joy to read'Antony BeevorIvan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years.
Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a central character as you will find"e; Irish Independent"e;Tekla is a terrific character"e; Literary Review"e;Tekla Berg is a brilliant character"e; Susi Holliday"e;A memorable protagonist"e; Imran Mahmood"e;Tekla is a scalpel-sharp character"e; Jens LapidusA woman is found wandering the corridors of Nobel Hospital in Stockholm, accompanied by a young boy.
'Horst is brilliant on the day-to-day details of investigation, while keeping tension to the end' SUNDAY TIMES'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' NEW YORK TIMESIf you loved Wallander, meet Wisting - your next Scandi crime obsession .
David Lagercrantz's bestselling trilogy continues the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, the crime phenomenon that thrilled tens of millions of readers around the world.
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world's most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie.
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKEDHerbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden.
Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice'In Yukiko Motoya's delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar .
Thirty-something Parisian artist Billie is working towards her next exhibition when she receives the news that her mother, with whom she has had no contact for years, has drowned in the river near her nursing home.
