Fiction: special features

In Eray's world of fantasy and fun, there are few boundaries between reality and imagination.

Ladykiller is the astonishing debut collection of seven smart stories from an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.

Thirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers.

Berührend, unterhaltsam und provokant erzählt Du hast das Leben vor dir die Geschichte von Momo, einem Araberjungen ohne Eltern, und Madame Rosa, einer jüdischen Ex-Prostituierten in Paris.

Anziehend, verstörend, wahr: »Taddeos Prosa gleicht einer geschliffenen Klinge.

Set in the suburbs and cities of the Midwest, Mid-South, and Texas, these stories explore the lives of characters biracial, black, white, and all sorts of in-between.

“Plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction .

A classic slice of Japanese hard-boiled noir paying homage to the master of the genre: Raymond ChandlerThe Wrong Goodbye pits homicide detective Eiji Futamura against a shady Chinese business empire and U.

These early works by Guy de Maupassant were originally published in the 1880's.

Erzählungen werden selten erzählt, sondern meist am Schreibtisch oder auf dem Laptop geschrieben.

"e;Bae dissolves conventional linear narrative, as though it were impossible for cause and effect to exist concurrently with such repression.

A man of means, Horne Fisher is a well-connected detective who's social and political influence gives him special insight into the underbelly of Britain's elite.

Be very afraid.

Loner James Malloy is a ferry captainor used to be, until he was unceremoniously fired and replaced by a girl named Courtney Farris.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

It's not every day that a writer, almost unheard of in his lifetime, emerges twenty years after his death as a voice of his generation.

A new collection of stories from celebrated Kentucky author Gurney Norman';A beautiful book' .

"e;This taut, atmospheric novel is an ode to the complicated heartbreak of loving what will forever be just out of reach.

The gripping new stand-alone mystery from 'world-class crime writer' Ragnar J nasson, soon to be a major motion picture'Is this the best crime writer in the world today' THE TIMES'So atmospheric, I was immediately transported to the Icelandic moors .

Three Balconies brings together 17 new stories by the celebrated humorist, vintage Friedman all.

First published in 1969, Ray Smith's Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada remains as refreshing, innovative and important today as it has in every previous incarnation.

"e;Ramsay evokes a time and a place so vividly through Jesse's voice that I didn't read this novel so much as savor every page.

October 2011.

Discover the origins of the Jedi order, as a lone Je'daii ranger fights to save their ancient homeworld, Tython, from disaster.

Ein literarischer Schatz wird gehoben.

Byobu reveals a rich inner world, one driven by its meticulous attention to our rich outer one.

Shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award, these first short stories from Terry Griggs herald one of the most original voices to appear out of Canada in the last several decades.

"e;The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home"e; is a novella by Charles Dickens and the third in his "e;Christmas Books"e; series published after "e;The Chimes (1844) and before "e;The Battle of Life"e; (1846).

Any book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration, but Matters of Life and Death is more than that, as it is - without question - one of the finest contemporary examples of the short story as a genre.

Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered LiteratureA woman is haunted by the atrocities committed by her husband, and makes a heart-wrenching decision about atonement; secret fears and unspoken desires reveal the profound ambivalence at the heart of an interracial couple's relationship; a Jamaican man mourns his friend's death at the hands of anti-gay vigilantes; and two extraordinary young men escape the horrors of slavery when they leave their bodies behind on the Middle Passage.

Take a step back in time to the 1930s as this semi-autobiographical series chronicles the daily life of an upper-class lady.

Buon Natale -- A Merry Christmas -- made all the more joyful with these literary treats filled with ancient churches, plates piled high with pasta, flowing wine, shimmering gifts and plenty of style.

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet during the turn of the 20th century.

A New Collection of Long Out-of-Print Stories From One of the Greatest Fantasists of the Twentieth CenturyAvram Davidson, who died in 1993, was widely regarded as one of the most outstanding authors of short fantasy fiction in our time.

This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Yokohama, California, originally released in 1949, is the first published collection of short stories by a Japanese American.

A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literatures most unforgettable characters in her own wordsChaucers bold and libidinous Wife of Bath.

Il libro propone una serie di racconti pubblicati dal 2016 al 2018 nel settimanale Chiantisette.

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

A thrilling and suspenseful short story featuring the renowned Sherlock Holmes and his remarkable companion, Doctor Watson, as they investigate the curious happenings at Three Gables.

New York Timesbestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of todays top crime writers in this acclaimed collection of suspenseful stories featuring fierce womenincluding one never-before-published novella.

Beautifully-crafted prose from one of Michigan s most original voices.

One amazing year in a remarkable womans life journey becomes the inspiration for generations when she takes a huge risk, follows her heart, embraces forbidden love, and unwittingly becomes the champion of a winged world that is on the brink of extinction.

Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds.

This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Ernst Jünger als Erzähler – im »Sturm« auf die »Marmorklippen«, mit »Gläsernen Bienen« auf »Eberjagd«.

"Mit seinem Witz, seiner melancholischen Brillanz und seiner novellistischen Durchschlagkraft ist dieser Erzählband schlicht ein Meisterwerk.