Fiction: special features

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1903 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Sony Labou Tansi's surreal portrait of a despised and incompetent regime is a biting, burlesque fable, incisive in its description of postcolonial life.

Danger lurks around every corner in this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery.

Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in short fiction, selected by David Means.

I canti di Natale catturano lo spirito natalizio come null’altro, e “Sing We Now of Christmas” riporta in vita amati canti come mai accaduto prima.

A free sampler containing extracts from the very best fiction from around the world, from million copy international bestsellers to the most exciting debut fiction in 2013Be chilled with our internationally bestselling crime thrillers:The Hypnotist by Lars KeplerSorry by Zoran Drvenkar.

WINNER OF THE 2011 YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY IN THE GERMAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARDA beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story from an award-winning, bestselling German authorMike Klingenberg isn t exactly one of the cool kids at his school.

Finalist for the 2017 Story Prize Honorable Mention in the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish Literature ';An absolutely dazzling triumphA singularly inventive collection' (Jewish Book Council) of linked stories set in a German-occupied town in Poland during World War II, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.

A classic of contemporary Catalan literature, and a haunting and satirical portrait of a vanishing age, Llorenc Villalonga's The Dolls' Room concerns the decline of Don Toni and Dona Maria Antonia Bearn: aristocrats, cousins, husband and wife, and members of the decadent, age-old ruling class of the town that bears their name.

Sexy, smart and literatethese erotic stories are for readers who want to know the truth about womens sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with its surprises and twists and turns.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1884.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back online, YouTube sensation Mr.

In the Shadow of the Empress is the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, the only woman to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria Carolina, the resolute queen of Naples; and the youngest, Marie Antoinette, the glamorous, tragic queen of France, perhaps the most famous princess in history.

A “compulsively readable collection” of Poe’s short stories accompanied by essays from Jeffery Deaver, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, and many more (Booklist, starred review).

This early work by Jerome K.

The Trimmed Lamp (1907) is a collection of twenty-five short stories by American writer O.

Um einen Mann Names Samuel der Die Liebe Sucht und viellicht auch findet mit vielen Höhen und Tiefen in seinem Liebesleben Sowie Berufsleben Betrügen uvm.

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.

In the 1970s and '80s, before he earned national acclaim for his award-winning novels, Pete Dexter was a newspaper columnist.

Bea Britt lives alone in her grandmother s house in west Oslo.

Jean Baptist Warnke hat nicht nur einen Job als Diplomat, er hält sich auch im Privatleben aus allem diplomatisch heraus.

The strange tale of a frontier town and the horrible goings on that haunt the residents.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD"e;As a potential heir to the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro, McInnis is off to a promising start.

The first collection of short stories from one of Britain's finest novelists and criticsA nameless man who has fallen out of love with life, refuses to get out of bed, with unexpected consequences.

»Die Sonne spielte im Fluss und glitt mit ihren Strahlen über das betaute Gras.

No other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates.

A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the YearTranslated 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.

China's hottest literary genre brings together the traditional, the experimental, and the avant-garde.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in the 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Frank Yerby's first novel, The Foxes of Harrow, established him as a writer and launched a forty-nine-year career in which he published thirty-three novels.

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Things happen for a reason, right?

This rich and accomplished collection showcases the range of a writer at the height of her powers.

This early novel by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1918 and tells a tale of the First World War.

A debut collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the Balkans, "e;sly, uncommon stories"e; by "e;a major talent"e; (Jeff VanderMeer, award-winning author of Hummingbird Salamander).

This antiquarian volume contains Edgar Allen Poe's 1844 short story, "e;A Tale of the Ragged Mountains"e;.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDSAcutely observed, evocative collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of Unexploded, blending fiction, biography and memoirHovering on the border of life and death, these stories form a ground-shifting collection, taking us into history, literature and the hidden lives of iconic figures.

This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1892 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

The newly independent Estonia may be moving forward from its dark past, but not quickly enough for young lovers Oskar, an Estonian university student, and Erika, a Baltic German descended from a now defunct nobility.

Winner of the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize A darkly comical horror lurks beneath the surface of everyday events in Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman, a seductively poetic story collection of unusual brilliance and rare humor.

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders illuminates a place and people as it describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family.

'I seemed to gaze upon a vast space, the limits of which extended far beyond my vision.

Oklahoma, Mitte der Siebzigerjahre: In einem verlassenen Kloster suchen Frauen, Schwarze und weiße, Zuflucht.