Past, present, and future, the alternate forms of Salu and Kia shift to adapt to worlds where peace is a fragile thing often shattered, and we, the observers, chronicle their struggle.
Folk tales flow around the world like rivers, spilling over into imprints where history has left its mark; where cultures have been uprooted, seabeds scoured and villages drowned (but never forgotten).
**AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore' Red'A balm for the soul and a glorious love letter to books and reading' iPaperThere was only one thing on her mind.
Hambre ciego reune una serie de relatos intensos que indagan en los limites de la experiencia humana, donde el deseo, el miedo, la culpa y la violencia conviven con la ternura, la memoria y la necesidad de sobrevivir.
In the footsteps of Doomed to Die: An A-Z of Deaths in Tolkien, and inspired by the works of Edmund Gorey, this insightful parody breathes life into Shakespeare with an illustrated ABC of the Bard's more gruesome deaths.
En Cuentos de mi vida surrealista, Jonathan Colis nos abre la puerta a un universo donde lo cotidiano se desdibuja y lo imposible comienza a sentirse cercano.
"La Nochebuena del Puma confirma la vocación de Alejandro López Mejía a verlo todo e investigar el alma humana en la lengua confiable e impredecible del humor.
'A tremendous novel with a cool and engrossing narrative voice'William Boyd, author of The Predicament'Thrums with the momentum of a page turner' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars 'Addictive' Ledia Xhoga, author of Misinterpretation ' Brilliant .
'A ghost story without ghosts that, beyond the beauty of its form, explores solitude, the twists and turns of our lives, and the unfathomable complexities of affection.
En la contratapa de la primera edición de El país del humo, de 1977, se afirma: «Lo fantástico es, aquí, el otro lado de la realidad que no logramos ver: es decir, la realidad misma».
Tales from the Villages is a collection of traditional North Macedonian folk stories gathered from the oral memories of my grandparents and retold in English.
THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph'A triumph' Financial Times'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday'Deeply moving' Sunday TimesMariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed.
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Devastating' Daily Telegraph'Heartbreaking' The Times'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende'Haunting' IndependentAfghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him.
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Devastating' Daily Telegraph'Heartbreaking' The Times'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende'Haunting' IndependentAfghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him.
In Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpected places-in garbage-strewn alleys, gloomy basement apartments, abandoned rooms at the top of rickety stairs periodically rumbled by passing el trains.
A decadently dark romantasy in which a hidden witch is unmasked and forced to become a living weapon for a vampiric king and his brooding brotherFinn Erramun hides a perilous secret.
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.
In Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpected places-in garbage-strewn alleys, gloomy basement apartments, abandoned rooms at the top of rickety stairs periodically rumbled by passing el trains.
'These stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death' Mariana Enr quez A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories, from a Japanese literary iconA writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a s ance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.
