'Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way that masters can - to laughter that is near to tears' GuardianLev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian migr s.
A feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual, translated into English for the first time I want to have him, I really do.
'Insinuating, haunting and lyrically pervasive' The New York Times Book ReviewA new translation by Tim ParksTwenty years after making his fortune in America, Eel is drawn back to the closest thing he has to a home: the Piedmontese countryside where he grew up poor and illegitimate.
A startling new collection of three never-before-translated stories, from the author of I Who Have Never Known MenIn the wake of some unfathomable war, a woman wanders the forest, forbidden from ever leaving its strange depths.
The International Booker Prize-shortlisted masterpiece on grief and loss, from one of France's most original writers at work todayA Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre s most moving novel yet.
An unsettling new collection of Henry James's best short stories exploring ghosts and the uncanny'There had been a moment when I believed I recognised, faint and far, the cry of a child; there had been another when I found myself just consciously starting as at the passage, before my door, of a light footstep'I see ghosts everywhere', wrote Henry James, who retained a fascination with the supernatural and sensational throughout his writing career.
'A perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times' Independent'Mesmerizing - almost ecstatic' The New York TimesMary Gaitskill's coolly compelling, quietly devastating stories explore the messy complexity of relationships between lovers, families and friends.
What do a young farmer turned rebel, an elderly widow under constant surveillance, a woman in an isolated cabin on a mountain top, and a telepathic private investigator from Europa (one of Jupiter's inner moons), have in common?
The Tale of PRINCESS DIANA and HER LOST PRINCEA Story of Love, Courage, and a Journey Beyond Time In a kingdom where magic weaves through the very air, Princess Diana's heart yearns for the prince who vanished on their wedding night.
TITANS SeriesAn exclusive private society of the world's most powerful, ambitious gentlemen Sex, Secrets, and Intrigue Jaxon Mills is stunned—then furious—when sees his biggest investor's daughter at one of the most exclusive clubs in New Orleans, dressed in a scandalous outfit and wearing an inviting smile.
"e;7 Fragments: Understanding Mental Health Beyond Labels"e; offers an intimate exploration of seven mental health conditions through the lived experiences of complex, fully-realized characters.
Five modern-day folk tales of love and the uncanny, including an account of the strange fate of Artemisia Parnell, the blighted wedding of Clare Belmont, and the miraculous discovery of the celebrated golden fish; also the secret histories of how one bridegroom came to marry the wrong woman, how another came to suddenly die, and how a third came back to life again.
Among these tales of human desire and supernatural design you will hear of a besotted man who unwittingly strikes a terrible bargain to secure the woman he adores; of a couple who find that their romance has already been foretold, long ago; and of a lonely girl who longs for love, but does not reckon on the dreadful consequences when love finds her first.
