Wien, 1947: Seitdem Doktor Pfeifer in Rente gegangen ist, kampft die judische Lehrerin Stella gegen die Anfeindungen des neuen Direktors des Lindengymnasium, die dieser immer offener zur Schau tragt.
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American modernist literature, a groundbreaking work in which William Faulkner reshaped the possibilities of the novel through stream-of-consciousness narration, fractured perspectives, and stark emotional power.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Cimarron by Edna Ferber is a sweeping classic American historical novel that captures the raw ambition, danger, and promise of the Oklahoma Land Rush and the shaping of the American frontier.
A landmark of Harlem Renaissance fiction, Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes is a moving and beautifully observed portrait of African American life in early twentieth-century America.
A sweeping masterpiece of historical literary fiction, Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole launches the epic Herries Chronicle-a richly emotional family saga set against the dramatic beauty of England's Lake District.
A powerful classic of British literary fiction, Exiles by Warwick Deeping is a moving novel of love, loss, and self-discovery set in the emotionally unsettled years following World War I.
A young social worker from Atlanta struggles to gain the trust of pregnant teens in rural Appalachia in this novel by the author of The Poisoned Table.
'An immersive and entertaining read' - Alistair Mabbot, The HeraldThe year is 1317, and young squire Benedict Russell has joined the English-held garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed after the spectacular Scottish victory at Bannockburn three years earlier.
A man travels to Israel to uncover a diamond's remarkable past in this vivid historical saga from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Physician.
