A story inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her...
'Playful and profound... a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it' Fiona MozleyIn this charming patchwork...
'It’s fantastic, it’s incredible' Pedro Almodóvar A hauntingly beautiful, unforgettable Norwegian classic, ripe for discoveryIn the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is...
The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same time it...
'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born'A man goes mad because he is happy. A...
'An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade...I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David Mitchell'A near-perfect...
'Beautiful and deep ... a sumptuous treat for any book lover' The Independent'Food for short story lovers everywhere' Irish Times*A major celebration of the French...
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy...
The acclaimed retelling of the world s best-loved fairy tales by the #1 ",New York Times", bestselling author of ",The Golden Compass", now in paperback,...
Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market that smells of new-born babes, the cacophonous open-air dance...
Fairy stories, especially from the fertile landscape of Ireland where the supernatural grew from the legends of the Celts, are the magic stories of everyday...
Wang Xiaobo made his name as a novelist but his essays, too, have become ongoing bestsellers in China since their publication in the 1990s. Bringing...
Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the practical common sense...
Vrcholná Shakespearova tragédie o nevděčných a nelítostných dětech a dvou pošetilých starcích, z nichž jeden až ve slepotě prohlédne a druhý až v šílenství zmoudří....
Explores the personal relationship between Burroughs and cats....
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSKWriter, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on...
'This small book contains multitudes' Marina Warner'For those who have suffered for and in love, this may prove to be one of the most useful...
Booker prize winning author Michael Ondaatje invites you on a brutal, beautiful journey into the American West. . .At twenty-one years old, Billy the Kid...
'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of...
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODOnce close friends, writers Gwyn Barry and Richard Tull now find themselves in fierce competition. While Tull has spiralled...
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