Literary
Nambe Year One
Out of print for many years since its publication in 1976, Romero’s luminous and mystical novel is once again available…
London Belongs to Me
It is Christmas 1938 with the prospect of war ever present, but daily life must go on. The setting is…
Apology For The Woman Writing
Editors' choice
France in the 16th century. Marie de Gournay is a self-educated “difficult” child whose life is centred in her dead…
Human Love
In a crude dwelling on the border of Angola and Zaire, two imprisoned men meet during a shocking night of…
Courage
This spare literary novel set in the year 1950 follows the destinies of two ships which meet in the perilous…
The Vagrants
Editors' choice
“If you look at history, as no one in this country does anymore, a martyr has always served the purpose…
The Piano Teacher
Claire and Martin Pendleton arrive in Hong Kong: Martin to work in “water,” and Claire to teach piano to Locket,…
The General of the Dead Army
Winner of the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005, Kadare’s debut novel (originally published in 1970) embodies the problem…
The Plain Sense of Things
Joern’s novel is really a series of interwoven short stories, each of which can stand on its own, but taken…
The Archivist’s Story
Moscow 1939. Pavel Dubrov, a young archivist is given the final works by the author Isaac Babel to destroy. The…
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