Literary
The Mapmaker’s Opera
Editors' choice
Praise for Béa Gonzalez’ The Mapmaker’s Opera abounds, with many critics and other reviewers comparing the author’s work to that…
God of Luck
God of Luck is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the trade in Chinese laborers, kidnapped and sold…
Love in the Time of Cholera
Florentino Ariza fell in love with Fermina Daza the first time he saw her when he delivered a telegram to…
The Man Of Property
This is the first book in The Forsyte Saga, a series of nine novels and some short stories, which chronicle…
Away
Editors' choice
In July of 1924, Lillian Leyb stands in line with hundreds of other women, waiting to interview for a job…
Zugzwang
Zugzwang: a position in chess in which a player is obliged to move, though every move makes his position worse,…
The Kingdom Of Ashes
Set in the fictional town of Rehstadt, near Hanover in the British Zone of Occupation in 1946, this is a…
The Theory Of Clouds
Editors' choice
“All children become sad in the late afternoon, for they begin to comprehend the passage of time. The light starts…
Tokyo Year Zero
Tokyo, August 1946: one year after Japan’s surrender and the extensive bombings of its capital. The murdered bodies of two…
The Indian Clerk
The first issue a historical fiction writer needs to solve is how much research to include. Too little and the…
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