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In Ignorance, set in contemporary Prague, one of the most distinguished writers of our time takes up the complex and emotionally charged theme of exile and creates from it a...

A new, modern look for Sebald's classic trilogy of books - Vertigo, The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn - 20 years after the tragic death of one of our...

Author: Jan Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Almost nothing in life is only what it seems.' Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary...

Author: Chris Power Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A taut, subtle, postmodern literary thriller.' - Sunday Times 'Gripping.' - Financial Times 'A delicate snare of a novel . Alluring...

New translation of one of the greatest works of German Literature. An ingenious 'whodunnit', The Marquise of O - subverts the eighteenth-century notion of the infallibility of man, and reveals...

Author: Andre Aciman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from...

Author: Paul Auster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there...

An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a place fused with Western history and cultural fracture lines. He moves along its streets and pavements; through...

Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a place fused with Western history and cultural fracture...

The dramatic narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement conference, in which Britain agreed to Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland in return for his promise never to go to...

'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.' Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson,...

Author: Max Porter (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 'A little masterpiece.' - Irish Times 'Luminous.' - Observer 'One of our most exciting writers.' - The Spectator Madrid. Unfinished....

Big Brother is watching you. Under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, Winston Smith spends his days in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting the past to serve a government that...

Beautifully illustrated by Alice Tye, this is a cornerstone of modernist fiction and an incisive critique of wealth, class and the inescapable heartache of lost love. In his blue gardens...

Erwin Fabian was one of Australia's most highly regarded sculptors and graphic artists and is widely represented in public art collections in Australia and Europe. When he died on January...

What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To walk upon the moon, or stand on the roof of the world? Benedict Allen's anthology of...

'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'Thrillingly intelligent and original . . . A breakthrough in biographical form.' EDMUND GORDON 'A discerning literary biography and a page-turning whodunit.' LISA...

Author: Malise Ruthven Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples...

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Join Dostoevsky on his tumultuous honeymoon in this hypnotic cult classic , introduced by Susan Sontag.Why was I reading this book now, in a railway-carriage, beneath a wavering, flickering, electric...

Author: Edna O'Brien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 An unnamed protagonist is on holiday with her new, much-married lover, in the company of the monstrously rich. 'How long would...

In this anthology, Tom Paulin aims to represent the extended family of vernacular poets and to show how Christina Rosetti, Hopkins, Whitman and other poets have drawn on the energies...

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John Updike considers it one of the less elevated impulses, Norman Mailer sees it as an inevitable conflict, Wallace Stevens saw it as one of the greatest aspects of literature....

Fritz Lang, director of films such as "Metropolis", "M" and "The Big Heat", established his reputation in Germany during the silent era. When Hitler rose to power, Lang emigrated to...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A kaleidoscopic and linguistically daring work . . . Scintillating.' OCEAN VUONG 'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating...

Author: Lawrence DurrellBinding: HardbackPublished: faber and faber, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLawrence Durrell's Sebastian Or Ruling Passions presents a profound literary exploration within his acclaimed Avignon Quintet,...

Author: Clifton Fadiman (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is a collection of anecdotes, offering a wide range of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few composers of the twentieth century commanded as much...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. ex-library In this definitive account of a...

Author: Gwendolyn Brooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 What, what, am I to do with all of this life? Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of intellectual tradition and an uncertain future, Zukunftsaspekte der Geisteswissenschaften presents four incisive lectures that...

You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now. Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live...

Reissued in Modern Classics in the run up to the 50th anniversary of its first publication The novel tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who...

This illustrated young adult edition of a bold novel is one of defiance and bravery. As beautifully crafted as it is heartwrenching, this love story transcends time and generations. People...

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A comprehensive guide to cultivating wellbeing, combining cutting edge science and primordial folk wisdom. 'A brilliant read... a gamechanger' Paul Ross, Talk Sport 'Essential reading... Written with clarity, vivacity and...