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The cover of Russell Banks's mountain-sized novel Cloudsplitter features an actual photo of Owen Brown, the son of John Brown -- the hero of "The Battle Hymn of the Republ...
Collects seventeen stories in which a man discovers that his neighbors may not be who they say they are, a disgruntled customer confronts a shopping channel presenter, and...
"While she was in the warehouse S. feared uncertainty. Any kind of certainty seemed preferable to her. Now she was at least rid of that fear. There was no more uncertainty...
Pankaj Mishra is one of the most promising talents of his generation, and this stunning, universally praised novel of self-discovery heralds a remarkable career.
The yo...
Мерилин Монро — девушка-легенда, Блондинка-Принцесса, неотразимая кино-дива, подлинно культовая фигура ХХ века. Ее жизнь была похожа на сказку – порой невыносимо страшную,...
Джонни Труэнт (Johnny Truant) находит рукопись, написанную слепым стариком Зампано. Рукопись — это книга, которая представляет собой детальнейший и подробнейшим образом ко...
Shashi Deshpande's latest novel explores the lives of two women, one obsessed with music and the other a passionate believer in Communism, who break away from their famili...
Книга Петера Эстерхази "Harmonia caelestis" ("Небесная гармония") для многих читателей стала настоящим сюрпризом. "712 страниц концентрированного наслаждения", "чудо невоз...
«В первый раз увидев на обочине автостопщика, Иссерли непременно проезжала мимо, давая себе время рассудить, подходит ли он по размеру. Иссерли требовались здоровенные мыш...
<p>In a new novel by one of the premier writers of the ''new'' South Africa, an exile returns from America--where he fled during the apartheid regime--to find his newly de...
From behind the closed door, the man shouts, 'Be on your way - you have no business here!' 'Open up, I am the messenger of Death'. As spring arrives in the Albanian mounta...
Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contra...
Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916 -- Ireland's brave but fractured revolt against British rule -- At Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story ...
The Body Artist begins with normality: breakfast between a married couple, Lauren and Rey, in their ramshackle rented house on the New England coast. Recording their delic...
Heather McGowan’s widely praised first novel introduces a literary artist of consummate skill, and a narrative voice of astonishing sensitivity and sensuousness. Tracking ...
Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered ...
The mind- and language-bending adventures of Hemon's endearing protagonist Jozef Pronek.
A searing portrait of a young colonial in early 1960s London - from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize.
Set against the background of the 1960s - Sharpeville, ...