Arabian Nights and Days by NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
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The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam
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Eliza Peabody is one of those dangerously blameless women who believes she has God in her pocket. She is too enthusiastic; she talks too much. Her concern for the welfare of her wealthy South London neighbours extends to ingenuous well-meaning notes of unsolicited advice under the door. It is just such ...Show more
Michael Kohlhaas: Newly translated by Michael Hofmann by Heinrich Von Kleist
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'I finished it in one sitting. Probably for the tenth time... it carries me along waves of wonder' Franz KafkaMICHAEL KOHLHAAS HAS BEEN WRONGED. HE WILL HAVE JUSTICE.Based on the real life of an ordinary horse-dealer cheated by a government official, Michael Kohlhaas is the darkly comical and magnificen ...Show more
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
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'In war,' the old man said, 'wolves are smarter than men. We Mongols learned from them how to hunt, how to encircle, even how to fight a war. There are no wold packs where you Chinese live, so you haven't learned to fight a war. You can't win a war just because you have lots of land and people. No, it d ...Show more
Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas by Patrick Modiano
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In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there. Each novella in the volume--Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers of ...Show more
Cain by José Saramago
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The last novel by Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago, Cain daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament. Saramago's tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah's Ark lands on the dry peak o ...Show more
A Month of Sundays by John Updike
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In this brilliant novel, John Updike has created one of his most memorable characters: the Reverend Tom Marshfield -- literate, charming, sexual -- whose outrageous behavior with the ladies of his flock scandalizes his parish.... "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Your Lover Just Called by John Updike
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Joan and Richard Maple confess infidelities, join a Boston civil rights march, take a trip to their in-laws, to the beach, to Rome, and after 20 years attempt to explain to their four children why they have decided to separate.
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
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Category: Literary Fiction
The Secret History for a new generation - a tale of toxic obsession, ambition and corrosive friendships with a mysterious pack of tarot cards at the heart of the story - and set to be one of the most captivating debuts of 2023. Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping to spend her summer working at ...Show more