At the age of 49, after a lifetime of insomnia and midnight peril, William Cowling believes the hour has come for him to seize control. So, he begins to dig a hole in his backyard—a shelter against impending doom—much to the chagrin of his...
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The Occupation Trilogy: La Place de l'Étoile – The Night Watch – Ring Roads
When Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature he was praised for using the 'art of memory' to bring to life the Occupation of Paris during the Second World War. Born just after the war, Modiano was an angry young man in his...
Дорис Лессинг (родилась в 1919 году) — прогрессивная английская писательница, автор двух романов и сборника новелл. Детство и юность...
The Old...
Moldenke is sent to the "free" prison town at Altobello with an indeterminate sentence. He has a rare bowel condition. Altobello is full of "Jellyheads" and features an old nuclear reactor on the edge of town. No one seems to remember what the...
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"The most important Argentinian writer since Borges." — The Independent
The One Before is a triptych of sorts, consisting of a series of short pieces — called "Arguments" — and two longer stories—"Half-Erased" and "The One Before" —...
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