Jan V, władca Portugalii na początku XVIII wieku, pragnie syna i ślubuje po jego narodzinach wznieść ogromny klasztor. Gdy królowa zachodzi w ciążę, przyszły ojciec, chcąc dotrzymać obietnicy, kładzie kamień węgielny pod budowę...
Dos adolescentes chinos son enviados a una aldea perdida en lasmontañas del Fénix del Cielo, cerca de la frontera con el Tíbet, paracumplir con el proceso de «reeducación» implantado por Mao Zedong afinales de los años...
On the heels of Boyd's Costa (formerly Whitbread) Award winner, Restless, an erudite and entertaining collection of essays and opinions from one of our generation's most talented writers.
"Plant one bamboo shoot-cut bamboo for the rest of your...
A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.
Fearless, candid, and incredibly funny, Lauren Holmes is a newcomer who writes like a master. She tackles eros and...
"Irreducible to any single literary genre, the Volodinian cosmos is skillfully crafted, fusing elements of science fiction with magical realism and political commentary." — Nicholas Hauck, Music & Literature
One of Volodine's funniest...
In these eight masterful stories, Lorrie Moore, in a perfect blend of craft and bewitched spirit, explores the passage of time, and summons up its inevitable sorrows and hilarious pitfalls to reveal her own exquisite, singular wisdom.
...
From Annie Proulx — the Pulitzer Prize — and National Book Award-winning author of The Shipping News and “Brokeback Mountain,” comes her masterwork: an epic, dazzling, violent, magnificently dramatic novel about the taking down of the...