Bettina Wolter, eine deutsche Stewardeß, gehört zu den Überlebenden einer Flugzeugkatastrophe in Tiflis. Ihr Schicksal wird Rußland — und Dimitri, der ihren Fluchtweg im zerklüfteten Kaukasus kreuzt. Und was eigentlich das...
Praise for Harri Nykänen's Nights of Awe:
"The clever combination of classic Jewish themes with the traditions of Nordic crime makes for a refreshing tale with wide appeal. And the subtle humor makes it even better." — Booklist
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The breakthrough novel from one of the greatest comic writers in the language — one of the twenty selected by Granta as the Best of Young British Writers 2003.
Some people follow the stars. Some people follow the soaps. Some people follow rare...
Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost...
Lying in the sand dunes of Baritone Bay are the bodies of a middle-aged couple. Celice and Joseph, in their mid-50s and married for more than 30 years, are returning to the seacoast where they met as students. Instead, they are battered to death...
A city — known for its light-heartedness, vibrancy and capacity for fun — is ripped apart by war.
A young man — full of the vim, vigour and desires of youth — refuses to allow his spirit to be dampened…
November, 1980. An...
Bella y oscura es el relato aleg?rico de lo que poseemos sin haber conquistado: la sabidur?a de la infancia. Es la evocaci?n de un tiempo pasado, solitario, fermento necesario de la libertad esperada. Es la belleza que la fantas?a extrae de la...
La ambig?edad de la traici?n es el motor de una intriga polic?aca que constituye el tema aparente de Beltenebros. Sin embargo, lo que en realidad encubre es el desorientado transitar de los personajes por una fascinante galer?a de espejos en la...
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with their daughter, to make his final days as comfortable as possible, despite the bitter absence of their estranged son. Next door, a young girl moves...