An entertaining, expansive, and eye-opening novel that captures the vibrance of China today, by a writer whose previous work has been called “mesmerizing,” “haunting,” “breathtaking,” “mercilessly gripping,” “seductive,” and...
A single streetcar line runs around the sleepy suburban square of an unnamed city. One day — out of nowhere — a group of hapless refugees pour from the streetcar and set up camp in the square. The residents grow hostile to the disruption and...
Guitar players change lives. Everybody knows that. Geoff Nicholson's deliriously funny Flesh Guitar is overstimulated love letter to the guitar, complete with feedback, reverb, and special guest appearances, with a lead player the likes of whom...
Zévaco porte encore une fois, dans ce roman, haut la bannière de la littérature populaire, au meilleur sens du terme. L'histoire se passe à Paris, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Disparitions, réapparitions, meurtres,...
Hartmut Hainbach ist Ende fünfzig und hat alles erreicht, was er sich gewünscht hat: Er ist Professor für Philosophie und hat seine Traumfrau geheiratet, die er nach zwanzig Jahren Ehe immer noch liebt. Dennoch ist Hartmut nicht glücklich. Seine...
The best-selling author of multiple award-winning books returns with his first novel in ten years, a powerful, fast and timely story of a troubled foster teenager — a boy who is not a “legal” Indian because he was never claimed by his father...