The Prince of Darkness has been given one last shot at redemption, provided he can live out a reasonably blameless life on earth. Highly sceptical, naturally, the Old Dealmaker negotiates a trial period - a summer holiday in a human body, with...
Named after the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt, red-haired Sarah Nour El-Din is "wonderful, irresistibly unique, funny, and amazing," raves Amy Tan. Determined to make of her life a work of art, she tries to tell her story, sometimes casting it as a...
La novela narra las peripecias de Galcerán de Born, caballero de la orden del Hospital de San Juan, enviado por el papa Juan XXII a una misión secreta: desvelar la posible implicación de los caballeros templarios, clandestinos tras la...
Mark Dunn returns for his third novel with MacAdam/Cage with Ibid, a novel written entirely in footnotes. "Being one of those rare birds who actually reads footnotes," comments Dunn, "I often find myself rewarded by my time spent in the margins....
The epic of Island Life that has gripped Finland Winner of the Finlandia Prize Nominated for the Nordic Criti Prize
It is the summer of 1946. A novice Lutheran priest, his wife and baby daughter arrive at a windswept island off the coast of...
A science fiction metaphysical thriller by a writer who has been garnering cult status
“I have always admired Anna Kavan among the few writers who dared to explore the nocturnal world of our dreams, fantasies, and imagination.”
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Icelander is the debut novel from a brilliant new mind, an intricate, giddy romp steeped equally in Nordic lore and pulpy intrigue.
When Shirley MacGuffin is found murdered one day prior to the annual town celebration in remembrance of Our...
Es gibt derzeit wohl kaum einen bekannteren Berliner als Wladimir Kaminer. Und keinen, der geeigneter wäre, die Stadt einem Fremden in all ihren Facetten vorzustellen. Von einer kurzen Einführung in die Berliner Historie über...