Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life -- until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly...
Manuela Gretkowska, Namiętnik, 2005:Tom pięciu opowiadań Manueli Gretkowskiej mówi o potrzebie miłości-we wszystkich jej odmianach, obrazach, wcieleniach. Znajdziemy tu m.in. Sandrę K.-historię anorektyczki, ofiary kultu ciała, infantylnej...
Professor Murray Watson is rather a sad sack. His family, his career, his affair…not even drinking offers much joy. All his energies are now focused on his research into Archie Lunan, a minor poet who drowned 30 years ago off a remote stretch of...
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"Namma" meaning bride is the first-hand account of Kate Karko, a designer from London and her husband Tsedup, a Tibetan nomad. The couple met, fell in love and married in India where Kate was...
The award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash returns to his homeland in a searing new novel that unfurls during one of the darkest moments of the twentieth century: the Rape of Nanjing.
In 1937, with the Japanese poised to invade...
Nanon, n?e en 1775, raconte en 1850 les ?v?nements qu'elle a v?cus dans son enfance et sa jeunesse. La p?riode pr?r?volutionnaire est ?voqu?e comme un temps imm?morial, o? rien ne semble devoir changer. On apprend la prise de la Bastille un...
Il est Napoléon le Grand: après Austerlitz, qui peut arrêter l'empereur des Français? Il bouscule les rois, à Iéna, à Friedland, à Wagram. Il conquiert les femmes: Marie Walewska, la Polonaise, et...
En 1812, il entre en Russie à la tête de cinq cent mille hommes. Un océan de feu détruit Moscou. Un chaos de glace et de neige engloutit la Grande Armée. Pour la première fois, l'Aigle baisse la tête. Dès...