WINNER OF THE 2000 BOOKER PRIZE
Even Zenia’s name is enough to provoke the old sense of outrage, of humiliation and confused pain. The truth is that at certain times—early mornings, the middle of the night—she finds it hard to believe...
At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead. But they are mistaken.
Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor.
Though crippled, he finds the...
Рассказ вошёл в сборники:
The Illustrated Man (Человек в картинках)
R Is For Rocket (Р — значит ракета)
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Сборник ста...
Рассказ вошёл в сборники:
The Illustrated Man (Человек в картинках)
R Is For Rocket (Р — значит ракета)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (И грянул гром: 100...
The last in the bestselling trilogy – the drama of a grand duchess and the peasant who determines her fate
As the Russia of Nicholas and Alexandra rushes toward catastrophe, the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta is ensconced in the lavish and magnificent...
A NEW NOVEL OF ALTERNATE HISTORY FROM MASTER OF MILITARY SF TOM KRATMAN, JUSTIN WATSON, AND KACEY EZELL.
As WWI comes to a close a German general, an escaped prisoner of war, and the crew of an airship converge to effect THE ROMANOV RESCUE. Can...
The young Brahman Samar has come to the holy city of Benares to complete his education and take a civil service exam. But in this city redolent of timeworn customs, where pilgrims bathe in the sacred Ganges and breathe in smoke from burning ghats...
“I never set foot in J’s bedroom. . I presume that even J’s mother rarely set foot in there and only in genuine emergencies, perhaps because not even she was protected by the awe that he held for her. He wouldn’t let anything touch his...
From one of our most daring writers comes this intimate and seductive book: a working journal of pregnancy that was both a Lambda Literary Awards finalist and a Village Voice pick for Best Books of 2000. Maso chronicles with great tenderness and awe...
“The Rosie Effect” by Graeme Simsion continues his first book, “The Rosie Project”, which turned out to be a great success. The story about an Australian genetics professor Don Tillman with Asperger’s syndrome, who is looking for a wife...