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'Q is one of those rare books that hands you back a capability you didn't realise you'd lost' DANIEL H. PINKOur lives are shaped by questions: they are how we connect, persuade and flourish. But we live in a world that wants answers.Questions are engines…
An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war.'A luminous debut novel…Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' GuardianBurundi,…
Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of Japan’s aristocracy is breached for the first time. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family – members of the waning aristocracy – but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions…
‘A book that everyone should read’ The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand…
'An essential for any bestiary or folklore fan' LALLY MACBETH, author of The Lost Folk'Folklore, myth and magic collide beautifully' EDWARD PARNELL, author of Ghostland'Beautifully written' RONALD HUTTON, author of The WitchA modern bestiary with an…
A majestic, visionary and life-spanning collection of poetry from the first great classic writer of the 21stcentury, Roberto Bolano. Though he reached international literary stardom for his novels, Roberto Bolaño always considered himself, first and…
Ambition. Desire. Isolation. Secrets.Don your best tweed and sharpen your daggers: school is in session.In this revelatory collection of over two dozen stories, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin guides us through the hallowed halls of Dark Academia,…
Dazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities ‘Boisterous… Full of panache’ Sunday TimesIf old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion,…
What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less true than the grief we feel over the death of a loved one? Even if the plot of an opera seems preposterous,…
On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river, or handed over to the Memory…
'Tender and humane. I loved this book' Mark Haddon'Filled with heart and warmth and colour... [a book that] stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page' Seán Hewitt'A stunning graphic novel set in 1980s smalltown America about a seventeen-year-old…
'A damned masterpiece' Sunday Times 'An almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life... utterly captivating' Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSIONLondon. 1985. A city rife with possibility…
A first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine‘The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading’ PHILIPPA PERRY‘A book for our times’ PHILIPPE SANDS'A brilliant and unforgettable book' EDMUND DE WAALCharlotte…
If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia – then what exactly is a flâneuse?In this gloriously provocative and celebratory book, Lauren Elkin defines her as ‘a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative…
‘Witty, savage and poignant’ NIGELLA LAWSON'Humane and deeply, darkly humorous' MARINA KEMP, author of UNWILDING'Gorgeous, mesmerising' CLAIRE POWELL, author of ALL INThis summer, sink your teeth into a slice of family drama with this deliciously funny…
Real-life stories of mothers and daughters – of what we inherit, what we bury and what we, finally, find the courage to say – by the award-winning New Yorker staff writer. 'Beautiful, thoughtful and probing writer' Daisy JohnsonYou Won’t Get Free of…
Two of Dostoevsky's most powerful novellas of obsession, cruelty, and the fragility of the heartA pawnbroker paces beside his young wife’s body, attempting to piece together the circumstances that led to her suicide. A young man is overwhelmed by his…
An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever The resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrímsson’s skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church,…
A reclusive professor unravels the choices that have defined his life in this enthralling novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author ‘Choi has the all-too-rare talent of making the political feel unsettlingly personal’ Vogue‘Gripping’ New York TimesProfessor…
Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela CarterAn Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles…
From Japan's most famous, classic novelist comes a remarkable gem of wit, irony, and feline observationA stray kitten, catapulted to literary fame loudly observes the world of Meiji Japan in all its absurdity. But he’s not the only cat in the neighbourhood,…
Huxley's dystopian classic is a nightmare vision of the fate of humanity in a post-nuclear world.After a devastating global catastrophe, a group of scientists arrives in a ruined future shaped by fear, ritual and violence. Humanity has survived – but…
Herman Melville's enduringly comic and affecting tale of a man who takes quiet quitting to its extremeA new clerk in a Wall Street lawyer’s office causes dismay and confusion when, after a productive start, he suddenly refuses to do his job. But how…
This is Alcott as you have never seen her before - gothic, and gloriously unsettlingA young governess arrives at a grand country house and quickly wins the confidence of its family. Humble and modest, Jean Muir seems to embody every virtue expected of…
whisper of passion, exile, and the things we cannot forgetIn an old Dorset house, a couple settle into a life of quiet comfort – until a presence makes itself felt. At a country gathering, a man is forced to confront a long-buried secret he has tried…
Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cain is a controversial and witty story of a wilful, authoritarian God.After killing his brother, Cain is condemned to wander the earth. As he moves through time, he encounters moments from the Old Testament…
This ebullient, gallivanting novella encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence.An ageing man holds court, spinning a single, unbroken stream of stories about his life – loves won and…
A dazzling, daring tale of poets at the end of the world, Distant Star is Roberto Bolano's miniature dystopian masterpieceAlberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unpromising member of Chile’s young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto…
A flood brings not only rising waters but the full force of a brutal, racist worldWith the Mississippi flooding, a Black farmer struggles to get his pregnant wife to safety. In the chaos, a single desperate decision sets off a chain of events that cannot…
Step into the night where tombs lie open and wolves prowl under a cursed moonA solitary traveller strays from the road on the eve of Walpurgis Night. Snow closes in, strange figures emerge, and an abandoned tomb offers shelter. But what begins as a detour…