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Tatjana Soli 'A tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmosphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.' Janice Y. K. Lee, author of the bestselling 'The Piano Teacher'... | Guillaume de Lorris; Jean de Meun;... 'If any man or woman should ask what I wish this romance...to be called, it is the Romance of the Rose, in which the whole art of love is contained'... |
Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald's final masterpiece. | Umberto Eco Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. He collects... |
Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt's mesmerising second novel, 'startlingly good, tautly written and very sexy' Marie Claire. | James Hamilton-Paterson Gerald Samper is not a lucky man. Ghost writer of terrible celebrity memoirs and lethally bad cook, he now watches as his beloved house falls off a hill in Tuscany... |
Charles Baudelaire; James N. McGowan The Flowers of Evil, which T. S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its... | Amitav Ghosh Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008: a stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh |
John Updike Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", this work traces one family's profound journey through four generations - and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. | Alexandre Dumas; David Coward; Franz... Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In The Black Tulip (1850), the... |
Katharine McMahon; Sarah Perkins A spellbinding story of love, secrecy and courage, set against the backdrop of the Crimean war, from the author of THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER. | Ray Bradbury An endearing classic of childhood memories of an idyllic midwestern summer from the celebrated author of 'Farenheit 451'. |
Janet Fitch A novel that is as beautiful and as dangerous as the Oleander Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her booclub Over a million copies in print | Deborah Moggach Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he... |
John Mortimer Rumpole was last seen in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Things aren't looking good for Rumpole - until suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong... | Iris Murdoch After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored... |