Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isn’t particularly happy in his job but he fulfils the role, playing golf with the partners, drinking in the bar, chasing the women... Zobraziť viac
Fleeing an abusive home, Katerina, a teenager in 1880s Ukraine, is taken in by a Jewish family, finding safety in their warmth and rituals. When a pogrom is wrought upon the family, she is alone again... Zobraziť viac
There is no hero or heroine in this book. Instead, there is a bridge, and there are the characters that have loved it, hated it, built it or tried to destroy it. Ivo Andric, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, grew up beside it... Zobraziť viac
Arguably the greatest novel of the twentieth century, James Joyce's Ulysses remains as much of a shocking and redemptive testament to the human condition as it was when it was first conceived in 1914... Zobraziť viac
Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighbourhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy... Zobraziť viac
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle''s magnificent colonial... Zobraziť viac
A sweeping, escapist page-turner about the women in a notorious musical family, set between the 1960s folk music scene and the late 90s alt-rock scene. Daisy Jones and the Six meets Lessons in Chemistry... Zobraziť viac
A haunting, dreamlike portrayal of the encroaching horror of the Holocaust onto a genteel MittelEuropean resort town... Zobraziť viac
The Lady knows the stories: that her eyes induce madness in men... Zobraziť viac
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle''s magnificent colonial mansion... Zobraziť viac
Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly, Ulysses is a monument to the human condition... Zobraziť viac
The stunning new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Ava Reid, which reimagines Shakespeare's play and gives Lady Macbeth a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. Perfect for fans of Circe and Wolf Hall. Zobraziť viac
