"A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of …
On the verge of giving up, anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives, Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility f…
On the outer deck of a North Sea ferry stands Futh, a middle-aged and newly separated man, on his way to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. After an inexplicably hostile encounter with a hotel landlord, Futh sets out along the Rhine. As he contemplates an earlier trip to…
Even though she is trapped within the walls of a mental hospital where she eats soap, toothpaste, and even wall plaster in search of a dietary adventure, the narrator is happy and has faith in the goodwill of others, loves her enemies, and finds solace in the downtrodden.
At the opening of My Happy Life, the unnamed narrator has been abandoned in a locked room of a deserted mental hospital. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; so she's eaten the soap, the toothpaste, and even tried to eat the plaster on her walls--a dietary a…
Even though she is trapped within the walls of a mental hospital where she eats soap, toothpaste, and even wall plaster in search of a dietary adventure, the narrator is happy and has faith in the goodwill of others, loves her enemies, and finds solace in the downtrodden.
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
Les nombres premiers ne sont divisibles que par 1 et par eux-mêmes ; soupçonneux et solitaires, certains possèdent cependant un jumeau dont ils ne sont séparés que par un nombre pair. Maffia, jeune surdoué, passionné de mathématiques, en est persuadé : il compte parmi ces nombre…
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title and 1 discussion folder. A beautifully rendered portrait of rural life in Ulster which contrasts the vivid portrayal of the universal search for love against the darker tale of Jamie's early years.
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title and 1 discussion folder. A beautifully rendered portrait of rural life in Ulster which contrasts the vivid portrayal of the universal search for love against the darker tale of Jamie's early years.
A beautifully rendered portrait of rural life in Ulster which contrasts the vivid portrayal of the universal search for love against the darker tale of Jamie's early years.
A beautifully rendered portrait of rural life in Ulster which contrasts the vivid portrayal of the universal search for love against the darker tale of Jamie's early years.
Embraced: Marey has run from herself and from Sax for over three years. Lost years, hiding in the home her parents left her, living on the fantasy, too wary to reach out and make real the dreams of the life and man that torment her. Sax Brogan is the embodiment of sinful and sex…
From the original Atheneum edition jacket, 1964. "J.M.G. Le ClEzio, revelation of the literary year" ran the headline of the Paris Express after last year's prizes had been awarded. The Goncourt jury was locked five to five until its president used his double vote to give the pr…
On the verge of giving up -- anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives -- Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibili…