Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787702367 ISBN 13: 9781787702363
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL.Mail on Sunday THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Soon to be a NETFLIX original series 18M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SLOD WORLDWIDE Giovannas pretty face has changed: its turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own? Giovannas search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other. Set in a divided Naples, The Lying Life of Adults is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is no amiable coming-of-age tale the most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read. It is brilliant.The Financial Times An astonishing, deeply moving tale.The Guardian Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping.The Daily Mail WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: Brilliant as always.Jan on Amazon A tightly crafted and gripping story.Maxwell on Goodreads Excellent book. My only complaint was that it ended too soon!Mhairi on Amazon I woke up eagerly looking forward to reading more of this novel every single day.Violet on Goodreads Fans of Elena Ferrante will not be disappointed.Lesley on Amazon. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1787703126 ISBN 13: 9781787703124
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL.Mail on Sunday THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Soon to be a NETFLIX original series 18M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SLOD WORLDWIDE Giovannas pretty face has changed: its turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own? Giovannas search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other. Set in a divided Naples, The Lying Life of Adults is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is no amiable coming-of-age tale the most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read. It is brilliant.The Financial Times An astonishing, deeply moving tale.The Guardian Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping.The Daily Mail WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: Brilliant as always.Jan on Amazon A tightly crafted and gripping story.Maxwell on Goodreads Excellent book. My only complaint was that it ended too soon!Mhairi on Amazon I woke up eagerly looking forward to reading more of this novel every single day.Violet on Goodreads Fans of Elena Ferrante will not be disappointed.Lesley on Amazon. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1787701646 ISBN 13: 9781787701649
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Without warning or a word of explanation, an unnamed 13-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with her birth family: a large, chaotic assortment of individuals whom she has never met and who seem anything but welcoming. Thus begins a new life, one of struggle, conflict, especially between the young girl and her mother, and deprivation. But in her relationship with Adriana and Vincenzo, two of her newly acquired siblings, she will find the strength to start again and to build a new and enduring sense of self. Told with an immediacy and a rare expressive intensity that has earned it countless adoring readers and one of Italys most prestigious literary prizes, A Girl Returned is a powerful novel rendered with sensitivity and verve by Ann Goldstein, translator of the works of Elena Ferrante. Set against the stark, beautiful landscape of Abruzzo in central Italy, this is a compelling story about mothers and daughters, about responsibility, siblings, and caregiving, pitch-perfect in Ann Goldsteins English translation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787703479 ISBN 13: 9781787703476
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A novel about passion, death, and the ambiguous relationship between art and reality Antonia grows up in rural Corsica, a place of deeply-rooted traditions and strong family ties. When shes fourteen, her uncle, a priest, gives her a camerasuddenly changing the way she looks at the world and igniting a life-long passion. Over two decades later, Antonia runs into Dragan, a soldier whom she had met when she was reporting on the war in the former Yugoslavia. The two spend the night in deep conversation, reminiscing about their experience of the conflict. As she drives home, Antonia loses control of her car, plunges off a cliff and is killed instantly. Tasked with officiating at her funeral, Antonias uncle is forced to reflect on her life and legacy and on the profound questions they beg about ambition and doubt, passion and guilt, representation and reality. Wide in scope but rich in detail, restrained yet deeply moving, In His Own Image weaves together the story of a life with universal themes that resonate across time and space. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787702219 ISBN 13: 9781787702219
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Set in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Romes upper middle-class. When Sauro, an ambitious rancher, and Filippo, a hedonistic politician, become business partners, the stories of their families become irrevocably intertwined. As an influx of new money pours into the town, political allegiances, family loyalties, moral codes, and sexual identities all begin to shift. Sauro and Filippo, their wives Miriam and Giulia, and their sons, are the prototypes of the new Italy, ostensibly emancipated from traditional mores, but at the same time, insecure and blinkered. Fifteen-year-old Annamaria, fragile and anxious, struggles to find her place among them. Luckily, a parallel world is taking shape nearby: the Tarot Garden, the monumental sculpture garden created by the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It is in this magical place, through her conversations with the artist, that Annamaria will slowly find a sense of identity and belonging. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787703606 ISBN 13: 9781787703605
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A mans quest to bring new life to a desolate world In this radiantly beautiful book, Sandrine Collette achieves a perfect balance between horror and beauty, finding poetry even in the dust.ELLE Nobody wanted Corentin. His father left him, his mother dreams of getting rid of him. Dragged from home to home, his childhood is an aimless pilgrimage, until the day his mother leaves him with old Augustine. Life begins anew for him. Deep into the remote, verdant Valley of the Forests, Corentin finds the care and love hes been missing. When he grows up and moves to the city, Corentin immerses himself in the dazzling pleasures and distractions of urban life. But all around him, the world is on fire. Temperatures rise, rivers dry up, trees shed their leaves in June: a catastrophe is brewing. The night the worst happens, Corentin survives, hidden in the depths of the citys catacombs. When he emerges, he finds a devastated landscape devoid of life. Human, tree, or beast: nothing is left. But Corentin, armed only with hope, sets off on a journey to find Augustine. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787702146 ISBN 13: 9781787702141
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Massimo Cuomos writing, not the protagonists beauty, is whats truly wonderful about this book. - Coooperazione Intense, engaging, psychologically deep. Beautiful lives up to its title. - Ex Libris With this Marquezian novel Massimo Cuomo outdid himself. - Corriere del Veneto A magical tale of love and rivalry between two brothers. Miguel is beautiful. His beauty is so rare and miraculous that it has made him the object of cult-like devotion in the city. Santiago, his older brother, watches with a mix of admiration and disquiet the prodigious effect that Miguels looks have on his mother and father, on passersby, their neighbours, and the droves of female suitors that follow him everywhere. With Miguel constantly under the spotlight, Santiago is left to inhabit darker, hidden places, from where he will finally learn that life is not easy for anyone, even his prodigiously handsome brother. Set in Mexico, this story shines at every turn with the colours and mythical light of magical realism. The conflict between brothers, the role of the parents, the loves, the violence, the journeys are presented with realism and deep psychological insight yet possess an aura of legend. Disappointments, flights, regrets, reunions, goodbyes, epiphanies make up this story, as we follow the two brothers, and the people around themall forever marked, each in their own way, by their extraordinary encounter with Beauty. In contemporary Italian literature, never has the theme of the close-knit yet ambivalent relationship between two brothers been addressed with such clarity, depth, and ability to bring to light the conflict raging within each soul. - Avvenire. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787704017 ISBN 13: 9781787704015
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING WINNER OF THE PRIX SORCIERES From Europe to Africa, to the Caribbean, Alma tells a gripping story of hope, perseverance, and love. Vivid and exactthis is a book about heroism.The New York Times 1786. Alma lives with her family in an African valley, isolated from the rest of the world. Her days are spent exploring their blissful homeland; until her little brother finds the only way out. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, the petty thief Joseph Mars manages to get himself on board the Douce Amelie, a slave ship, to look for a fabulous treasure. The ship's captain, Lazare Gardel, is also hunting for treasure, that of the notorious pirate Luc de Lerne.Alma sets out on his trail, when she comes face to face with groups of Ashanti hunters, who capture and enslave everyone they meet. The journey to bring her brother home quickly becomes an intricate mission of self-preservation. While everyone is searching for something, Alma and Joseph's lives become intertwined on land and sea. In a whirlwind of adventures between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, their quests and their destinies lead them irresistibly towards each other. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1787704181 ISBN 13: 9781787704183
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the international bestselling author of MY BRILLIANT FRIENDLeda is devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier.She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in southern Italy. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things begin to take a menacing turn. Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, apparently meaningless, event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult and unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The seemingly serene tale of a woman's pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past.The Lost Daughter is a compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood, exploring the conflicting emotions that tie us to our children. Soon to be a major film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Paul Mescal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN 10: 1787704262 ISBN 13: 9781787704268
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Calling all millennials - this is the comic novel for you.' - The TimesThe Life of the Mind opens with Dorothy sitting on a library toilet, checking her phone and examining the "thick, curdled knots of string" coming out of her body. No one but her boyfriend knows that she's had a miscarriage, not even her therapists -Dorothy has two of them.An adjunct professor of English in New York City with no hope of finding a permanent position, Dorothy's stuck, unable to envision the future or cut ties with the past. "What did you call it," she asks herself, "when a life stopped developing, but it didn't end?"Christine Smallwood's debut is a campus novel like no other. Piercingly intelligent and darkly hilarious, it moves from a classroom to an underwater puppet show, from a conference in Las Vegas to a karaoke party. It is a discomforting glimpse into the head of a brilliant woman on the edge, it is a novel about endings: of youth, of professional aspiration, of possibility, of the illusion that our minds can ever free us from the tyranny of our bodies.'A jewel of a debut . . . abundantly satisfying.' - Jia Tolentino'This book made me laugh out loud; its pages are marked by a snorting ungenerous glee that is at times indistinguishable from despair.' - The New York Review of Books A New York Times, Times Magazine, LitHub and White Review Best Book of 2021. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787703851 ISBN 13: 9781787703858
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - VOGUE, BuzzFeed, LitHub "A bold, promising debut." MARY GAITSKILL *** "Thoughtful, savage" RAVEN LEILANI *** "Radical, daring and bracing" SHEILA HETI If sex is a truth-teller, Evea young, queer woman in Brooklynis looking for answers. On an evening when she is feeling particularly impulsive, she posts some nude photos of herself online. This is how Eve meets Olivia, and through Olivia, the charismatic Nathanand soon the three begin a relationship that disturbs Eve as much as it delights her. As each act of the affair unfolds, Eve is left to ask: to whom is she responsible? And to what extent do our desires determine who we are? In the way that only great fiction can, Acts of Service takes between its teeth the contradictions written all over our ideas of sex and sexuality. As incisive as it is exhilarating, this novel asks us to face our ideas about desire and power: what sex means to us, the forces that shape it, and how we findor loseourselves in intimacy. At once juicy and intellectually challenging, sacred and profane, it might be the most thought-provoking book you read all year. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1787702049 ISBN 13: 9781787702042
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. WINNER2019 Albertine Prize2019 Lambda Literary AwardPrix du StylePrix de la Porte Doree 2016 Lire Best Debut Novel Le Prix du Roman NewsNow in B-format PaperbackKimia Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five, with a new life and the prospect of a child, Kimia is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which reach her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk, with his harem of fifty-two wives, and her parents, Darius and Sara, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them.In this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet it is Kimia herself-punk-rock aficionado, storyteller extraordinaire, a Scheherazade of our time, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own "disorientalization"-who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel."In her remarkable novel, Negar Djavadi beautifully captures the "disorientation" of exile and the attempt to reconstruct a self through family stories." - The New York Times"The novel pulsates with life but does not shirk from violence. The gorgeous prose.takes the edge off the relentless turmoil described throughout." - The Financial Times"A momentous saga of modern Iran." - Publishers Weekly The story of a young girl and her family, at the core of an exploration of Iranian history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787704718 ISBN 13: 9781787704718
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "DOG is a novel full of deft humour and escalating tenderness a tale about misfits, human and canine, and the currents of hope and courage that bring them together." Ross Raisin, author of God's Own Country When 18-year-old Benjamin Glass goes to look at a dead whale that has washed up on the beach, he meets an unfamiliar dog who follows him home to his caravan. Benjamin isnt equipped to take care of a dog he has a chronic fear of germs, and is currently living alone while his grandmother is in hospital. But when a delivery driver recognises the dog as The Mighty Gary, the fastest greyhound in the country, and tells Benjamin about his unsavoury owners, Benjamin is forced to trust the stranger on his doorstep and devise a plan to keep Gary safe. As Benjamin becomes more attached to the dog, it becomes clear that his trust in the delivery driver may well have been misplaced. He will have to leave his comfort zone, take some unhygienic risks, cross paths with dangerous and powerful men and confront his very worst fears if he has any hope of protecting what he loves the most. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN 10: 1787702065 ISBN 13: 9781787702066
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Stunning. the raging, torrential voice of the author is something rare.' - The New York TimesTHE BREAK-OUT NOVEL BY THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIENDRarely have the foundations upon which our ideas of motherhood and womanhood rest been so candidly questioned. This compelling novel tells the story of one woman's headlong descent into what she calls an "absence of sense" after being abandoned by her husband. Olga's "days of abandonment" become a desperate, dangerous freefall into the darkest places of the soul as she roams the empty streets of a city that she has never learned to love. When she finds herself trapped inside the four walls of her apartment in the middle of a summer heat wave, Olga is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal again.'Ferrante puts hammer to flesh and invites her reader to penetrate the page.' - Financial Times'Extraordinary.' - The London Review of Books Rarely have the foundations upon which our ideas of motherhood and womanhood rest been so candidly questioned. This compelling novel tells the story of one woman's headlong descent into what she calls an "absence of sense" after being abandoned by her husband. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 178770369X ISBN 13: 9781787703698
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Like Truman Capotes In Cold Blood, De Gregorio takes a true story and reveals what life cannot. Extraordinary.Grazia Irinas life with her husband and her twin daughters is orderly. An Italian living in Switzerland, she works as a lawyer. One day, something breaks. The marriage ends without apparent trauma, but on a weekend seemingly like any other, the girls father takes Alessia and Livia away with him. They disappear. A few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace. Concita De Gregorio takes the unadorned, terrible facts of this true story and embodies the protagonists voice. In a narrative that is fast and urgent, she unravels these traumatic events to tell the story of a mother bereft of her children a state for which there is no word. An urgently told story and a fierce portrait of a woman in all her frailty and courage, The Missing Word delves deep into Irinas thoughts and memories as she grasps at the shreds of truth and, piece by piece, stitches her life back together. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787704661 ISBN 13: 9781787704664
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The debut novel from the author of My Brilliant Friend in a brand-new editionFollowing her mothers untimely death, Delia sets off on a breath-taking odyssey through the chaotic, suffocating streets of her native Naples in search of the truth about her family.Reality is buried in the fertile soil of memory, and Delia digs deep to reconcile the past with the mysterious events leading up to her mothers death. Spurred by a series of anonymous phone calls, Delia reconstructs her mothers final days and with every new discovery must face the possibility that her mother was not at all the person Delia believed her to be. To learn the truth and to untangle the knot of lies, passions and memories that bind mother and daughter, Delia must return to the Naples of her childhood. OVER 18M COPIES OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787702650 ISBN 13: 9781787702653
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word 'mama' stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of place mother is. It is not mine in the way one might have good health, a safe place, certainty."Without warning or a word of explanation, an unnamed 13-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with her birth family: a large, chaotic assortment of individuals whom she has never met and who seem anything but welcoming. Thus begins a new life, one of struggle, conflict, especially between the young girl and her mother, and deprivation. But in her relationship with Adriana and Vincenzo, two of her newly acquired siblings, she will find the strength to start again and to build anew and enduring sense of self.Told with an immediacy and a rare expressive intensity that has earned itcountless adoring readers and one of Italy's most prestigious literary prizes, A Girl Returned is a powerful novel rendered with sensitivity and verve by Ann Goldstein, translator of the works of Elena Ferrante. Set against the stark, beautiful landscape of Abruzzo in central Italy, this is a compelling story about mothers and daughters, about responsibility, siblings, and caregiving, pitch-perfect in Ann Goldstein's English translation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1787703045 ISBN 13: 9781787703049
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Izzo digs deep into what makes men weep." - Time Out New YorkThe third and final installment in the remarkable Marseilles Trilogy (Total Chaos, Chourmo), Solea continues Jean-Claude Izzo's distinctive brand of vibrant crime writing, skillfully evoking a time and place that has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers the world over. Marseilles' simmering issues of race, politics, organized crime and big business come to a rolling boil. Ex-cop, loner, would-be bon vivant, Fabio Montale is back and his heartfelt cry against the criminal forces devastating his beloved Marseilles provides the touching conclusion to a trilogy that epitomizes the aspirations and ideals of the Mediterranean noir movement. The third and final installment in the remarkable Marseilles Trilogy, Solea continues Jean-Claude Izzo's distinctive brand of vibrant crime writing, skillfully evoking a time and place that has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers the world over. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787704246 ISBN 13: 9781787704244
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A couple travel to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby, who they hope will resurrect their failing marriage. Their difficult journey leaves the wife desperately weak, and her husband worries that her apparent illness will prevent the orphanage from releasing their child.The couple check into the cavernous and eerily deserted Borgarfjaroasysla Grand Imperial Hotel where they are both helped and hampered by the people they encounter: an ancient, flamboyant chanteuse, a debauched businessman, an enigmatic faith healer, and a stoical bartender who dispenses an addictive, lichen-flavoured schnapps.Nothing is as it seems in this baffling, frozen world, and the longer the couple endure the punishing cold the less they seem to know about their marriage, themselves, and even life itself.'Terrifying, comic and heart-breaking.' - Sigrid Nunez 'Like a Kafka story and a Wes Anderson movie combined.' - Literary Hub Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787704599 ISBN 13: 9781787704596
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The battle for freedom in Putin's Russia.Twelve Russians from across the country's social spectrum all have one thingin common: their participation in the historic March of the Dissidents.Held in 2007 to protest the eroding state of affairs in Russia, the march washeld in flagrant violation of increasingly stringent laws forbidding publicdemonstrations. Though each of these men and women had personal reasonsfor joining the demonstration, they shared a belief that the government ofVladimir Putin was betraying the promise of Russia's future.Risking the threats and violent retaliation inflicted on Russian journalists whodare to question the powers that be, Panyushkin boldly illuminates the livesand convictions of these twelve brave men and women. Here is another Russia. Twelve brave men and women pitted against the Putin regime. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787704653 ISBN 13: 9781787704657
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In a disturbingly familiar parallel world, a small population of tiny, semi-aquatic humans known as lambdas has quietly lived in the capital for decades. When a school bombing is claimed by an unknown faction of their community, everything changes. Meet Cara Gray, anarchist-turned-surveillance officer, who is trialling an application that will render her life as a novel. Experience a world of government agents made of slime mould protein, dubious quantum computers, and sentient toothbrushes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787703533 ISBN 13: 9781787703537
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'A triumph.' - Samantha Harvey'Moving, disturbing and funny.' - The Spectator'Elegantly written, humorous and perfect in its evocation of a flickering past.' - TatlerAn elderly academic is accosted by a homeless woman on his way home from the cinema. She tells him her name is Laura. So begins a nightmarish journey for Gerald, who is forced to confront the mystery of his own past and to ask himself if he has lived a good life - or even a decent one.In the course of this very funny, sometimes disturbing and often moving novel, suppressed memories return to haunt him, including the question of the role he played in a family tragedy. Above all he has to assess the harm he may have done in a long-forgotten love affair.Those close to him suddenly appear unfathomable as he begins to question if he truly knows those closest to him and even himself.The problem with exploring the past, Gerald begins to see, is that there are an infinite number of ways to travel through it. '[Francis] is just so good at the transcription and transformation of everyday ordinary life, all seen from sideways on, so that everything becomes so strange and so funny.' - Tessa Hadley Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 178770310X ISBN 13: 9781787703100
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020*"If ever there was a book that needs to be read more than once, this is it." - ArtsHub"A book that keeps on giving" - Brona's Books"Extraordinary" - The Irish Times"Compelling, delightful and powerful" - David's Book WorldA family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the deadSet in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a small village, hoping in this way to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land and its people. Bahar's mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning.The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree speaks of the power of imagination when confronted with cruelty, and of our human need to make sense of trauma through the ritual of storytelling itself. Through her unforgettable characters, Azar weaves a timely and timeless story that juxtaposes the beauty of an ancient, vibrant culture with the brutality of an oppressive political regime."Not only richly imaginative but also emotionally powerful." - 1st Reading's Blog"Her novel . embodies Iranian life in a state of constant "oscillation", bringing into play "opposing poles" - like life and death, religion and politics . - to evoke the extent of damage by an oppressive political regime." - The Indian Express A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1787703444 ISBN 13: 9781787703445
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy-the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more. Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet. WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020'By turns hilarious and flat-out heart-breaking, Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown is a bright, bold, gut punch of a novel.' - Roxanne Gay Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787702642 ISBN 13: 9781787702646
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ties is the story of marriage. Like many marriages, this one has been subject to strain, to attrition, to the burden of routine. Yet it has survived intact.Or so things appear. The rupture in Vanda and Aldo's marriage lies years in the past, but if one looks closely enough, the fissures and fault lines are evident. Their marriage is a cracked vase that may shatter at the slightest touch. Or perhaps it has already shattered, and nobody is willing to acknowledge the fact. Domenico Starnone's thirteenth work of fiction is a powerful short novel about relationships, family, love, and the ineluctable consequences of one's actions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787705277 ISBN 13: 9781787705272
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents' stories. After bonding with Helene, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Helene to relive her memories of love and war, Helene encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her own past, and the loss she has buried deep within. One day, trouble arrives in the form of a mysterious phone call that shakes the retirement home to its core and uncovers a shocking revelation. At once humorous and melancholic, Valerie Perrin's debut novel is a story of how the past can shape our present, and the scars of undeclared love. An unforgettable story of unlikely friendship and the scars of a broken past. The first novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787705501 ISBN 13: 9781787705500
Language: English
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Fairfield, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER LONGLISTED AND WINNER OF THE STREGA PRIZETHE HOUSE ON VIA GEMITOA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK"What is most thrilling about Trust is its overwhelming sense of unease. the selves we 'make' for ourselves and others may be the most dangerous of the stories we tell."-Times Literary Supplement"Compelling. One of Italy's most accomplished novelists."-The Guardian"Starnone packs a huge amount into a small compass."-The Sunday TimesPietro and Teresa's love affair is tempestuous and passionate. After yet another terrible argument, she gets an idea: they should tell each other something they've never told another person, something they're too ashamed to tell anyone. In this way, Teresa thinks, they will remain intimately connected forever.A few days after sharing their shameful secrets, they break up. Not long after, Pietro meets Nadia, falls in love, and proposes. But the shadow of the secret he confessed to Teresa haunts him, and Teresa herself periodically reappears, standing at the crossroads of every major moment in his life. Or is it he who seeks her out?Trust asks how much we are willing to bend to show the world our best side, knowing full well that when we are at our most vulnerable, we are also at our most dangerous. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER LONGLISTED AND WINNER OF THE STREGA PRIZE THE HOUSE ON VIA GEMITO Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787705498 ISBN 13: 9781787705494
Language: English
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Fairfield, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER LONGLISTED AND WINNER OF THE STREGA PRIZE THE HOUSE ON VIA GEMITO"Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface."-Jhumpa Lahiri"Compelling. One of Italy's most accomplished novelists."-The Guardian"Trick is a chillingly weird chamber piece - a very tricksy treat."-The TimesTrick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson. Daniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, focusing obsessively on his work, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario while she and her husband attend a conference. Shut inside his childhood homean apartment in the centre of Naples that is filled with the ghosts of Mallarico's pastgrandfather and grandson match wits as Daniele heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices.Outside the apartment, pulses Naples, a wily, violent, and passionate city whose influence can never be shaken. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER LONGLISTED AND WINNER OF THE STREGA PRIZE THE HOUSE ON VIA GEMITO Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2024
ISBN 10: 1787705099 ISBN 13: 9781787705098
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGANEmma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom, and in Emma's heart.After five years of unexplained silence, Emma arranges to meet Agathe in the family's holiday home. After their beloved grandmother passed away, the place must be emptied, and the memories revisited.The two sisters have a week to tell each other everything and make up for the time they spent apart. Will they be able to fix the past in the beauty of the summer in the Basque Country, where their childhood is knocking at the door? An emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, London, 2025
ISBN 10: 1787705730 ISBN 13: 9781787705739
Language: English
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Moving and illuminating." - The Washington PostIn Displaced, Russian journalist Valery Panyushkin chronicles the devastating impact of his country's invasion of Ukraine. By uncovering the stories of ordinary Ukrainians thrust into the chaos of war, and transformed overnight from citizens into victims and refugees, Panyushkin sheds light on the brutal crimes committed by the Russian regime and offers a necessary act of truth-telling and atonement.Panyushkin delves into individual lives shattered by conflict, illuminating the human cost of war beyond the battlefront. Through interviews with people from all walks of life, the book paints a vivid picture of the challenges, choices, and hopes of those caught in the turmoil of war.Urgent and necessary, Displaced is not only a compelling account of loss and survival, but also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, a call for empathy and solidarity, and a Russian writer's tribute to the courage of the Ukrainian people. A Russian journalist's first-hand account of the heartbreak and resilience of ordinary Ukrainians faced with Putin's aggression. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.