Category Archives: Travel Guides
Brave Land: 10,000 Years of Scotland in Story
From bold heroines to clan battles, standing stones to castles, there is hardly any aspect of Scotland`s heritage that does not feature in our storytelling traditions. This collection of stories from all parts of Scotland, and from all periods of our dramatic – and often truly heroic – history is both an introduction to and
The Ultimate Guide to the Munros: Cairngorms South: Volume 4
The Ultimate Guide to The Munros is a guidebook with a difference. Rather than telling the reader which are the `best` routes, it describes all practicable ascent routes up all the Munros, and rates them in terms of difficulty and quality (using comprehensive grading systems). This enables the reader to make his/her own choices from
Charlie, Meg and Me: An Epic 530 Mile Walk Recreating Bonnie Prince Charlie`s Escape After the Disaster of Culloden
For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie`s arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author, along with his faithful border collie Meg, retraces the Prince`s epic 530 mile walk through remote wilderness, hidden glens, modern day roads and uninhabited islands. Gregor Ewing tells the Prince`s story alongside the trials of
Signs Preceding the End of the World
Translated by Lisa Dillman`Signs Preceding the End of the World` is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make
Sagan, Paris 1954
Before Francoise Sagan the literary icon there was Francoise Queiroz, an eighteen-year-old Parisian girl, who wrote a novel and needed a publisher for it. This intimate narrative charts the months in 1954 leading up to the publication of the legendary Bonjour Tristesse. We encounter Francoise, her family and friends close-up, in a post-war world that
The Transmigration of Bodies
Translated by Lisa DillmanA plague has brought death to the city. Two feuding crime families with blood on their hands need our hard-boiled hero, The Redeemer, to broker peace. Both his instincts and the vacant streets warn him to stay indoors, but The Redeemer ventures out into the city`s underbelly to arrange for the exchange
I`ll Sell You a Dog
Long before he was the taco seller whose `Gringo Dog` recipe made him famous throughout Mexico City, our hero was an aspiring artist: an artist, that is, till his would-be girlfriend was stolen by Diego Rivera, and his dreams snuffed out by his hypochondriac mother. Now our hero is resident in a retirement home, where
Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories After Cervantes and Shakespeare
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact” `A Midsummer Night`s Dream` To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, And Other Stories and Hay Festival have selected twelve contemporary international authors to each write an original and previously unpublished story as their tribute
Vampire in Love
Gathered for the first time in English and spanning his entire career, Vampire in Love offers a selection of the Spanish master Enrique Vila-Matas`s finest short stories. An effeminate, hunchbacked barber on the verge of death falls in love with a choir boy. A fledgling writer on barbiturates visits Marguerite Duras`s Paris apartment and watches
Black Wave
Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it`s officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird.While living in an abandoned bookstore, dating Matt Dillon, and keeping an eye on the encroaching
Kingdom Cons
Translated by Lisa DillmanIn the court of the King, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. Part surreal fable and part noir romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in
Freedom Fries and Cafe Creme
Whether in Boston or Burgundy, Paris or New York, most of the characters in this edible story collection are looking for love, even if some of them don`t know it. But what they do all share is a delight in great food, which they know can feed the soul and bring joy to life –
Breaking Away
On a car journey to a family wedding, Garance reflects on how adult life, with its disappointments and responsibilities, has not always gone to plan for herself or her three siblings. But just around the corner lies the chance for them to revisit their younger, carefree selves in a delightfully unplanned escapade. In this exquisitely
The Confidant
`I got a letter one day, a long letter that wasn`t signed.` Camille reads this narration of events from pre-war France, certain that it has been sent to her by mistake. Then more letters start to arrive – They tell of a friendship struck up between a young village girl, Annie, and Madame M, a
The President`s Hat
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Daniel`s thrill at being in such close proximity to the most powerful man in the land persists even after the presidential party has gone, which is
The Foundling Boy
It is 1919. On a summer`s night in Normandy, a new-born baby is left in a basket outside the home of Albert and Jeanne Arnaud. The childless couple take the foundling in, name him Jean, and decide to raise him as their own, though his parentage remains a mystery. Though Jean`s life is never dull,
Under the Channel
Roland decides to travel to London – and not just in order to progress the inquiry. It`s also a chance to escape his troubled marriage. Arriving in a city gripped by the financial crisis, Roland immerses himself in the victim`s hedonistic lifestyle, as he searches for the motive behind the crime. But the longer he
The African Equation
“Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish.”–“Los Angeles Times” “A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers.”–“Times Literary Supplement”Like all the great storytellers of history, [Khadra] espouses the contradictions of his characters, who carry in themselves the entirety of the human condition.”–“Le Point”A new
Zbinden`s Progress
Lukas Zbinden leans on the arm of Kazim, as they walk slowly down the stairway towards the door of his old people`s home. Step by step, the irrepressible Lukas recounts the life he shared with his wife Emilie and his son. She loved to walk in the countryside; he loved towns and meeting strangers. Different
George`s Grand Tour
At the age of 83, retired butcher George Nicoleau is about to set off on the greatest adventure of his life. George and his neighbour Charles have long dreamt of a road trip, driving the 3500 kilometres that make up the stages of the Tour de France. And now that George`s over-protective daughter has gone
