Category Archives: Travel Guides
Danziger`s Travels
After walking and hitch-hiking through southern Turkey and the ayatollah`s Iran, Danziger entered Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and spent two months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with rebel guerillas. He was the first foreigner to cross from Pakistan into the closed western province of China since the revolution of
Seven Years in Tibet
Imprisoned in India by the British when WWII was declared, Austrian climber Heinrich Harrer escaped, crossing the Himalayas to Tibet. Settling in Lhasa, the Forbidden City, he became the tutor and friend of the present Dalai Lama in this classic of adventure literature. Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart`s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as `Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightening …A masterpiece`. One day, while browsing in a London bookshop, Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker – and fell passionately in love with him
This Was the Old Chief`s Country – Collected African Stories, Volume I
This is a stunning new edition of the classic African story collection, by Nobel-Prize winner Doris Lessing. In this superb volume of African stories, Doris Lessing paints a magnificent portrait of the country in which she grew up. The cruelties of the white man towards the native, `the amorphous black mass, like tadpoles, faceless, who
The Inheritors: Introduced by Ben Okri
Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of `Lord of the Flies`, introduced by Ben Okri.This was a different voice; not the voice of the people. It was the voice of other.When spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again – Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2020
Winner of the 2020 Goldsmiths PrizeA New Statesman Book of the Year”…Draws a portrait of watery, post-Brexit Britain that brings shivers of both unease and recognition” Jonathan CoeWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2020, this is fiction that pushes the boundaries of the novel form.Shaw had a breakdown, but he`s getting himself back together. He has
The Spire: Introduced by Benjamin Myers
Succumb to a churchman`s apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of `Lord of the Flies`, introduced by Benjamin Myers.There were three sorts of people. Those who ran, those who stayed, and those who were built in.Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a
Pincher Martin: Introduced by Marlon James
Experience a shipwrecked sailor`s disintegration into `a naked madman on a rock` by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of `Lord of the Flies`, introduced by Marlon James.An hour on this rock is a lifetime.Glistening limpets. Lobster claws. Wild tangles of seaweed. Slowly, his eyes open. Everywhere, there is sea. Only this jagged peak interrupts
The Stubborn Light of Things: A Nature Diary
A Sunday Times Nature Book of the YearA nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from urban south London to the rural Suffolk countryside.”A writer of great gifts.” Robert Macfarlane”The journal of a writer to compare to Thomas Hardy. Melissa Harrison is among our most celebrated nature
Klara and the Sun – Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
From the Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureLonglisted for the 2021 Man Booker PrizeFeatured in Barack Obama`s Summer Reading List 2021″This is a novel for fans of `Never Let Me Go`… tender, touching and true” The Times “The Sun always has ways to reach us.” From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial
Beautiful World, Where Are You: From the Internationally Bestselling Author of `Normal People`
From the Internationally Bestselling Author of `Normal People`.”A tour de force. The dialogue never falters, and the prose burns up the page.” Guardian”Rooney`s strongest writing thus far … There is a touching honesty and truthfulness in these pages, along with a quiet brilliance.” Financial Times”Rooney`s best novel yet. Funny and smart, full of sex and
Harsh Times
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature”A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever.” Financial Times Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in
Sicilian Carousel
Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. `A magician.` The Times Despite decades spent poetically chronicling Mediterranean life in Rhodes, Cyprus and Corfu, celebrated travel writer Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the
The Death of Francis Bacon
A bold and brilliant short work by the author of `Grief is the Thing with Feathers` and `Lanny`.Madrid. Unfinished.Man Dying.A great painter lies on his deathbed.Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist`s mind.
Peaces
“Intoxicating.” New York Magazine”Oyeyemi is a master.” New York Times”Welcome back to the magical, maddening milieu of Oyeyemi`s singular fiction, in which trapdoors spring open and revelations emerge like Russian nesting dolls.” O, the Oprah Magazine`Peaces` is the story of Otto and Xavier Shin, a couple who embark on a mysterious train journey that takes
Looking for Trouble
“One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent” Antony BeevorThis sensational 1941 memoir of life on the frontline of wartime Europe by a trailblazing female reporter is a rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb….Paris as it fell to the Nazis……London on the first day of the Blitz……Berlin the day Germany invaded Poland……Madrid in the Spanish
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn`t `retiring` them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal – the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal
Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions)
The visionary masterpiece, tracing a riverboat crew`s dreamlike jungle voyage…”An exhilarating experience … Makes visions real and reality visions … Genius.” Jamaica Kincaid”A masterpiece: I love this book for its language, adventure and wisdoms.” Monique Roffey”Revel in the inviolate, ever-deepening mystery of Wilson Harris`s work.” Jeet Thayil”The Guyanese William Blake . Such poetic intensity.” Angela
The Guyana Quartet: `Genius` (Jamaica Kincaid)
This epic masterpiece is a radical landmark in modern literature, reissued with a foreword by poet Ishion Hutchinson to mark Wilson Harris` centenary.`An exhilarating experience … Genius.` Jamaica KincaidI dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye …Guyana. An ancient landscape of rainforests and swamplands, haunted by the legacy of
Small Things Like These – Signed, Independent Bookshop Edition
Signed by the Author”A single one of Keegan`s grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.” Hilary Mantel”This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.” Douglas Stuart”Marvellous-exact
