World Literature

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681377124Author Dino BuzzatiFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

'Amazing' Reese Witherspoon'Heart-rending' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Luminous and moving!' Kate Quinn'Unforgettable' Kristen HarmelThe heartbreaking and completely unputdownable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the...

'An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Matsumoto was Japan's Agatha Christie' Laura Hackett, The Sunday Times'It was a puzzle with no solution...

An extraordinary bond develops between an angry teenage runaway and a middle-aged woman running a large farm on her own, as they work the land and slowly heal ... the sublime, achingly beautiful debut that everyone is talking about...'Such a timely tale ...

The gentle giant Florian Herscht has a problem: having faithfully attended Herr Koehler's adult education classes in physics, he is convinced that disaster is imminent. And so, he embarks upon a one-sided correspondence with Chancellor Angela Merkel, to...

For your best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof, split-proof, tear-proof. Rhodes Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate, easy to read, easy to use map that you can buy at any price. A large 960mm by 700mm double...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802160850Author Claire KeeganFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Fiddle Time Joggers is a landmark book in the popular Fiddle Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936716869Author David H SternPage Count 1728Imprint Messianic Jewish PublishersPublisher Messianic Jewish PublishersWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm)...

Perfect for budding weather-watchers, this beautifully illustrated book will help children identify all kinds of clouds.There's a chart and stickers at the back, so they can keep track of the ones they've seen.A handy little spotter's guide to clouds,...

'The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia' Guardian Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country's new political reformers,...

Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname 'Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She...

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...

SHORTLISTED for the International Booker Prize 2022After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063411524Author Taichi YamadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

'There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain'A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. He imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in the painting that obsesses him. Over and over...

Is three days with a cat enough to change your life?The troubled and anxious of Tokyo are desperate to find out. They all have their problems - and they all want to believe that a feline companion from a unique pet shop can help them find a solution. But...

The highly-anticipated second instalment in the CRIME trilogy, now a hit TV SeriesIn Edinburgh, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is investigating a brutal crime...* PRE-ORDER IRVINE WELSH'S NEW NOVEL, RESOLUTION, NOW *Ritchie Gulliver MP is dead. Castrated...

'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with' Lisa Jewell'Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it!' Graham Norton'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes...

WINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE An epic storyteller with the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, Jenny Erpenbeck has created an unforgettably...

A captivating novella about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life, by the great Simone de Beauvoir.Nicole and Andre, a retired French couple, take a summer holiday to Russia. It is the 1960s and Russia is a beautiful,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590200421Author Daniil KharmsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Overlook PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

'The Alaskan wilds are the setting for Marie Vingtras's compelling Blizzard ... a chilling, tense read' - ObserverWinner of Prix Des Libraires, the French Booksellers' Prize for Best Novel of the Year.An Observer Crime and thriller of the monthI lost him...

Join the dolls as they look after all kinds of pets, such as playful puppies, cuddly kittens, as well as hens, lambs and a pony. Discover what they give them to eat and how they look after them.A delightful sticker book full of dolls to dress and scenes...

Spring is a deeply moving novel about family, our everyday lives, our joys and our struggles, beautifully illustrated by Anna Bjerger.'Moving... A circadian novel, set over one day... Entirely ingenious' Daily TelegraphSpring follows a father and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684129058Author Charles DickensFormat HardbackPage Count 912Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams) 1318gDimensions(mm)...

Two decades after an event that shook the world, a chilling cold case murder is about to make the headlines all over againDNA from a tiny bone fragment has allowed the New York medical examiner's office to make its first successful identification of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914602184Author Agatha ChristieFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern PublishingWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

"A breath of fresh air in the genre of healing fiction. Boldly exploring the grey areas and struggles of life . . . it left me feeling hopeful that a small step in the right direction is what it takes to make things better" Shanna Tan, translator of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590179673Author Basil CreightonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

*THE HEARTWARMING KOREAN BESTSELLER**A new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop*Situated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary...

'Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age' Daily MailHaving sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The...

A Leopard-Skin Hat may be the French writer Anne Serre's most moving novel yet. Hailed in Le Point as a "masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance," it is the story of an intense friendship between "the Narrator" and his close childhood friend,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935744900Author Bill JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago BooksWeight(grams) 525g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374722937Author Tove DitlevsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Fsg OriginalsPublisher Fsg OriginalsWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374504649Author Flannery O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

A charming Christmas entry in Patrick Taylor's beloved internationally bestselling Irish Country series, An Irish Country Yuletide. December 1965. 'Tis the season once again in the cozy Irish village of Ballybucklebo, which means that Doctor Fingal...

Experience a major new literary universe in the making'I read The Morning Star compulsively and stayed awake all night after finishing it' Brandon TaylorNine lives will be forever changed . . .One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with...

Why do the only men I know carry wet umbrellas and say "Umm?" I'm being starved alive. Quick: the first bookshop for a copy of the Kama-Sutra. Min works at the BBC as a sound engineer, and in theory she's married, but her husband George is so invisible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250074812Author Jeffrey EugenidesFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 145mm * 89mm * 23mm