World Literature

'Smart, sexy, funny and so sharply written. A total freaking delight.' Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Every Summer After School librarian Alexis usually keeps out of the spotlight. But when she's dumped for being too meek in bed, she decides...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358489231Author Hermann HessePage Count 146Imprint Happy Hour BooksPublisher Happy Hour Books

'Phenomenal' Abi Dare'Moving and suspenseful' Jess Walter'Heart-stopping' Patricia Engel'Wonderful' Jessie BurtonYu-jin is gifted. Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead. Min Ford is searching for his place in the world. The Los Angeles...

Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive, bookish and full of spirit, she can fly in her sleep and loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, and no one seems to be asking the right...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802580501Author Steve SmallmanFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 150mm * 10mm

Sometimes life is full of surprises, especially when you least expect them...Born into the Scottish Clan MacBain and the 17th century ancestral home, Drumblair Castle, Liv MacBain has always dreamt of leaving the ancient homestead and becoming her own...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE IRISH TIMES and IRISH INDEPENDENTShortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book AwardsShortlisted for Novel of the Year, Dalkey Literary AwardsShortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year AwardLuke O'Brien has...

_______________ 'Full of fun, longing and wit ... a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith 'A touching and engrossing story ... an assured debut' - The Times 'A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in...

In thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician's wife imagines her life had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027307746Author Howard PyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 716Imprint e-artnowPublisher e-artnowWeight(grams) 939gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913715700Author Rachel GartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Law Brief PublishingPublisher Law Brief Publishing

It is 1649. As the English soldiers trample the Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill.Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been...

Since the time of prehistory, carpet makers have tied intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of their makers' wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet- maker...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143448471Author Geetanjali ShreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 696Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**Set over three explosive days, this is compulsive, heart-pounding storytelling that will keep you on the edge of your seat.He thought she was safe. Then the past came knocking.Seventeen years ago, Inspector Ewert Grens was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420149999Author Madeline HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Zebra BooksPublisher Kensington Publishing

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...

Winner PEN Translates Award (UK)Recovering from an unspecified accident, the narrator of Loop finds herself in waiting rooms of different kinds: airport departure lounges, doctors' surgeries, and above all at home, awaiting the return of her boyfriend,...

A heartbreaking tale of love and courage in wartime ItalyTwo women, one village, and a war that changes everything...In wartime Italy, Rosa's whole world is turned upside down when British POWs are sent to her father's tenant farm on landowner Ginori's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681378169Author Eugenio MontaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641294720Author Samrat UpadhyayFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press IncWeight(grams) 567g

Anne's diagnosis of terminal cancer shines a spotlight onto fractured relationships with her daughter and granddaughter, with surprising, heartwarming results. A moving, elegant and warmly funny novel by the Norwegian Anne Tyler. 'Helga Flatland...

Sometimes it's the most unlikely meetings that give us life's greatest gifts.1970s, Southern Alabama. Sixty-two-year-old Jeremiah Lewis Taylor, or "Nub," has spent his whole life listening to those he loves tell him he's no good-first his ex-wife, now...

Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid evoke a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea...

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes an enthralling set of short stories.No one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these exquisitely crafted stories spanning several centuries,...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788436847Page Count 12Imprint Make Believe IdeasPublisher Make Believe IdeasDimensions(mm) 186mm * 186mm * 18mm

Miss Cullen finds herself in a dreadful predicament. Four years from retirement, she can no longer meet the educational standards expected nor control her pupils at Besley High School for girls. She knows that no other school will hire her now, but if...

Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsA man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's intimate life is strangely...

Multi award-winning author Chae Strathie teams up with illustrator Francis Martin for this fabulously funny story about a feisty little girl, her toy monkey and the mischievous adventures they get up to. Francis's vibrant, quirky illustrations bring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953861849Author FINE GRABOLFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago BooksWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm) 171mm *...

What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited GBP17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372600Author John BesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681376196Author E. E. CummingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

Reality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning novel from the master of the surreal.Eyes mark the shape of the city The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805081494Author Irina ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see.In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200 years later, Sister Anne is also waiting for a sign. Which is why she accepts a mission to go to a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953387127Author Ella BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar RadioWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 137mm...