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From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest. Eight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace. The translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens, and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets — and deceptions — of Irena Rey's that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. This hilarious, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.

A witty, dizzying literary caper about books, travel, and translation — perfect for fans of David Mitchell and the work of Hideaki AnnoThis delightfully surreal novella follows the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of languages.An affluent entrepreneur named A.A. Abrams sinks seemingly infinite resources into the global pursuit of a writer about whom very little is known. Abrams'target, known as “Tomoyuki Tomoyuki,” moves from one place to another, producing work in the local language before moving on to another part of the world.But how does Tomoyuki Tomoyuki move from one language to the next with such ease? Agents employed by the Abrams Institute attempt to make sense of the writer's erratic movements and baffling writing habits, but come to find that within each puzzle is yet another puzzle, waiting to be unraveled. One puzzle leads to another in this delightful literary caper.

Jackie Lau, author of the “full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The Stand-Up Groomsman, returns with a charming rom-com about a young woman's desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother…only to find that maybe mother does know best.Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that. Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents'friends. You'd think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he's just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they're forced together at Emily's sister's wedding, it's obvious he thinks he's too good for her. But now that Emily is her family's last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There's only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom's meddling. He reluctantly agrees. Unfortunately, lying isn't enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates—including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class—so they'll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark's not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn't so ugly after all…

In contemporary Norwegian fiction Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely personal; it can be difficult to separate the fiction from Espedal's own experiences. In that vein, his novel Against Art is not just the story of a boy growing up to be a writer, but it is also the story of writing. Specifically, it is about the profession of writing—the routines, responsibility, and obstacles. Yet, Against Art is also about being a father, a son, and a grandson; about a family and a family's tales, and about how preceding generations mark their successors. It is at once about choices and changes, about motion and rest, about moving to a new place, and about living. Praise for the Norwegian Edition “One of the most beautiful, most important books I've read for years.”—Klassekampen “Espedal has written an amazingly rich novel, which will assuredly stand out as one of the year's best and will also further fortify the quality of Norwegian literature abroad.”— Adresseavisen “Against Art attacks literature while at the same time being intensely literary. Our greatest sorrows and torments, the individual experiences often so anemic in art, find a voice of their own.”—Morgenbladet “Against Art moves me with its maternal history and proves yet again that Tomas Espedal writes great novels.”—Dag og Tid

'A brilliant, bleak moral maze of a novel'Guardian'Dazzling... by turns comic, lyrical and heartbreaking'Monica Ali'Profound and beautiful'Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting'A vital, haunting, devastating read'Sarah Waters A publisher, who is at war with his industry and himself, embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him; an academic exchanges one story for another after an accident brings a stranger into her life; and a family in rural India have their lives destroyed by a gift. These three ingeniously linked but distinct narratives, each of which has devastating unintended consequences, form a breathtaking exploration of freedom, responsibility, and ethics. What happens when market values replace other notions of value and meaning? How do the choices we make affect our work, our relationships, and our place in the world? Neel Mukherjee's new novel exposes the myths of individual choice, and confronts our fundamental assumptions about economics, race, appropriation, and the tangled ethics of contemporary life. Choice is a scathing, compassionate quarrel with the world, a masterful inquiry into how we should live our lives, and how we should tell them.'A magnificent achievement'Namwali Serpell'A superb writer... his greatest work yet'Michelle de Kretser

National BestsellerNamed a must read by NPR, People, Vanity Fair, Electric Literature, Nylon, Alta Journal, CrimeReads and DebutifulNamed a most anticipated book by Elle, The Millions, Bustle, Lit Hub, Dandelion Chandelier, Zibby Mag, Bookpage, and The Rumpus“Oh my mushrooms, The Extinction of Irena Rey is incredibly strange, savvy, sly and hard to classify. I also couldn't put it down.” -The New York Times, Editors'ChoiceFrom the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, an utterly beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace.The translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets-and deceptions-of Irena Rey's that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. This hilarious, thought-provoking debut novel is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “[An] ingenious jigsaw puzzle of a book...highly entertaining.” —The New York Times “The queen of found footage thrillers.” —Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author A whip-smart and “fast-paced mystery” (The Daily Telegraph, London) from the internationally bestselling author of The Twyford Code and The Appeal about a true crime journalist who revives a long-buried case about a cult—and finds herself too close to the story.Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the anti-Christ. When the girl came to her senses and called the police, the Angels committed suicide and mother and baby disappeared. Now, true crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case. The Alperton baby has turned eighteen; finding them will be the scoop of the year. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and also on the baby's trail. As Amanda and Oliver are forced to collaborate, they realize that the truth about the Angels is much darker and stranger than they'd ever imagined, and in pursuit of the story they risk becoming part of it.

¿Puede una mujer reinventarse más allá de sus setenta años? ¿Puede un autor volver a sentir la urgencia de crear luego de años sin componer una sola obra nueva? «Greta siente que la alegría la recorre como un vino. ¿Viste, tarada, que podías dar una entrevista y el lobo no te iba a comer? Años de cautela que le pesaban como un fardo caen de su cuerpo y la dejan liviana como un pájaro». ¿Puede una mujer reinventarse más allá de sus setenta años? ¿Puede un autor volver a sentir la urgencia de crear luego de décadas sin componer una sola obra nueva? Greta, que en el pasado brilló como escritora, vive retirada en compañía de su gata Prascovia. Atrás quedaron su fulgurante irrupción literaria a los veintidós años y su impactante segunda novela, que le otorgaron fama y prestigio. Desde entonces no ha dado entrevistas. ¿Qué pasó con ella? Movidos por el deseo de descubrir el misterio, Marcos, estudiante de periodismo, y Albertina, una chica ávida de penetrar en la vida secreta de la autora, irrumpen en su casa y provocan una serie de situaciones disparatadas que dan paso al humor absurdo, uno de los tonos destacados de esta obra, y a que Greta, acuciada por una voz implacable que la interpela, remueva una historia que no quería contar y nos revele el complejo camino de la invención de sus tres libros. Sensibilidad y talento, visión sin concesiones de la madurez femenina y humor corrosivo dan cuenta de la magistral lección de narrativa de Liliana Heker en Noticias sobre el iceberg, su nueva y esperada novela. La crítica dijo: «Más allá del conflicto con la realidad argentina de los 70 se impone su condición metanarrativa, su constante interrogación sobre cómo se escribe una novela, desde dónde, para qué, cómo se preserva o se altera el plan original, el valor de lo'testimonial'en el proceso de ficcionalización». Rogelio Demarchi, De la crítica de la ficción a la ficción de la crítica, sobre El fin de la historia «Los hombres se hacen a golpes, indica la sabiduría popular. ¿Y las mujeres? ¡También!, nos enseña magistralmente Liliana Heker en Zona de clivaje […], un verdadero alarde de mostración, despliegue, vivisección, derrame, vómito, de la dolorosa, lúcida, cruel y enérgica forma en que una mujer se busca a sí misma». Emilce Dio Bleichmar, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos «Una obra que impacta por su honestidad y se vuelve imprescindible, para aspirantes y consagrados». Verónica Abdala, Clarín, sobre La trastienda de la escritura «Lo que hay en los cuentos de Liliana Heker es una vitalidad feroz y envidiable. La energía de los que creen en el trabajo, en la vida, y en la literatura». Samanta Schweblin

In the fourth book of a Shark School series spin-off, young hammerhead shark Harvey Hammer meets his all-time favorite comic book creator!What could be more amazing than meeting the creator of your all-time favorite comic book in the entire ocean? Nothing as far as Harvey Hammer is concerned. He goes to the Coral Point Comic Book convention and comes fin to face with Keel Caiman. But when Caiman's favorite pen goes missing, all eyes are on Harvey! Harvey would never take anything from his hero…would he?

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be toldThe small, rundown village of Great Diddling is full of stories—author Berit Gardner can feel it. The way the villagers avoid outsiders, the furtive stares and whispers in the presence of newcomers… Berit can sense the edge of a story waiting to be unraveled, and she's just the person to do it. In fact, with a book deadline looming over her and no manuscript (not even the idea for a manuscript, truth be told), Berit doesn't just want this story. She needs it.Then, while attending a village tea party, Berit becomes part of the action herself. An explosion in the library of the village's grand manor kills a local man, and the resulting investigation and influx of outsiders sends the quiet, rundown community into chaos. The residents of Great Diddling, each one more eccentric and interesting than any character Berit could have invented, rewrite their own narrative and transform the death of one of their own from a tragedy into a new beginning. Taking advantage of Great Diddling's new notoriety, the villagers band together to start a book and murder festival designed to bring desperately-needed tourists to their town. What they couldn't have predicted is how the new story they've begun to tell will change all their lives forever.Uplifting, charming, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Murders in Great Diddling by New York Times bestselling author Katarina Bivald is a celebration of the life-changing magic of books and the people who love them.

From the New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles and based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France—this is “a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author).1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade is a “rich, glorious, life-affirming tribute to literature and female solidarity. Simply unforgettable” (Kate Thompson, author of The Wartime Book Club).

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK“A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy… This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard.” –LA Times “Funny, foxy and fleet…The jokes are good, the punches land, the dialogue is tart.” –Dwight Garner, The New York Times A brilliant take on love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial-identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of CaucasiaJane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane's sabbatical, giving her the time and space she needs to finish her second novel—a centuries-spanning epic her artist husband, Lenny, dubs her “mulatto War and Peace.” Finally, some semblance of stability and success seems to be within her grasp. But things don't work out quite as hoped. Desperate for a plan B, like countless writers before her Jane turns her gaze to Hollywood. When she finagles a meeting with Hampton Ford, a hot producer with a major development deal at a streaming network, he seems excited to work with a “real writer,” and together they begin to develop “the Jackie Robinson of biracial comedies.” Things finally seem to be going right for Jane—until they go terribly wrong. Funny, piercing, and page turning, Colored Television is Senna's most on-the-pulse, ambitious, and rewarding novel yet.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A “masterly” (The New York Times, Editors'Choice), “riveting” (The Atlantic) novel of friendship, family, and the unthinkable realities of exile, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return“A profound celebration of the sustaining power of friendship, of the ways we mold ourselves against the indentations of those few people whom fate presses against us.”—The Washington PostWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTIONOne evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being eaten alive by a cat, and has the sense that his life has been changed forever. Obsessed by the power of those words—and by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zowa—Khaled eventually embarks on a journey that will take him far from home, to pursue a life of the mind at the University of Edinburgh.There, thrust into an open society that is miles away from the world he knew in Libya, Khaled begins to change. He attends a protest against the Qaddafi regime in London, only to watch it explode into tragedy. In a flash, Khaled finds himself injured, clinging to life, unable to leave Britain, much less return to the country of his birth. To even tell his mother and father back home what he has done, on tapped phone lines, would expose them to danger.When a chance encounter in a hotel brings Khaled face-to-face with Hosam Zowa, the author of the fateful short story, he is subsumed into the deepest friendship of his life. It is a friendship that not only sustains him but eventually forces him, as the Arab Spring erupts, to confront agonizing tensions between revolution and safety, family and exile, and how to define his own sense of self against those closest to him.A devastating meditation on friendship and family, and the ways in which time tests—and frays—those bonds, My Friends is an achingly beautiful work of literature by an author working at the peak of his powers.

Victoria Swann is a successful author of romance and adventure novels who becomes a champion of women's rights as she takes on the literary establishment and finds her true voice, both on and off the page. Everything changes for Victoria when she goes against her publisher's demands and abandons her frivolous style to tell her own story. Her new, young, Harvard-bred editor becomes her unexpected ally as she fights for the women who have been her faithful readers. Set in Gilded Age Boston, The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann shows writing and reading as acts of defiance and revision in life and revision on the page as intimately entwined.

CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi and Belletrist Book Club Pick “Raw, complex, and utterly unforgettable.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author The only child of a famous American novelist discovers a shocking family secret that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her own stalled writing career in this standout debut, perfect for fans of Pineapple Street and The Plot.Growing up in the nineties in New York City as the only child of famous parents was both a blessing and a curse for Isabelle Manning. Her beautiful society hostess mother, Claire, and New York Times bestselling author father, Ward, were the city's intellectual It couple. Ward's glamorous obligations often took him away from Isabelle, but Claire made sure her childhood was always filled with love. Now an adult, all Isabelle wants is to be a successful writer like her father but after many false starts and the unexpected death of her mother, she faces her upcoming thirty-fifth birthday alone and on the verge of a breakdown. Her anxiety only skyrockets when she uncovers some shocking truths about her parents and begins wondering if everything she knew about her family was all based on an elaborate lie. This “literary page-turner” (KJ Dell'Antonia, New York Times bestselling author) is punctuated with fragments of a compulsively readable book-within-a-book about a woman determined to steal back the spotlight from a man who has cheated his way to the top. The characters seem eerily familiar but is the plot based on fact? And more importantly, who is the author?

Meudon, automne 1942. Quand un homme, équipé d'une grande valise, frappe à la porte d'un médecin en pleine nuit à la recherche d'un médicament pour soigner son asthme, celui-ci se méfie et pense qu'il va alimenter le marché noir. Mais quand il découvre qu'il s'agit de Marcel Proust, c'est une autre affaire, le médecin ayant lui-même écrit un livre à succès, Voyage au bout de la nuit. Céline propose alors un marché à Proust : il lui fournit son médicament si celui-ci accepte de remettre une lettre à un officier allemand. Marcel, d'origine juive, prend peur au vu de l'antisémitisme prononcé de son interlocuteur. Il craint que la missive qu'il doit porter ne contienne une liste de juifs à déporter. Un dilemme se pose à lui : sauver sa peau ou celle d'inconnus? Un dialogue intense et à l'issue incertaine s'instaure alors entre les deux plus grands auteurs du xxe siècle. Proust réussira-t-il à convaincre Céline d'abandonner ce funeste projet et de l'aider à se soigner?

Winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction “The stories in A New Race of Men from Heaven move elegantly between the ache of loneliness and the grace of connection, however fleeting.” —Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections A New Race of Men from Heaven is a collection of stories about those who struggle to live in a world inherited on their own terms, of characters who may at times wander, but are never truly lost. A lonely man on a business trip finds himself in the middle of a search party for a missing boy; a grieving widow leaves India to join family in the United States; a writer finds renewed success when an unknown imposter begins publishing under his identity. In these quiet yet deeply knowing stories of power, race, despair, and migration, A New Race of Men from Heaven offers us, above all else, stories of enduring love and of hope.

Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers, the award-winning, best-selling author of BlondeA brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a woman stalked by a would-be killer may be confiding in the wrong former lover; a young woman is morbidly obsessed by her unfamiliar new role as “mother.” In the collection's longest story, a much-praised cutting-edge writer cruelly experiments with “drafts” of his own suicide.In these powerfully wrought stories that hold a mirror up to our time, Joyce Carol Oates has created a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and ever-shifting identities. Provocative and stunning, Zero-Sum reinforces Oates's standing as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life.

A FEBRUARY 2023 INDIE NEXT PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE A short, lyrical debut novel about love, loss, work, time, and the unquenchable desire for connection with others—for fans of Jenny Offill, Mieko Kawakami, David Szalay and Sheila Heti The second time you came, we went from bar to bar to bar. It made the city feel smaller. Like a map we were folding to the size of a stamp. We were good at that. We could have fit an entire universe inside a matchbox. Exquisitely crafted, richly imagined, and as funny as it is moving, Hourglass is an unusual and uniquely told love story. Turning time upside down, it combs the wreckage of personal heartbreak for something universal and asks what it means to lose what you love. “This book is such a sneaky head f•ck—an epic poem in an ancient style about the brutalities of modern love, a masculine interrogation of feminine heartbreak, a really beautiful way to spend an evening”—Lena Dunham

Sparks fly when a romance writer and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the ultimate Hollywood love story—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script—from the “divine” (Jodi Picoult) New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners.Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached. Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she's spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie? Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work but when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too. “Full of big laughs, a few tears, and some seriously steamy scenes” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy's debut in the New York Times bestselling The Soulmate Equation.

'A gorgeous, gorgeous book, full of love, written from the heart. I adored every page!'Bestselling author, Judy LeighAlex would like to believe she's a woman who has it all. Or that's what she tells everyone, including herself. But this is far from true. Actually she's on the cusp of losing her home, her dream career as a writer is in tatters, her ex won't speak to her, and her mother's gone forever.But then a chance meeting with a stranger named Hope gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, when Hope jokes that perhaps Alex should take over her job in a café while she goes travelling.Just at that moment, it sounds like the answer to all her problems. So Alex persuades Hope to let her step into her shoes for a month. She brushes away Hope's attempts to explain about the café, instead demanding to know more about the owner Tom.But she should have asked for more details. Because the ‘Wrong Order Café'isn't like anywhere she's ever been before. And Alex's life is about to change forever…A gorgeously uplifting story about memories, storytelling, love and friendship, about the journeys we take and the people we meet, what we remember and how there are some things we can never forget.Readers love The Memory of You:‘Perfection – heart-breaking, heart-warming, witty and comforting… A glorious recipe that makes the reader want to move into this cafe and never leave. I absolutely adored it.'Celia Anderson, bestselling author of 59 Memory Lane‘Samantha Tonge has done it again! An emotional and enlightening story packed with empathy and heart.'Zoe Folbigg, bestselling author of The Note‘Oh, this book! A beautiful and truly unforgettable read.'Hazel Prior, bestselling author of Away With the Penguins‘I loved this heartwarming book… Great characters… Moments to make you smile, raise a lump in your throat and touches of humour… Wonderful.'Caroline Roberts, bestselling author of The Cosy Teashop series‘Wonderful… the author's emotional touch is quite perfect… A book entirely filled with kindness and love that can't fail to touch the heart… I adored every moment. One of my books of the year.'Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘I'm not sure any words I choose will be eloquent enough to sum up this very special book…. It's honest, raw, poignant and heart-breaking. It is also warm-hearted, positive, uplifting, funny and full of love and hope… Clearly written straight from the heart.'Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hug in a book… A truly stunning read and deserved every one of the 5 stars in spades. Loved it doesn't cover it.'Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This story is beautiful, uplifting, emotional, thought-provoking and thoroughly disarming… brave, funny, beautiful… life affirming.'Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Had me in tears of laughter and tears of heartbreak… Beautiful.'Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Nightmare Abbey follows the fortunes of Christopher Glowry, Esquire, a morose widower who lives with his only son Scythrop in his semi-dilapidated family mansion Nightmare Abbey, which is situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens in Lincolnshire. Scythrop is recovering from a love affair which ended badly when Mr Glowry and the young woman's father quarreled over terms and broke off the proposed match. With a penchant for melancholy, gothic mystery and abstruse Kantian metaphysics, Scythrop throws himself into a quixotic mission of reforming the world and regenerating the human species, and dreams up various schemes to achieve these ends. Most of these involve secret societies of Illuminati. However, he is constantly distracted from these projects by his dalliance with two women – the worldly and flirtatious Marionetta and the mysterious and intellectual Stella – and by the constant stream of visitors to the abbey.

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, the Sunday Times Young Writer Award, the Betty Trask Prize, and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Times (London) • The Sunday Times (London) Novel of the Year • Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction, the Polari Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction • Selected for Kirkus Reviews's Best Fiction Books of the Year A captivating and “remarkable” (The Boston Globe) debut that “brims with intelligence and insight” (The New York Times), about two marriages, two forbidden love affairs, and the passionate search for social and sexual freedom in late 19th-century London.In the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that homosexuality, which is a crime at the time, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they have never met, John and Henry both live in London with their wives, Catherine and Edith, and in each marriage, there is a third party: John has a lover, a working-class man named Frank, and Edith spends almost as much time with her friend Angelica as she does with Henry. John and Catherine have three grown daughters and a long, settled marriage, over the course of which Catherine has tried to accept her husband's sexuality and her own role in life; Henry and Edith's marriage is intended to be a revolution in itself, an intellectual partnership that dismantles the traditional understanding of what matrimony means. Shortly before the book is to be published, Oscar Wilde is arrested. John and Henry must decide whether to go on, risking social ostracism and imprisonment, or to give up the project for their own safety and the safety of the people they love. A richly detailed, powerful, and visceral novel about love, sex, and the struggle for a better world, The New Life brilliantly asks: “What's worth jeopardizing in the name of progress?” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors'Choice).

Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize “A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel.” —Charles Yu, National Book Award–winning author of Interior Chinatown A fresh, unique work of metafiction that follows a graphic novelist who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown.In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he's a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two. At least, that's what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write. The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and can't help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he's spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and Benny's? “Instructive as it is inspiring, The Double Life of Benson Yu is a phenomenal example of a writer taking real risks in order to reveal and reckon with deep-rooted, tormenting truths as a means of moving forward. Kevin Chong has crafted a novel that will get your heart pumping, mind jumping, and, best of all, fingers turning” (Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author).

Los protagonistas de Basilisco y de Los extraños regresan en esta nueva colección de historias que alternan pasado y presente, ficción y realidad. Jon Bilbao demuestra una vez más su maestría como narrador y su dominio sobre el género del relato. El huraño pistolero John Dunbar, conocido como Basilisco, guía a un grupo de peregrinos a través de Estados Unidos en busca del Paraíso de los Hombres, una tierra prometida reservada solo a los varones. Durante el viaje, Dunbar entabla relación con Lucrecia, hermana del iluminado líder de los peregrinos, única integrante femenina de la expedición. Jon, autor de las historias protagonizadas por Basilisco, intenta reencauzar su vida después de su divorcio. Rememora su infancia en Asturias y emprende con sus hijos un accidentado viaje de documentación por el desierto de Nevada. A su vez, Katharina, su expareja, visita París durante una tormenta de barro de apariencia bíblica y se encuentra con alguien a quien no esperaba volver a ver. Y, al final, todos los personajes, en cada una de sus épocas, se acaban topando con la Araña, figura de origen incierto e influencia dañina, que guarda un vínculo estrecho tanto con John Dunbar como con su creador. CRÍTICA «Jon Bilbao es una celebración de la narratividad, del gusto por contar.» —Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural «Jon Bilbao posee una maestría fuera de lo común.» —Lluís Satorras, Babelia «No nos cansamos de leer libros de Jon Bilbao, uno de los mejores escritores (en el sentido literal, de los que mejor escriben) del panorama nacional.» —Begoña Alonso, ELLE «El gran mérito de Bilbao es, además de retratar con todas sus virtudes y flaquezas unos personajes impactantes, su notable agilidad, ese ritmo trepidante que nos lleva sin descanso de una historia a otra, sin darnos cuartel.» —Rosa Martí, Esquire «Jon Bilbao está demostrando libro a libro ser uno de los escritores jóvenes que mejor saben contar una historia.» —José María Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC Cultural «Jon Bilbao es uno de los autores más singulares del actual panorama literario, un creador de mundos muy personales desde los que disecciona la realidad y ofrece su peculiar punto de vista sobre ella.» b>—Ascensión Rivas, El Cultural «Jon Bilbao perfecciona, a cada nuevo libro, su peculiar y, a ratos, muy anglosajón don para aquello que Roberto Bolaño llamó el ejercicio de esgrima.» —Laura Fernández, Babelia «Jon Bilbao es uno de los escritores más dotados de la actualidad. Domina un trozo del mundo que ha conseguido hacer suyo y donde prima la atención al detalle.» —Juan Ángel Juristo, ABC Cultural

Dorothy Edwards, an only child, was born on the 18th August 1902 at Ogmore Vale in Glamorgan.Her father was a headmaster and an early activist in the Independent Labour Party. At age 9 Dorothy, dressed in red, welcomed Keir Hardy on to the stage at Tonypandy during the national coal strike of 1912. She was taught that revolution was at hand, that class barriers would be a thing of the past. Dorothy won a scholarship and boarded at Howell's School for Girls in Llandaff before moving to University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire where she read Greek and philosophy.Her early hopes to be an opera singer were set to one side after graduating and the death of her father. Instead she took on part-time work to supplement her mother's pension with whom she now lived.Dorothy managed to write a number of short stories which appeared in the literary journals of the day. She spent several months with her mother in Vienna, all the time revising or writing before embarking on ‘Winter Sonata', a short novel published in 1928.Introductions to several members of the Bloomsbury Group meant a move to London and a division of her time between child-care for the family of Bloomsbury author David Garnett and the promise of an advance payment for her work on a new volume of stories.However, Dorothy's life was starting to spiral out of control; she was attracted to the Welsh nationalist movement but felt that her Welsh provincialism made her, in London at least, feel socially inferior. Leaving her mother dependent on a hired companion consumed her with guilt as did the end of an affair with a married musician.On the 5th January 1934, having spent the morning burning her papers, Dorothy Edwards threw herself in front of a train near Caerphilly railway station. Her suicide note read:'I am killing myself because I have never sincerely loved any human being all my life. I have accepted kindness and friendship and even love without gratitude, and given nothing in return.'

Named One of the 12 Best Romance Novels for Beach Read Season by Tertulia Independent Publishers Book Awards, Gold Medal - US Northeast: Best Regional Fiction In this sparkling, heartwarming debut set at an iconic Vermont spa, massage therapist Joan Johnston struggles with grief. Can a quirky assignment from a demanding, eccentric author help Joan rewrite her life? Massage therapist Joan Johnston can't seem to get her life back on track. She's wallowing in grief over the accidental death of her boyfriend, Samuel, and her attitude is now seriously jeopardizing her job at Apex Inn & Spa, a Vermont institution, as well as her friendships. Then a new client, Carmen Bronze—famous for her bestselling romance novels as well as her crazy demands and flaming temper—offers Joan the chance to pay down her massage school debt and get back in her boss'good graces at work. All Joan needs to do is funnel Carmen insider dirt for her next book, which is set at a spa. Joan's not sure, but she's out of better options and takes the deal. As the task unexpectedly reawakens a dormant talent in Joan, she's irresistibly drawn to writing her own romance novel—one based on her relationship with Samuel that stretches into the bright future they didn't get to share. Writing seems to be the therapy Joan so desperately needs, and her heart begins to open to unlikely friendships, workplace injustice, and even a new romance. But it's not that easy, especially with the intensity of Carmen breathing down her neck. When Carmen discovers what Joan has been up to, she snatches Joan's hand-written manuscript and claims it as her own, leading Joan's new motley crew of friends to hatch an audacious (and hilarious) plan to get it back. A heartfelt look at taking second chances in life and in love, Tady's uplifting debut will have readers rooting for Joan on every page—as well as laughing out loud at her one-of-a-kind wit.

Sometimes you need to delve into the past, to make sense of the present. Alice had not expected to spend most of the twenty-first century writing about Leonard Woolf. When she stood on Morell Bridge watching fireworks explode from the rooftops of Melbourne at the start of a new millennium, she had only two thoughts. One was: the fireworks are better in Sydney. The other was: is Y2K going to be a thing? Y2K was not a thing. But there were worse disasters to come. Environmental collapse. The return of fascism. Wars. A sexual reckoning. A plague. Uncertain of what to do she picks up an unfinished project and finds herself trapped with the ghosts of writers past. What began as a novel about a member of the Bloomsbury Set becomes something else altogether. Complex, heartfelt, darkly funny and deeply moving, this is a dazzlingly original novel about what it's like to live through a time that feels like the end of days, and how we can find comfort and answers in the past.

The Journal of Arthur Stirling is a novel by author Upton Sinclair, published in 1903. It is written in a first-person perspective, with the main fictional character being Arthur Stirling. Stirling, unknown poet and writer sets out to write his first poem, The Captive. He begins writing a journal to help him further his work as an artist—the novel being the journal. The novel begins with an introduction by a character who calls himself,'S.'; Stirling already dead by suicide, sends S. a copy of the journal, as well as The Captive for him to read. S. explains the production of the novel in a sense of tribute to Stirling.

Paludes est un ouvrage publié en 1895 par André Gide. C'est une satire enjouée du Paris littéraire. Gide qualifie cette œuvre de sotie. L'histoire suit la rédaction par le narrateur d'un livre, Paludes, dont le personnage principal se nomme Tityre, en référence au Tityrus des Bucoliques de Virgile, décrit comme isolé et solitaire, réfugié dans une tour, le tout contrastant avec la vie publique du narrateur ici rapportée en contrepoint. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEURAndré Gide (1869 - 1951) était un auteur français et lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature (en 1947). La carrière de Gide s'étend de ses débuts dans le mouvement symboliste à l'avènement de l'anticolonialisme entre les deux guerres mondiales. Auteur de plus de cinquante livres, au moment de sa mort sa nécrologie dans le New York Times le décrivait comme'le plus grand homme de lettres contemporain de France'et'jugé le plus grand écrivain français de ce siècle par les connaisseurs littéraires'.

'If you think life is better than fiction, then you haven't read Alexa Martin's fiction.'—NPROne of... Amazon's Best Romances of NovemberBuzzfeed's New Romances to Read This FallCosmopolitan's Best Books Coming Out In NovemberBustle's Most Anticipated Books of NovemberWomen's Health's Swooniest Romance Novels of 2022Love isn't always by the book in this charming romantic comedy about a bookseller discovering how to be the main character in her story. As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn't anticipate inheriting her grandma's bookstore, the Book Nook. She's in way over her head even before the shop's resident book club, comprising seven of the naughtiest old ladies ever, begin to do what they do best—meddle. Bestselling author Jasper Williams is a hopeless romantic. When he meets Drew at his Book Nook signing event, he becomes determined to show her the beauty of reading. He curates a book bucket list in exchange for her help exploring the local Denver scene for his current manuscript. From going river rafting to trying local restaurants, Drew begins to connect with Jasper in a way she only thought happened in fiction. When messy family ties jeopardize the future of the Book Nook, Drew is caught between a bookshelf and a hard place. She's reminded that real life isn't always big dreams and sweeping romance. But Jasper is the plot twist she never saw coming and he's writing a happily ever after just for them.

Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) war ein deutsch-jüdischer Schriftsteller. Er zählte zu den produktivsten und populärsten Erzählern seiner Zeit. In den späten 1920er und frühen 1930er Jahren gewann Wassermann Weltruhm mit mehreren Romanen, die eine Neigung zum Sensationellen aufweisen. In der Überzeugung, er könne durch Literatur ein neues Menschentum fördern, kämpfte Wassermann gegen jede Form von Trägheit des Herzens und für den Triumph der Gerechtigkeit. Dieses Vorhaben bildet auch den Kern von Wassermanns berühmtesten Prosawerk Der Fall Maurizius (1928), in dem der sechzehnjährige Etzel Andergast in jugendlicher Überschwänglichkeit einen Justizirrtum aufdeckt, der achtzehn Jahre zuvor begangen wurde. Irrtümlich wurde das Werk lange Zeit als Reflex des Falles Hau angesehen. Als lose Fortsetzungen dieses virtuosen Romans können zwei weitere Werke gelten: Etzel Andergast (1931) und Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz (postum 1934). Theodor Lessing schrieb im Zusammenhang mit dem Fall Halsmann:'Nur ein einziger, Jakob Wassermann, der das schönste aller Gerechtigkeitsbücher, die Geschichte des jungen Etzel schuf, erklärte öffentlich, daß er nicht rasten wolle, bis ihm die Rehabilitierung des offenbar verunrechteten Halsmann geglückt sei.'Inhalt: Der Fall Maurizius Etzel Andergast Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz

If you knew how your life was going to end, would you live it the same way? Adam is a writer having a conversation with God at a baseball stadium in the Bronx. God chooses Adam because his stream of consciousness since childhood has been heavy on commentary about American life connected to love. God narrates on Adam's baseball field of life.Rounding first, second, third, and then heading for home, we watch Adam's life: past, present, and future unfold. God is always in on things as he sees and hears everything, but now they sit side-by-side at a baseball game ear-to-ear, no longer separated by space. Their conversation is heavy on capitalism, culture, violence, religion, art, science, and hope. The art of conversation is in danger of being lost, but now more than ever we need to use our American pastimes to bring it back, ear-to-ear, device-to-device, and ask...'What is love?'And, even further reaching, if you knew how your life affected humankind, what would you do differently? Slow down and think about the world and love yourself enough to change it. Will Adam find love as life stands in the way?

Jack Proctor, a celebrated older writer and curmudgeon, goes off to residency where he is to be an honored part of teaching and giving public readings, he soon finds the atmosphere of the literary world has changed since his last foray into the public sphere. Unknown to most, unable to work on his own writing, surrounded by a host of odd characters, would-be writers, antagonists, handlers, and members of the elite House of Art and Aesthetics, Proctor finds himself driven to distraction (literally in a very very tiny car). This is a story of a man attempting not to go mad when forced to stop his own writing in order to coach others to write. Proctor's tour of rural places, pubs, theaters, fancy parties, where he is to be headlining as a'Banker-Prize-Winning-Author'reads like a literary version of Spinal Tap. Uproariously funny, brilliantly philosophical, gorgeously written this is James Kelman at his best.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more! From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.

Modern-day Beirut is seen through the eyes of a failed writer, the eponymous Mister N. He has left his comfortable apartment and checked himself into a hotel – he thinks. Certainly, they take good care of him there. Meanwhile, on the streets below, a grim pageant: poverty, violence and fear. How is anyone supposed to write deathless prose in such circumstances? Let alone an old man like Mister N., whose life and memories have become scattered, whose family regards him as an embarrassment, and whose next-door neighbours torment him with their noise, dinner invitations, and inconvenient suicides. Comical and tragic by turns, his misadventures climax in the arrival in what Mister N. had supposed to be his'real life'of a character from one of his early novels – a vicious militiaman. Now, does the old writer need to arm himself... or just seek psychiatric help?

A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in the pyrotechnic beauty of nature, just as the world he has shut out is experiencing a cataclysmic shift. The preoccupations that have galvanised him and his work fall away and he becomes lost in memory and beauty. He begins to tell us a story... A retired porn star who is made an offer he can't refuse for the sake of his family and future. So he returns to the world he fled years before, all too aware of the danger of opening the door to past temptations and long-buried desires. Can he resist the oblivion and bliss they promise? A breathtakingly audacious novel by the acclaimed author of The Slap and Damascus about finding joy and beauty in a raging and punitive world, about the refractions of memory and time and, most subversive of all, the mystery of art and its creation.

Sad and funny and bitter and true, a novel about grief, discovering your own story, and trying to listen for those stories that are not yours to tell.August 2014. Two friends, writers Damaris Caleemootoo and Oliver Pablo Herzberg, arrive in Edinburgh from London, the city that killed Daniel—his brother, her frenemy and loved by them both. Every day is different but the same. Trying to get to the library, they get distracted by bickering—will it rain or not and what should they do about their tanking bitcoin?—in the end failing to write or resist the sadness which follows them as they drift around the city. On such a day they meet Diego, a poet. They learn that Diego's mother was from the Chagos Archipelago, that she and her community were forced to leave their ancestral islands by soldiers in 1973 to make way for a military base. They become obsessed with this notorious episode in British history and the continuing resistance of the Chagossian people, and feel urged to write in solidarity. But how to share a story that is not theirs to tell? Sad, funny and angry, this collaborative fiction builds on the true fact of another: a collaborative fiction created by the British and US governments to dispossess a people of their homeland.

'Gustavo is a very famous writer, but, on the other hand, when it comes to work, he can't help but procrastinate. The worst thing is that, on the eve of delivering the first three chapters of his new novel — he's been charged for months by the agent — everything that happens around you soon becomes a beautiful reason to be distracted'.

EL AMOR ES UNA FUERZA DEVASTADORA Tras El cuaderno tachado, internacionalmente aclamada, Nicolás Giacobone entrega una novela explosiva. Un hilo trágico une el destino de las cinco personas que tienen voz en esta hipnótica novela. Agustina es una actriz trans que lleva demasiado tiempo encadenando proyectos fallidos y cuya capacidad de amar es tan grande como su voraz deseo de venganza. Verónica es una aplicada guionista televisiva que ve cómo se le escapa de las manos el talento que creyó poseer. Matthew es un hombre simple cuyo matrimonio se desmorona por culpa de sus obsesiones cada vez más desaforadas. Paula es una genial escritora secreta devorada por su propia obra, que atesora en un viejo laptop sin procesador de textos. Juan, pareja de Agustina y en su día rutilante artista conceptual, desconoce que lo van a asesinar en las afueras de Nueva York. Bum bum bum es una historia visceral y extrema, coral y elíptica, llena de anhelos y violencia, habitada por personajes desorbitados que se preguntan dolorosamente quién son. Un libro, en definitiva, desbordado de vida y pasión, pero también de mugre y soledad. Sobre Bum Bum Bum se ha dicho: «Nicolás Giacobone escribe con ferocidad y belleza. La prosa de Bum Bum Bum nos involucra con los personajes en un viaje adictivo de venganza y redención, a tal punto, que sentimos la necesidad de reparar identidades fragmentadas, curar heridas, y acompañar a esas voces tan disimiles y tan unidasen este relato coral, cuya trama completará una lectura decisiva y fascinante hasta la última página.» Agustina Bazterrica «Hay dentro de Bum bum bum una rutilante, y desesperada, anatomía del fracaso y la redención.» Jordi Soler «Voces de carne y hueso, de mundos ajenos entre sí, tejen el relato con gran profundidad y ritmo, dupla imbatible.» Miguel Prenz Sobre El cuaderno tachado se ha dicho: «Una primera novela que ya quisieras tú. Trata de un guionista encerrado por un director en un sótano... Esta gente no se corta, y por eso el libro de Giacobone es tan interesante.» Alberto Olmos, El Confidencial «Un thriller intelectual y claustrofóbico lleno de humor.» Rosa Belmonte, Mujer Hoy «Ágil y original.» Daniel Gigena, La Nación «Fascinante y deliciosamente diábolica.» Léonard Billot, Les Inrocks «Una novela frenética, atravesada por la ira, repleta de humor negro.» Éric Neuhoff, Le Figaro «Una obra sobresaliente que te hará cosquillas en las sinapsis.» Christian Endres, Die Zukunft «Una prosa que va mucho más allá de las virtudes de Birdman: refleja a la perfección cómo nacen las maneras de narrar más novedosas.» Nicola Bardola, Abendzeitung München «El cuaderno tachado es una de esas obras particulares que merecen especial atención porque encierran, secretamente, la rara joya de la literatura.» Sara Prian, La voce di Venezia «Para mi próxima obra maestra, no dudaré en encerrar a Nicolás Giacoboneen mi sótano y obligarle a escribir una novela tan traviesa, ingeniosa y espléndida en su conjunto como El cuaderno tachado.» Joshua Ferris

Ein meisterhafter Roman, der sich auf mehreren Ebenen abspielt, immer wieder überraschende Wendungen bereithält und sich zu Höhenflügen aufschwingt. Als Mac im Alter von Mitte 60 seine Arbeit verliert, beschließt der leidenschaftliche Leser, ein Tagebuch zu führen, das sich unter keinen Umständen zu einem Roman entwickeln soll. Auf seinen täglichen Spaziergängen durch sein Viertel in Barcelona trifft er immer wieder auf seinen Nachbarn Ander Sánchez, einen berühmten Autor, der ihm mit seiner Arroganz auf die Nerven geht. Als Mac eines Tages mitbekommt, wie Sánchez abfällig über einen seiner früheren Romane urteilt, in dem die Memoiren eines Bauchredners wiedergegeben sind, nimmt er sich vor, den Roman seines Nachbarn neu zu lesen und neu zu schreiben. In seiner Lektüre bemerkt Mac, dass die Geschichten auf eine seltsame Art und Weise das Leben nachahmen. Oder ist es umgekehrt? Er entfernt sich immer mehr von dem, was wir Realität nennen, und versinkt in der Literatur – und mit ihm die Leserinnen und Leser dieses Romans. Enrique Vila-Matas nähert sich auf spielerische Art und Weise der Frage nach dem Akt des Schreibens und der Motivation, die hinter diesem steckt. Vor allem aber zeigt der Roman die pure Freude am Schreiben selbst.

Galardoada com o Prémio Pulitzer e uma das escritoras mais empolgantes do presente, Elizabeth Strout regressa à saga em torno da personagem Lucy Barton. Oh, William! — saga familiar cujo esqueleto vai sendo desmontado em camadas — assenta num ponto nevrálgico: a voz indómita de Lucy Barton, veículo para uma reflexão profunda e delicada sobre a existência, qualidade presente em todos os livros da magistral Elizabeth Strout. Um romance luminoso sobre o amor, a perda e os segredos de família que regressam sem aviso e nos deixam aturdidos. No regresso da personagem Lucy Barton — protagonista dos romances O meu nome é Lucy Barton e Tudo é possível —, encontramos, desta vez, uma mulher madura, que conquistou fama e sucesso enquanto escritora. Um acontecimento inesperado traz de volta à vida de Lucy o seu primeiro marido, William, alguém que foi sempre um mistério para ela. Misteriosa é também a forte ligação que os une ainda. Lucy acaba de ficar viúva, William atravessa uma crise no seu terceiro casamento, enquanto procura descobrir um segredo do passado da mãe. É a Lucy que William pede apoio e companhia. Juntos iniciam um périplo geográfico e emocional que os levará para longe de Nova Iorque. Ao evocar o passado de ambos — os tempos da faculdade, o nascimento das filhas, a dissolução do casamento e as vidas refeitas com novos companheiros —, Strout compõe o retrato de uma convivência de décadas, conturbada e cúmplice. À medida que a narrativa avança, entrevemos as forças silenciosas que mantêm Lucy e William unidos. Percebemos também que, para se habitar em pleno uma nova vida, é preciso sarar feridas e celebrar o que se conquistou.'O grande tema de Oh, William! é o casamento, e Elizabeth Strout é brilhante a escrever sobre ele.'The New York Times'Há nestas páginas uma humanidade tão íntima e frágil, que nos deixa sem fôlego.'The Washington Post'Uma escritora elegante, engenhosa e de apurada sensibilidade: um valor seguro para todos os leitores exigentes.'Babelia'A grande virtude de Elizabeth Strout é a desafetação: as histórias não precisam de ser grandiosas, porque a experiência humana também não o é; acontece no quotidiano, nas conversas, nos gestos. Os romances de Strout são universais.'Los Angeles Times'Um romance do nosso tempo. Magnífico, cru, poético, narra a decomposição dos afetos numa era marcada pelo desapego e pelo ceticismo.'El Cultural'Oh, William! é mais um passo importante no percurso desta herdeira do realismo americano, encabeçado por Lucia Berlin e Alice Munro.'Esquire'Uma das minhas escritoras de eleição. A complexidade, a espessura e a entrega que se vislumbram nestas páginas transformam-nas num feito milagroso.'Ann Patchett'Uma escritora incrivelmente talentosa, uma artífice num campeonato que é só seu.'Hillary Mantel'Que escritora tão impressionante.'Zadie Smith

2023 EDGAR AWARD WINNER: LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL PRIZE'A slapstick comedy of murder.'—Library Journal'This first in series is truly original, funny, and well written. A real standout.'—Mystery Scene Bestselling thriller writer Tess Harrow is almost at the end of her rope when she arrives with her teenage daughter at her grandfather's rustic cabin in the woods. She hopes this will be a time for them to heal and bond after Tess's recent divorce, but they've barely made it through the door when an explosion shakes the cabin. Suddenly it's raining fish guts and…is that a human arm?Tess was hardly convincing Gertie that a summer without Wi-Fi and running water would be an adventure. Now she's thrust into a murder investigation, neighbors are saying they've spotted Bigfoot in the woods near her cabin, and the local sheriff is the spitting image of her character Detective Gabriel Gonzales—something he's less than thrilled about. With so much more than her daughter's summer plans at stake, it's up to Tess to solve this case before anyone else gets hurt.Put your sleuthing hat on—Buried in a Good Book features:A thriller writer who knows way more than anyone should about death and dismembermentHer young daughter who's more intrigued by dead bodies than she probably should beAn isolated cabin in the woods that's probably—definitely—hiding somethingThe tiny mountain town that seems less than troubled by a sudden abundance of murders

Acclaimed author Jimmy Santiago Baca explores the writing life and social responsibility in this novel about a Hollywood screenwriter who returns to his small hometown in New Mexico to compose the story that has haunted him his whole life, his relationship with his father, but instead finds himself unable to ignore the quirky characters around him,'the misfits.'

FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE THOM COLLINSBook three in the Jagged Shores seriesIn search of a story, he found murder and romance.Author Christian Costner is researching material for one of his dark thrillers, and Nyemouth seems like the perfect setting for his next book. The small seaside town has witnessed plenty of trouble over the years, and Christian thinks it will provide him with the inspiration he needs.He hires local tour guide and fisherman Harry Renner to help him explore the coastline for a couple of days. Harry is knowledgeable and mature beyond his twenty-eight years. Handsome, too, though Christian thinks Harry is far too young for him.As the weather worsens, Harry cuts short their first sightseeing trip. Heading back to shore, they spot a figure in distress in the water. A difficult rescue is made far worse when they discover that the casualty has a knife wound to his abdomen and dies before they reach the safety of the harbour.United by the trauma, Christian and Harry find comfort in each other, but when another murder comes to light, they find themselves at the heart of a dangerous mystery and the target of a killer more ruthless than they could ever imagine.

The protagonist-narrator of The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part returns to find an answer the question: how does a writer remember? In particular, how does a he—a writer who no longer writes but can't stop reading and rereading himself—remember.The Writer takes us hurtling through the refracted funhouse of his recursive and referential-maniac mind with a host of debut performances and redux appearances: the howling ghost of electricity and the defective Mr. Trip; the wuthering and heightened Penelope and her lost son; 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner; the absent Pertusato, Nicolasito and the omnipresent IKEA; the dead Colma, the deceased ZZYZX, the departed Nothing, and the immortal Sad Songs; the irrealist Vladimir Nabokov and the surrealist Karmas; Wish You Were Here playing on (im)mobil(izing) phones and Dracula being invited in; the disturbed Uncle Hey Walrus and parents who are models but not at all model parents; The Beatles and The Beatles; a nonexistent country of origin and a city in flames; an unforgettable night that wants nothing more than to be rewritten; and so many more accelerated particles and freewheeling fragments and interlinked cells searching for a storyline to give them some structure, some meaning.With mordant wit, capacious intelligence, and vertiginous prose, The Remembered Part closes Rodrigo Fresán's sprawling tryptic novel. A novel that has at its heart the three component parts of literary creation, the engines that drive the writing of fictional lives and the narration of real works of art: invention, dream, and memory. It is a masterpiece by one of contemporary literature's most daring and innovative writers.

Garreth Hoyle is a true crime writer whose destructive love affair with hallucinogenic drugs has sent him searching for ghosts in the unforgiving mallee desert of Western Australia. Heading north through Kalgoorlie, he attempts to score off old friends from his shearing days on Banjawarn Station. His journey takes an unexpected detour when he discovers an abandoned ten-year-old girl and decides to return her to her estranged father in Leonora, instead of alerting authorities. Together they begin the road trip from hell through the scorched heart of the state's northern goldfields. Love, friendship and hope are often found in the strangest places, but forgiveness is never simple, and the past lies buried just beneath the blood red topsoil. The only question is whether Hoyle should uncover it, or run as fast as his legs can take him. Banjawarn is an unsettling debut from Josh Kemp, winner of the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Echoing Cormac McCarthy's haunting border trilogy and narrative vernacular that recalls the sparse lyricism of Randolph Stow and Tim Winton, this is a darkly funny novel that earns its place amongst the stable of Australian gothic fiction.

It's never too late to find love on the high seas. As a 72-year-old author of more than thirty successful romance novels, Kate Caldwell had all but given up on finding her perfect love connection. To offset her loneliness, she spends her time writing and visiting with her granddaughter, Ellie, who lives near Kate's Texas Hill Country home. While the first two books of her newest Passion series had been best-sellers, partly because of the help of her secret collaborator, Captain Edward Peregrine, Kate now faces a creative shut-down as she tries to start the third book. Her publisher is pressuring her to put more explicit love-making scenes in her novels, which goes against Kate's principles. She believes love was more than just sex. At the same time, Edward seems to have abandoned her. Frustrated, Kate and Ellie embark on a two-week cruise to the Panama Canal in hopes that it will get Kate's creative juices flowing again. Edward returns to Kate on the first night of the cruise. They settle their past differences and begin collaborating on the third book—The Fiery Passion of a Thousand Burning Suns. After Edward's visit, Kate is finally making progress with her book and is well into the first draft after a few days. At her dinner table aboard the cruise ship, she meets two attractive and available men, David Mitchell, a professor traveling partly on business and partly for pleasure, and Marco Antonini, traveling with his sister. Both men offer Kate the love possibilities that she so desired, and they open up feelings that she had long suppressed. Little did Kate know that troubled waters lay ahead or that she was in for the adventure of her life as a merging of the time continuum brings forth conflicts and desires that upsets the tranquility of her life, yet brings her closer to realizing her dream of true love.

What to do when your fictional sleuth refuses to die? A detective writer's attempts at writing his masterpiece. A very successful detective fiction writer, Leo Basilius, decides to bring his popular crime series to a close and take a sabbatical on the Greek island of Nysa where, as a young man, he wrote his first books - poetry and short stories. He returns there intending to write his master piece. The one he knows he has in him. Surrounded by his wife and new island friends, he settles in to write. But unexpectedly his main character, Detective-Sargeant Vass Levonian, appears demanding that Basilius resurrect him. The hauntings multiply and inspiration doesn't come. Leo Basilius wants to find fulfilment as a writer. But can he? Is it too late? Can you leave a mark? And what should that mark be? What do we leave behind? What is our legacy? And … Is there still time to do something about it?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BERNARD SHAW PRIZE A woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once seemed a pastoral family idyll has become a trap, and she struggles between being the wife and mother she is bound to be and yearning for so much more. The woman in question is Sylvia Plath in the final year of her life. As Plath's marriage to Ted Hughes unravels, Sylvia turns increasingly to writing to express her pain and loss, yet also her resilience and power. She has decided to die, but the art she creates in her final weeks will set her name, and the world, ablaze.