Ichiyo Higuchi, Japan's first professional female author, wrote about daily life with unprecedented intimacy and honesty. This new translation of her finest stories showcases the profound sensitivity, lyrical eye and classical elegance of a revered... Zobraziť viac
They call him the Wizard of the Kremlin. Working at the heart of Russian power, spin doctor Vadim Baranov has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Here truth and lies, news and propaganda... Zobraziť viac
In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sister's whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened - and who will suffer the next exemplary... Zobraziť viac
The addictive million-copy bestseller mystery taking Japan by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange Pictures A twisty puzzle in which the reader is the detective, examining a series of creepy floorplans for clues 'Deliciously... Zobraziť viac
Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win. Zobraziť viac
In the middle of the family New Year’s gathering at his home, Grandfather Fuchigami is murdered. But not for the last time... Zobraziť viac
The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair: The King in Yellow... Zobraziť viac
Renée is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. To the snobbish residents she is all they expect from a caretaker - hard working, dowdy and unsophisticated. But Renée has a secret. Beneath this façade she is a self-taught intellectual, ... Zobraziť viac
Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a few marks or a roof over their heads. Come nighttime, a rag-tag... Zobraziť viac
A Times No.1 and Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellerA classic Japanese mystery, from the author of The Honjin Murders'The Japanese Agatha Christie' Sara Cox, Between the CoversTokyo, 1947.The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady... Zobraziť viac
3 perfectly balanced stories of love lost and hopes disappointed, from one of Japan's greatest authors... Zobraziť viac
The prize-winning debut of one of Japan's greatest authors, this novella follows a journalist’s crazy scheme to stage a bullfight in postwar Osaka... Zobraziť viac
A physicist turned politician. A nation's dreams of democracy. This is the gripping story of how one man's fight for Russia's future ended in tragedy. Zobraziť viac
As the nights in Svalbard grow dark, cold and endless, a young arctic fox called Rana plays in the snow. She spends all day following the tracks of a polar bear, and enjoying the tasty treats it leaves behind. But as night begins to fall, the snow... Zobraziť viac
'Gripping, gruesome, dark and dripping' A.F. Harold... Zobraziť viac
FROM JAPAN’S GREATEST CRIME WRITER: Yokomizo’s iconic detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns in this stand-alone murder mystery featuring a luxurious family estate beset by madness, scandal, and a terrifying curse... Zobraziť viac
12 haunting, uniquely crafted short stories about loss and memory from a revered Japanese-Argentine author, available in English for the first time... Zobraziť viac
The 1,000-square-mile Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is, for many, a symbol of total disaster: a reminder of shattered ideals and lost lives, now a toxic, dangerous no-man's-land. For Markiyan Kamysh, it became a site of pilgrimage. He and dozens like him ... Zobraziť viac
Painter Ithell Colquhoun arrives in Cornwall in the late 1940s, searching for a studio and a refuge from bombed-out London. So begins a profound lifelong relationship with Britain's westernmost county, a land surrounded by sea and steeped in myth, where t Zobraziť viac
An unsettling, poignant story about two troubled strangers finding refuge in each other during the pandemic As coronavirus spreads, paranoia overtakes a quiet northern Japanese town. People keep strict social distance, they disinfect their groceries ... Zobraziť viac
