Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.Between his second and third tours of duty, a soldier returns h
'One day there is life . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood, The Invention of Solitude. The first section, 'Portra
From the title story about a strained country-house Christmas party, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, plus two cases for detective Adam Dalgliesh, these are masterfully atmosphe
Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, Endgame was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957.HAMM: Clov!CLOV: Yes.HAMM: Nature has forgotten u
Most strange things do.'Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss.These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winni
From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does
The New York Trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one of America's most consistently astonishing writers. The Trilogy is three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of st
Completely blew me away.' Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under'One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go'I'm urging everyone to read it.' Sophie Macki
New York was a labyrinth of endless steps, and no matter how far he walked, it always left him with the feeling of being lost. Each time he took a walk, he felt he was leaving himself behind. All plac
They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.' Max PorterThe sensational Dutch bestseller:'Exceptional' (Financial
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada and France are surrounded by the German army during fierce battle in World War II. The soldiers are evacuated across the Channel, not knowing i
In a townhouse in Copenhagen works Hans Christian Andersen, a teller of exquisite and fantastic children’s tales beloved by millions. But the true source of his stories dwells in his attic upstairs, h
The screenplay of the film starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam RockwellAfter months pass without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging th
The new stop-motion film from Wes Anderson. out on March 23rd, 2018 in the USA.Features voices of Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swindon and more!Set in Japan, I
I'm just as good as bloody Pierrepoint.In his small pub in Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Am
Klara and the Sun is a magnificent new novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro--author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day.Klara and the Sun, the first novel by
南方哥德文學經典《好人難遇》，看歐康納筆下的小人物，如何掙扎著構築出想望的一切，再輕輕巧巧地摧毀與被摧毀。那些苦心撐起的、視之至重的，轉瞬間皆歸於虛無。炎夏將至，人性中不怎麼美好的那一面也許能讓你自心底竄起一絲涼意。A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. The grandmother suggests they change course in order to avoid "The Misfit", an escaped convict who's reportedly heading towards Florida. But when their car turns over in a ditch, who should they flag down for help but the very man whose picture they recognise from the paper . . .Flannery O'Connor's famous fifties story evokes heat and dust, family and feuding, God and grace - and is utterly uncompromising in its brutality.
Well, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all. It is not. 'Dante and the Lobster' is the first of the linked short stories in Samuel Beckett's first book, More Pricks Than Kicks. Publish
'No breath of wind,No gleam of sunStill the white snowWhirls softly down' Outside, the world turns to white and three children and a dog build a snowman, throw snowballs and explore the frozen expanse
