"The most blackly humourous and disenchanted voice in all of French literature..." London Review...
Two Women
As the German army prepares to enter Rome, widowed shopkeeper Cesira packs a few provisions, sews...
The Hunger of Women
Rosa is sick with anxiety and abandonment... To fill the void she begins to cook all sorts of...
The Reprieve
It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich...
Iron in the Soul
The third part of Sartre's trilogy, Roads to Freedom. June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the...
The Cossacks
Written in 1862, the year before Tolstoy embarked upon War and Peace, The Cossacks describes a...
Fergus of Galloway, Knight of King Arthur
The popular Arthurian legends, such as the grail quests of Perceval and Galahad, and the love of...
The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg
This is a charming tale about an elegant and smooth-talking city trickster who invites himself to...
Don Quixote
"Here presented complete and unabridged, in the memorable Walter Starkie translation, is the epic...
A Servant to Two Masters
"I get double the pay, and two suppers. Streamlined efficiency, a sort of downsizing of the...













