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Selected Short Stories

Selected Short Stories

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Sharply observed detail, acute social and psychological insight, a keen sense of irony and a...

Two Women

Two Women

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As the German army prepares to enter Rome, widowed shopkeeper Cesira packs a few provisions, sews...

The Reprieve

The Reprieve

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It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich...

Iron in the Soul

Iron in the Soul

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The third part of Sartre's trilogy, Roads to Freedom. June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the...

The Cossacks

The Cossacks

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Written in 1862,  the year before Tolstoy embarked upon War and Peace, The Cossacks describes a...

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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"Here presented complete and unabridged, in the memorable Walter Starkie translation, is the epic...

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

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Nothing I could say about this book would make you want to read it more than this fantastic...

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1937 Japan government railway poster

Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

Ears of wheat from below with a bright blue sky and clouds

I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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