"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...
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