A Very Cold Winter
£10.99A novel of secrets and female solidarity set in post-war Milan, by one of Italy’s most significant women writers.
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East of Eden
£22.00Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this powerful, often shocking, story follows the intertwined destinies of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons.
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Siddhartha
£12.99Dissatisfied with the ways of life he has experienced, Siddhartha, the handsome son of a Brahmin, leaves his family and his friend, Govinda, in search of a higher state of being. Having experienced the myriad forms of existence, from immense wealth and luxury to the pleasures of sensual and paternal love, Siddhartha finally settles down beside a river, where a humble ferryman teaches him his most valuable lesson yet.
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A Christmas Memory
£12.99Selected from across Capote’s writing life, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time. They range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote’s youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden ‘aunt’ Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites – too broke to buy gifts – and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; it is Sook who teaches Buddy the true meaning of good will. In other stories, an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore and a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York.
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
£20.00Set in the American South, this is the story of a group of people who have little in common. A young girl, a drunk and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, John Singer, whose presence changes their lives.
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The Outsider
£16.99Set in Camus’ native Algeria, this story centres around Meursault. The young French-Algerian leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life until his involvement in a violent incident calls into question the fundamental values of society.
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The Wrong Set
£9.99Illicit queer crushes on a family picnic. A nightclub singer lecturing her Communist nephew. Drunken feuds at the seedy South Kensington Hotel’s staff dance. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts. Welcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson. An overlooked legend of the post-war queer landscape, he casts a waspish, tragicomic yet oddly tender eye across mid-century England. Jitterbugging, espresso bars, spivs, Angry Young Men, teddy boys, satanic masses in village living rooms: all of life is here in these beloved stories. Savage in their deadly anatomy of social class yet compassionate in their portrayal of misfit outsiders, these are mini Austenesque novels-of-(bad)-manners, seething with high-octane dialogue, baroque humour and macabre secrets.
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Unnamed Pleasures
£14.99A new translation of the vividly sensual, fantastically macabre verse from the 19th-century Parisian poet who invented modernity. “The greatest exemplar in modern poetry in any language.” —T.S. EliotFrench poet, essayist, art critic and translator Charles Baudelaire inaugurated a new era in world literature—indeed, he coined the term ‘modernity’. His critical and poetic work changed everything after, including inspiring some of the most important poets of modern letters, from Arthur Rimbaud to T.S. Eliot. This fresh translation of his best poetry, by eminent translator, poet, and novelist Philip Terry, lays bare the richness and the long afterlife of Baudelaire’s verse, and brings out all the originality of his ideas.Here, in lushly visual and sonorous verse, we find themes that still preoccupy us today. Baudelaire captured life in the city like no one else, drawing a portrait of Paris as the ultimate glittering seductress
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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
£12.99Having gone north to college, Sassafrass, a weaver, is now living with other artists in Los Angeles. Cypress, a dancer, is leaving home to find new ways of moving in the world. Meanwhile Indigo, a musician and healer, is still a child of Charleston – ‘too much of the south in her’ – with a supreme gift of seeing the magic of the world. ‘Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo’ is a lyrical, magical exploration of Black womanhood, love and creativity. Following three sisters, the novel blends prose, recipes, letters, spells and dreams into a vibrant tapestry.
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The ABC of Murders
£12.99Roger Ackroyd, Betty Barnard, Amyas Crale, Linnet Doyle… Agatha Christie's most famous victims are celebrated in this illustrated alphabet, parodying some of her most fiendish murders in this perfect gift book for Christie fans.
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Pride and Prejudice
£9.99‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen is a timeless novel about love, class and the courage to challenge first impressions. The narrative centres on the reluctance of the sharp-witted Elizabeth Bennet to be forced into a ‘suitable’ marriage, and her equally strong dislike for the enigmatic Mr Darcy, a haughty and unfeeling bachelor. His pride and her prejudices are tried in equal measure until true characters are revealed.
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The Nutcracker
£10.99The famous magical adventure starring the Nutcracker, retold by classic French author Alexandre Dumas.
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Folk Tales for Winter Nights
£10.99An enchanting collection of wintery stories from around the world.
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The Hobbit
£25.00Landmark new 90th anniversary edition featuring a wealth of charming illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, published in English for the first time.
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Classic Stories From Japan
£10.99A collection of famous and lesser-known tales from classic Japanese folklore, including ‘The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child’, inspiration for Studio Ghibli’s Princess Kaguya.
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The Metamorphosis
£11.99Franz Kafka’s famously absurd novella about alienation and identity, now published in a new translation by Shaun Whiteside.