Edward Carey - Böcker

Förtrollande roman om vaxmodeller och revolution i 1700-talets Paris Petite ¿är berättelsen om Marie Grosholtz, en¿föräldralös piga som med tiden blir Madame¿Tussaud. Historien spänner från 1761 till 1850¿och tar oss med på en äventyrlig och broki...

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'An extraordinary achievement' A. L. Kennedy 'An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.' The Guardian Edward Carey's witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshack...

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Skruvad och kärleksfull roman om Pinocchios pappa En dag, efter ett stort bråk, rymmer Pinocchio hemifrån. Hans pappa ger sig ut för att leta efter honom och hamnar till slut vid kusten. Där blir han svald av en enorm havsvarelse och landar i vidu...

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"Easily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year -- it proves the potential brilliance of the novel form."-- John Fowles, author of The MagusObservatory Mansions, once the Orme family's magnificent ancestral home set on beautiful g...

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How successful were the Athenians and other Greeks in bringing about the rule of law? What did the Greeks recognise as 'law' both in the 'polis' and internationally? How did the courts attempt to implement this ideal, and how successful were they?...

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The city of Entralla - along with Gondal, Brobdingnag and the Emerald City - is not somewhere you are likely to have visited. Only one guidebook to the place exists, despite its historic landmarks and the considerable civic pride of its inhabitant...

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Observatory Mansions was once the Orme family's ancestral home. Now it is a crumbing apartment block, stranded on a traffic island and peopled with eccentrics. Alice Orme never stirs from her bed, her husband lives in his old armchair, and Francis...

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'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, winn...

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'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, win...

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'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max Porter 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'If this were music, Carey would be Eric Satie. If it were film, he would be Tim Burton.' - Newsday 'A rare wor...

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'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Astonishing and inventive, it calls out to be read' - The Sunday Times'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - New York Times'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max Por...

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'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Astonishing and inventive, it calls out to be read' - The Sunday Times 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - New York Times 'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max P...

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I consider [Observatory Mansions] the best fiction yet published in the 21st Century' Jeff Vandermeer 'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' Max Porter '[Edward Carey, with Observatory Mansions] proves the potential brilliance of ...

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Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 'Wonderful' Max Porter 'Unmissable' Olga Tokarczuk 'Startlingly original' Times Book of the...

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A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival, from the author of Little 'Extraordinary... funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic'...

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From the legends of King Arthur embedded in the rocky splendour of Tintagel to the folklore and mysticism of Stonehenge, English Heritage sites are often closely linked to native English myths. Following on from the bestselling ghost story antholo...

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LES COSES NO SÿN EL QUE SEMBLEN. NO ET REFIÿS MAI DE LES COSES.Després de la primera part d''Iremonger: Els secrets de Heap House, arriba el segon volum de la trilogia.Els Iremonger són una famÿlia peculiar.La mansió de HEAP HOUSE i les seve...

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LAS COSAS NO SON LO QUE PARECEN. NUNCA CONFÿES EN LAS COSAS.Tras la primera entrega: Los secretos de Heap House, llega el segundo volumen de la trilogÿa.Los Iremonger son una familia peculiar.La mansión de HEAP HOUSE y sus mentiras quedaron atr...

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LAS COSAS NO SON LO QUE PARECEN. NUNCA CONFÿES EN LAS COSAS.Los Iremonger son una familia peculiar. Durante generaciones han permanecido en HEAP HOUSE, su laberÿntica mansión, donde las jerarquÿas y los matrimonios vienen impuestos. En las pla...

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LES COSES NO SÿN EL QUE SEMBLEN. NO ET REFIÿS MAI DE LES COSES.Els Iremonger són una famÿlia peculiar.Durant generacions han viscut a HEAP HOUSE,¿la seva laberÿntica mansió, on les jerarquies i els matrimonis els venen imposats. A les plant...

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'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, win...

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