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The Other Side tells of a dream kingdom which becomes a nightmare, of a journey to Pearl, a mysterious city created deep in Asia, which is also a journey to the depths of the subconcious, or as Kubin himself called it, 'a sort of Baedeker for thos...

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Investigates the links between suicide and the written word, by a founder member of Blondie.

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First published in 1964 The Good Hope won The Nordic Prize for Literature. It is the first English translation of one of the greatest novels in the Danish language. . The Good Hope is an epistolary novel based on the life of the Reverend Lucas Deb...

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''''The greatest book by Portugal''s greatest novelist.'' Jose Saramago. The Maias is part of Dedalus'' project to make all of Eca de Queiroz'' major works available in English. Margaret Jull Costa''s translation of The Maias won both The Pen and ...

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Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below the surface of a devout and conformist society. The grinning gargoyle, which mocked the solemnity of Gothic cathedrals, symbolises ...

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The continued escapades of the authors of "The Decadent Cookbook" (not reviewed), who hit the road in search of adventure..After a police raid closed down the Decadent Restaurant (whose "Circe Room" - in which tethered naked cl...

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Winner of the "Saltire Prize" for Best First Novel and one of "The Guardian's" Books of the year.

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The murder of his Professor by a postgraduate Physics student during a lecture at Crete University in November 1990 shocked Greece. Many found Yatromanolakis' novel based on the event equally shocking, as he seemed to have more sympathy for the mu...

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This is the second of three semi-autobiographical novels written by Huysmans at the end of the 19th century, charting the progress of Durtal, a tormented and solitary figure, as he moves from a life of debauched decadence to a peaceful communion w...

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The Book of Tobias is a reworking of an apocryphal Biblical story in which the angel Raphael accompanies Tobias on a journey which Germain transfers to modern day rural France.

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Covering the first 24 hours of the teaching career of Theodoros P., The Spiritual Meadow is set on the Greek island of Porphyri upon which the central character will witness both his past and future life through a distortion of time and space

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On the face of things, Mastro Don Gesualdo is a success. Born a peasant but a man' with an eye for everything going', he becomes one of the richest men in Sicily, marrying an aristocrat with his daughter destined, in time, to wed a duke. But Gesua...

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When in 1916, Mario de Sa-Carneiro committed suicide in Paris at the age of 26, he left behind him an extraordinary body of work, which dealt obsessively with the problems of identity, madness and solitude. Lucio's Confession is the first of his n...

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"There is an odd, subversive book called The Decadent Gardener by Medlar Lucan and Durian Gray. The introduction describes the decadent gardening ethos thus: 'In the garden, the decadent seeks to create a moment of beauty, which should be all...

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Why are the Galaxy's wealthiest and most powerful inhabitants plotting to destroy the entire universe, and replace it with a smaller and more convenient reality of their own construction? What happens when an entire society devotes itself to alcoh...

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Modern Spanish classic.

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First published in 1880, same year as Edgar Degas' "The Dancing Lesson and Edouard Manet's solo show, these "Parisian Sketches share the Impressionist fascination with the contemporary life of Paris, the exuberant Paris of the Opera Garn...

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New English translation of this classic of Russian literature.

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The latest volume in the Dedalus European fantasy series, this anthology of short stories includes a wide range of texts covering the period from nineteenth century until today. The richness and diversity of the stories reflects the long tradition...

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