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44 produkter
History of the Novel in Britain
Inbunden, 2026
312 kr
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The story of the novel in Britain is a good story.It begins in the eighteenth century, when people began to read in ever greater numbers, seeking words that helped explain their hopes and desires. A new kind of literature was needed for this growing market of readers, one that reflected as many …
Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story
E-bok, 2018
102 kr
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'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been published this year' Sunday TimesA spectacular …
Mulberry Empire
Häftad, 2003
231 kr
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The bestselling novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency and King of the Badgers.‘The Mulberry Empire’ recounts an episode in the Great Game in central Asia – the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan in the 1830s by the emissaries of Her Majesty’s …
Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1
From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan
Häftad, 2016
190 kr
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'A bold anthology ... alive with provocations and insights' John Carey, Sunday Times'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I've had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see'The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically …
Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2
From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith
Häftad, 2016
190 kr
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This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals. The Penguin …
Berlin Stories
Av Philip Hensher, Philip Hensher
Inbunden, 2019
175 kr
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Berlin, in the words of Philip Hensher, editor of this anthology, 'has always been a city of desperate modernity', both in terms of urban architecture - largely a creation of the progressive 19th century, laid waste by World War II, temporary home of the infamous Wall - and in ways of living and …
Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story
Häftad, 2019
179 kr
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'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been published this year' Sunday TimesA spectacular …
Friendly Ones
Ljudbok, 2018
305 kr
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‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The TimesThe things history will do at the bidding of loveOn a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a …
Small Revolution in Germany
Ljudbok, 2020
238 kr
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A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned.Everyone remembers what it’s like to be seventeen. The …
King of the Badgers
Häftad, 2012
204 kr
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The new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ‘The Northern Clemency’.Hanmouth: a quiet, picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed, Georgian front doors and the within the artisan cheese shop, its residents live lives that are anything but.When an 8-year-old girl goes missing …
Northern Clemency
E-bok, 2008
120 kr
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An epic chronicle of the last 20 years of British life from the Booker longlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher.Beginning in 1974 and ending with the fading of Thatcher's government in 1996, `The Northern Clemency’ is Philip Hensher's epic portrait of an entire era, a …
Mulberry Empire
E-bok, 2016
125 kr
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The bestselling novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency and King of the Badgers.‘The Mulberry Empire’ is a seemingly straightforward historical novel that recounts an episode in the Great Game in central Asia – the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan …
king of the badgers
Ljudbok, 2011
260 kr
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After the success of The Northern Clemency, shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us another slice of contemporary life, this time the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of a small English town.After the success of The Mulberry Empire and The Northern Clemency, …
King of the Badgers
E-bok, 2011
112 kr
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After the success of The Northern Clemency, shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize, Philip Hensher brings us another slice of contemporary life, this time the peaceful civility and spiralling paranoia of a small English town.After the success of The Mulberry Empire and The Northern Clemency, …
Emperor Waltz
E-bok, 2014
142 kr
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The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher.`A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch … A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything’ GuardianAn astonishing novel, `The Emperor Waltz’ draws together …
Emperor Waltz
Häftad, 2015
257 kr
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The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher.‘A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch … A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything’ Guardian‘The Emperor Waltz’ is a single novel with three narrative …
Tales of Persuasion
E-bok, 2016
71 kr
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Ten daring stories from ‘a writer who seems capable of anything’ (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip HensherBackdrops vary in this collection of stories from the author of The Northern Clemency – from turmoil in Sudan following the death of a politician in a plane crash, to southern …
Northern Clemency
Häftad, 2012
187 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008.An epic chronicle of the last twenty years of British life from the Booker shortlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher.Beginning in 1974 and ending with the fading of Thatcher's government in 1996, ‘The Northern Clemency’ is Philip …
Scenes from Early Life
E-bok, 2012
88 kr
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Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of `King of the Badgers’ and the Man Booker-shortlisted `The Northern Clemency’.“I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn't be heard to …
Emperor Waltz
Ljudbok, 2014
305 kr
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The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher.‘A novel that''s almost fizzy to the touch … A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything’ GuardianAn astonishing novel, ‘The Emperor Waltz’ draws together …
Tales of Persuasion
Ljudbok, 2016
246 kr
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Ten daring stories from ‘a writer who seems capable of anything’ (Guardian), the Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip HensherBackdrops vary in this collection of stories from the author of The Northern Clemency – from turmoil in Sudan following the death of a politician in a plane crash, to southern …
Friendly Ones
Häftad, 2019
190 kr
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‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things history will do at the bidding of love On a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for …
Friendly Ones
E-bok, 2018
120 kr
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‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The Times The things history will do at the bidding of love On a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for …
Small Revolution in Germany
E-bok, 2020
79 kr
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A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers what it’s like to be seventeen. The …
Small Revolution in Germany
Häftad, 2021
139 kr
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A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers what it’s like to be seventeen. The …
To Battersea Park
Inbunden, 2023
231 kr
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‘A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers’ William Boyd‘Surefooted and emotionally generous … A serious achievement’ Guardian‘Masterful’ Telegraph‘A revelation’ Spectator The new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of The …
To Battersea Park
E-bok, 2023
79 kr
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‘A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers’ William Boyd‘Surefooted and emotionally generous … A serious achievement’ Guardian‘Masterful’ Telegraph‘A revelation’ Spectator The new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of The …
To Battersea Park
Ljudbok, 2023
246 kr
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‘A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers’ William Boyd‘Surefooted and emotionally generous … A serious achievement’ Guardian‘Masterful’ Telegraph‘A revelation’ SpectatorThe new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of The …
To Battersea Park
Häftad, 2024
139 kr
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‘A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers’ William Boyd‘Surefooted and emotionally generous … A serious achievement’ Guardian‘Masterful’ Telegraph‘A revelation’ Spectator The new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of The …
