Brief Encounters – serie
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Things: A Story of the Sixties
Häftad, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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Georges Perec’s cool, exacting portrait of a couple torn apart by consumer desireA young couple build their lives around the objects they long to own. From furniture to clothes to carefully imagined interiors, their desires shape their sense of who they are – and who they might become. Yet …
Pinball, 1973
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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A nostalgic, jazz-soaked love-letter to a youth spent in pursuit of simple pleasures, from the Japan's most celebrated contemporary storyteller, Haruki MurakamiHaunted by memories of a doomed love affair, and living in something of a strange hiatus in Tokyo, Pinball, 1973's narrator finds himself …
We Were Forbidden
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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A startling new collection of three never-before-translated stories, from the author of I Who Have Never Known MenIn the wake of some unfathomable war, a woman wanders the forest, forbidden from ever leaving its strange depths. As part of her rigid schooling, a teenage girl is barred from …
Undesirable Friend
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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From Japan's most famous, classic novelist comes a remarkable gem of wit, irony, and feline observationA stray kitten, catapulted to literary fame loudly observes the world of Meiji Japan in all its absurdity. But he’s not the only cat in the neighbourhood, and as he rallies against the stupidity …
Case of the Late Pig
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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A fiendishly brutal but brilliant, charming English murder mystery, from Agatha Christie's favourite writer - the criminally underrated, Margery Allingham.Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to …
Recitatif
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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A stunning, timeless story about race, friendship, what keeps us apart and what drives us apart, from the one and only Toni Morrison, with an introduction by Zadie Smith.Twyla and Roberta met in a girls’ shelter as children. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only to meet again …
Book of Imaginary Beings
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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A dazzling catalogue of be creatures drawn from the dreamworlds of myth, folklore, and imaginationFrom ancient myths to obscure legends, a strange menagerie takes shape: creatures part real, part invented, drawn from cultures across the world. Each is described with care, as if it might exist just …
Fighters & Martyrs
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's stories of rebellion and sacrifice, where ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courageIn these tales of rebellion and sacrifice, ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courage. From fighters taking up arms against colonial rule to martyrs confronting impossible choices, these …
Monkey Business
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Four of Kurt Vonnegut’s best dystopian stories, Monkey Business distils his darkly comic vision of the modern world and the cost of trying to engineer a better life.In a future where everyone is forced to be equal, a gifted teenager dares to rebel. A suburban family discovers a device that delivers …
First Light
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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At once a gripping thriller and a heartbreaking elegy, this is Toni Cade Bambara's powerful final testament, a hymn to Atlanta's missing children.Zala Spencer is barely surviving on the margins of Atlanta's booming economy when she awakens one summer’s morning in 1980 to find her teenage son, …
Dead
Av James Joyce
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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At a Christmas party, a revelation shatters a man's complacency foreverAt a winter gathering in Dublin, friends and family come together for an evening of music, conversation and ritual. As the night unfolds, small tensions surface, and a chance revelation alters one man’s understanding of his life …
Dracula's Guest
Av Bram Stoker
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Step into the night where tombs lie open and wolves prowl under a cursed moonA solitary traveller strays from the road on the eve of Walpurgis Night. Snow closes in, strange figures emerge, and an abandoned tomb offers shelter. But what begins as a detour becomes a brush with something far older …
Parish Chronicle
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time foreverThe resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrímsson’s skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed. But as the plans to …
Culture Counts
Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged
Häftad, 2021
201 kr
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What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumors of its death are seriously exaggerated. He shows our culture to be a continuing source of moral …
Bewitched
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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Edith Wharton's ghost stories whisper of passion, exile, and the things we cannot forgetIn an old Dorset house, a couple settle into a life of quiet comfort – until a presence makes itself felt. At a country gathering, a man is forced to confront a long-buried secret he has tried to outrun. In a …
Venus Smiles (and Other Vermillion Sands Stories)
Av J G Ballard
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims.Out over the towering Coral D, sky artists paint the sky with clouds. A musical statue is broken down, but finds new life in unwanted places. A mysterious new resident introduces a new way of making …
Down by the Riverside
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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A flood brings not only rising waters but the full force of a brutal, racist worldWith the Mississippi flooding, a Black farmer struggles to get his pregnant wife to safety. In the chaos, a single desperate decision sets off a chain of events that cannot be undone. Down By the Riverside is Richard …
Fire On The Mountain
Av Anita Desai
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Vivid and alive, this powerful novella about one woman's belated rebellion against the powers that be is Anita Desai at her finest.Nanda Kaul retreats to a quiet house in the hills, determined to live out her days in solitude. But the arrival of her great-granddaughter disrupts the stillness she …
Parasite
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Arthur Conan Doyle’s tense, unsettlingly supernatural tale of obsession and controlAfter Austin Gilroy’s fiancée is hypnotised, he finds himself drawn into the orbit of the woman responsible – Miss Penclosa. Soon, disturbances begin to unsettle him: actions he cannot account for, thoughts that seem …
Sunday's Children
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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One of Cinema's great masters revisits his childhood - and the end of his parent's marriage - in a novella of awakeningOver the course of one summer, eight-year-old Pu Bergman realises that his parents are no longer in love. Surrounded by the quiet idyll of the Swedish countryside, with its ponds, …
Kew Gardens
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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In a single afternoon's walk, Virginia Woolf captures the infinite life of a garden...A couple pause among the flowerbeds, their thoughts drifting apart. A woman’s mind fixes on a small, troubling mark on the wall. A chance meeting becomes an imagined life, rich with longing and regret. In six …
Woman of Genius
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Two sisters must find their way in a world designed to confine them.Marcelle is the elder sister, a woman whose ambitions focus on becoming the companion of a 'man of genius'. Marguerite is the younger sister, a girl whose sanity depends on breaking free of the oppressive expectations of society. …
Young at the Time
Av Eileen Chang
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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From one of the great Chinese authors of the twentieth century, these newly translated stories illuminate the most intimate matters of the human heartSince childhood, Ruliang has sketched the same face in the margins of his books, tracing its lines without knowing why. Years later, he meets Cynthia …
Masks
Av Fumiko Enchi
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Masks is Enchi's elegant, seductive story of sexual deception, revenge, and the haunting legacy of the past.Ibuki loves widow Yasuko, who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond …
Mouse Folk
Av Franz Kafka
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Five of Franz Kafka’s most compelling short animal stories, where fable, dark humour and unease collideA community gathers to listen to the singing of a mouse. An ape addresses an academy to explain how he became human. A creature digs ever deeper into its burrow, gripped by fear of what might be …
Poet
Av Yi Mun-Yol
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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The life of a poet becomes a parable of hope in Yi Mun-yol’s searching novella of art, status and selfhood.With their family condemned as traitors, two young brothers are sent away in disguise to save their lives. One grows up by his wits, accepting what has been lost. The other is set on a …
Souvenir of Japan
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela CarterAn Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the …
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
Häftad, 2026
136 kr
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This ebullient, gallivanting novella encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence.An ageing man holds court, spinning a single, unbroken stream of stories about his life – loves won and lost, jobs taken and abandoned, moments of …
Master of Go
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Luminous, suspenseful and serene, The Master of Go is a compelling portrait, quietly devastating of two men – and a whole society – facing defeat.Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, the strategy game Go is an expression of the Japanese spirit. But when a revered Master …
Invisible Girl
Av Mary Shelley
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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Three supernatural tales of longing and loss from the grand-dame of Gothic fiction, Mary ShelleyWhen a storm drives their boat towards the rocks, a group of sailors is saved by the light of a ruined tower. The locals speak of the Invisible Girl who haunts it – a lost, wandering soul. But the truth …
