Fairlight Moderns – serie
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18 produkter
Missing Words
A literary novella of magic realism
Häftad, 2021
110 kr
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'Utterly human and moving' —Alison MacLeod, author of Unexploded, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013Postal worker Jenny's life is in the doldrums. Her daughter is all grown up and ready to face the world, her marriage is falling apart, and now her best friend and colleague tells her he plans …
Taking Flight
A literary novella of magic realism
Av JT Torres
Häftad, 2021
317 kr
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'A deftly told and spellbinding tale' —Don Rearden, author of The Raven's GiftWhen Tito is a child, his grandmother teaches him how to weave magic around the ones you love in order to keep them close. She is the master and he is the pupil, exasperating Tito's put-upon mother who, although exhausted …
Bottled Goods
Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Häftad, 2018
113 kr
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Longlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 and The People's Book Prize 2018.'Enjoyable to read' - Dolly Alderton, The High LowWhen Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West, she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, …
Milton in Purgatory
A darkly humorous tale of the after-life perfect for Monty Python fans
Av Edward Vass
Häftad, 2019
113 kr
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'I watch myself die, receiving mouth to mouth from a sweaty, forty year old man, slobbering and sprinkling dandruff all over my face. Why couldn't it have been the redhead?'Milton Pitt leads an uneventful life, a shy man with a dull job and a secret longing for adventure. But one morning, after he …
Driveway Has Two Sides
The perfect escapist beach read
Häftad, 2018
241 kr
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'This deft, devourable novella is one part Barbara Pym, one part Patricia Highsmith, and all parts Sara Marchant' —Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of HausfrauOn an East Coast island, full of tall pine moaning with sea gusts, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. The neighbours gossip as they …
Inside the Bone Box
A literary novella
Häftad, 2018
247 kr
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'Beautiful writing...true psychological depth' —Sophie Van Llewyn, author of longlisted Women's Prize novella Bottled GoodsNicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful facade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by …
There Are Things I Know
The heart-warming and uplifting story of one boy's journey home
Häftad, 2018
111 kr
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'A charming and touching story' —The Big IssueEight year old Pepper sees the world differently from most people. For him, there are things he knows, things he remembers and things other people tell him. He knows his mother's phone number because she once wrote it on his arm when they went to …
Minutes from the Miracle City
A intricate tour-de-force novella of interlinked lives in Dubai
Av Omar Sabbagh
Häftad, 2019
247 kr
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It's Dubai, and all across the Miracle City its multitudinous inhabitants are preparing for Eid.Hakim, a Pakistani taxi driver is whizzing through the streets. Patrick, a Ugandan security guard has aspirations of becoming a writer. Farida, a Moroccan beautician is hoping for a fresh start. And …
Blue Postcards
Longlisted for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (Fairlight Moderns)
Häftad, 2021
113 kr
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'An ingenious book' —Stuart Kelly, Scotland on SundayOnce there was a street in Paris and it was called the Street of Tailors. This was years back, in the blue mists of memory. Now it's the 1950s and Henri is the last tailor on the street. With meticulous precision he takes the measurements of men …
Atlantic Winds
A powerful coming-of-age novella set in small town Canada
Häftad, 2019
113 kr
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'Prendiville's writing lifts the curtain on the contradictions of the human soul' —Le Monde DiplomatiqueIt's 1970s Canada. The small island community of Bear Lake is awash with rumours of layoffs and wildcat strikes at the mill. But for young Tom, nothing is more important than hanging out with his …
Therapist
A gripping dystopian tale that will keep you guessing to the last page
Häftad, 2019
110 kr
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'If the population of the world had vanished while I was reading Nial Giacomelli's beautifully observed novella, I'm not sure I would have noticed. It's that good.' —Christopher StanleyA strange epidemic is sweeping the globe. Little by little, its victims become transparent, their hearts seen …
Nail House
Häftad, 2019
113 kr
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'With the subtlest of touches, Baines succeeds in capturing the competing desires and concerns of a nation's inexorable rise' —Alluvium JournalChina. Present day. Lindon, an Australian project manager with a failed marriage behind him, is lured to the country with the promise of a more than …
Only About Love
A literary tour-de-force novella-in-flash
Av Debbi Voisey
Häftad, 2021
110 kr
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'Breathless, red-raw and brutally honest' —Tracy Fells, 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize WinnerThere's no such thing as a perfect family. A perfect life. A perfect man. Frank is proof of this. He's everyman and yet as unique as a fingerprint. With a wonderful wife and children who are the loves …
Good Year
A heart-warming but gripping literary folk horror
Av Polis Loizou
Häftad, 2022
113 kr
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'This festive tale both warms the heart and chills the soul' —Josh Winning, author of The Shadow GlassRural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning – the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as …
Voting Day
Av Clare O'Dea
Häftad, 2022
113 kr
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'I devoured it in one sitting' —Jonathan Coe'Rich and impactful' —The Irish TimesIn February 1959, Switzerland held a referendum on women's suffrage. The men voted 'no'. In this powerful novella, Clare O'Dea explores that day through the eyes of four very different Swiss women.Vreni is a busy …
Two-Tailed Snake
A literary coming-of-age tale set in 1940s India
Av Nod Ghosh
Häftad, 2023
110 kr
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'An accomplished story of familial love and separation, set in an India of looming partition' -Mike Fox Author of The Violet EyeNorth-east India, 1945. Tensions are rising, but fourteen-year-old Joya doesn't pay much attention to 'political business' - she is more concerned with doing well at …
Dancing in the Shallows
A masterful and moving literary novella of family love
Häftad, 2024
126 kr
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'She's had this feeling before. This feeling of marking time. Of pressing her nose against a window and watching as everyone else lives their best lives.' Isla Wintergreen has not seen her grandfather since she was seven, but when she unexpectedly inherits his cottage on the Isle of Skye, she …
Small Wars in Madrid
A powerful and moving literary novella
Häftad, 2024
126 kr
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David Aguilera's life is collapsing around him. After the catastrophic loss of the vessel under his command and a perilous trek across the Baltics to safety, he returns home to find himself unable to reconnect with his family. Frustrated by his inability to express what he is feeling, his wife …
