On the outer deck of a North Sea ferry stands Futh, a middle-aged and newly separated man, on his way to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. As he contemplates an earlier trip to... Læs mere
One professor, five students, a week-long field trip on an isolated island in the Norwegian Sea. Four of the undergraduates are typical in their aims and ambitions. And then there is Magnus. Who will heed their call?
Twenty tales of lust and loss. These stories feature clockwork hearts, lascivious queens, paper men, island circuses, and a flooded world; some are radical retellings of classic stories, some are modern-day fables, but all explore substitutions for love.
He can become any book, any combination of words — every thought, act and expression that has ever been, or ever will be, written. Now 800 years old, John wants to tell his story.
Ursula Owen’s wide-ranging memoir begins with her fleeing Nazi Germany, explores her education and travels, her life in Egypt, Lebanon and the USA, explores her successful... Læs mere
Set in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, The Good Son is a funny, frightening and ultimately moving story centred around Mickey Donnelly, a boy struggling to come of age against the backdrop of bitter and brutal surroundings.
Marguerite, a down-at-heel detective, investigates, in minute and comically digressive detail, the disappearance of Harold Absalon, the Mayor’s transport advisor. He follows, and... Læs mere
The Solex Brothers explores the fate of the individual – albeit a rather feeble individual – and of personal responsibility in a culture of absurd, inexorable forces.
This companion forms the best introduction to the work of one of Britain's leading experimental writers. Maggie O'Sullivan has an international reputation as a... Læs mere
The Art of the Novel is the first textbook written by writers who are also teachers for today’s Creative Writing students as well as more experienced practitioners of the novel. The... Læs mere
Tom is grieving for his girlfriend. Her powerful family, convinced he is responsible for her death, place a bounty on his head.