80 years after its first publication, this is a brand new English translation, using Tove Jansson's revised story
A deeply resonant novel about mortality and love.
Daniel Brennan, approaching the premature end of his life, retreats to a room in his brother's suburban house. To divert himself and to entertain Ellen, his carer, he writes the journal that is... Læs mere
Dominic Pattison's life is one of level contentment: his marriage has proved happy and durable; his business, too, is successful. And then Sam Williams, a builder and ex-squaddie, enters his... Læs mere
Bored of the 'mango smoothie' trail and keen to spice up their Facebook albums, and perhaps also their sex lives, Jake and Will take a tour into China's jungle borderland with Burma. Their... Læs mere
Contains 80 images of people and their dogs, from Maria Callas to Robbie Williams, Churchill to Jilly Cooper. This book offers a collection of photos,... Læs mere
A tale about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant. In Uckfield, East Sussex. Uckfield didn't actually appear in the dream. But for Christopher Nye it was the... Læs mere
Inspector Jian is a Chinese cop from the Siberian borders who thinks he's seen it all. But his search for his missing daughter brings him to the meanest streets he's ever faced - in rural England. Maybe England isn't the 'gold mountain' he was promised.
Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? The stories in this title reveals these secrets.
A widely-praised author weaves a narrative of art, history and human relationships under the Tuscan sun.
Assembles the cream of Levi and Cat's adventures in a 160pp hardback - produced, with flat-bound, mirrored cover boards and colour printing throughout.
An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the art market.