Жанр "Современная зарубежная литература на английском"

Instead of the book he is meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this dark and grotesquely funny account of...

When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence on what she has seen, and her...

‘It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.’

Jay is leaving his partner and their two sons. As the long...

Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn’s very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourette’s Disease drives him to bark,...

I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

A young woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child...

Michael Frayn’s classic novel is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the...

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island is violated...

Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and none...

A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year’s sabbatical...

From award-winning and internationally bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna is the...

Carmel is missing – but doesn’t know she’s lost.

When sensitive, distracted eight-year-old Carmel becomes separated from her...

From the internationally bestselling author of Lullaby, The Country of Others is perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante, Tracy...

How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we...

Sometimes – perhaps only for an instant – we fail to recognise a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus...

When Glasgow journalist Gerry Conway receives a phone call promising unsavoury information about Scottish Justice Minister Peter...

The Book of Chocolate Saints follows the unforgettable character Francis Newton Xavier and his journey towards salvation – or...

It is 1956 and Townrow is in Port Said - of these two facts he's reasonably certain. He has been summoned by the widow of his...

Felix Charlock is a world-famous inventor. His scientific genius draws him into the web of a sinister multinational corporation...

As a child, Mevlut always felt like he was missing out. When he moves to Istanbul – ‘the centre of the world’ – he is immediately...

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the...

A Russian woman named Lara arrives in Afghanistan at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in the shadow...

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and...

After three years in the wilderness, hardboiled reporter Gerry Conway is back at his desk at the Glasgow Tribune. But three years...

Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then banned. The seven...

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Invisible opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old...

The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.

When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband...

A stunning return from the prize-winning and best-selling author ofThe Secret Scripture

Jack McNulty is a ‘temporary...

As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies’ College of the Sacred...

Shahid is a clean-cut student, trying to make an impression on his college lecturer, Deedee Osgood, who gives his spirits a lift...

The debut novel from award-winning author of Black Earth City: A Year in the Heart of Russia.

When twenty-two-year-old Gerty...