Stefan Zweig’s seminal memoir recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe – its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating...

Perfectly paced and brimming with passion – twenty-two tales from a master storyteller of the twentieth century
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In the seaside city of Kamakura, a student is drawn to an enigmatic older man who swims at the same beach. The man becomes his...

The greatest work by the founder of modern Russian literature – a timeless story of vanity and love, in a startlingly modern...

The selected works of one of Russia’s greatest writers, including ‘The Queen of Spades’, ‘The Stationmaster’ and a selection of...

A delightfully witty and mordant modern classic from Finland: the story of a journalist who befriends an injured hare and embarks...

The story of Coco Chanel’s life, as told by her to Paul Morand
Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the...

Ice will soon cover the entire globe. As the glacial tide creeps forward, society breaks down. Hurtling through the frozen chaos...

The essential stories of one of the twentieth century’s greatest and most influential writers
No one has captured the modern...

Ichiyo Higuchi, Japan’s first professional female author, wrote about daily life with unprecedented intimacy and honesty. This...

Emil Sinclair is a troubled young outsider. But everything changes when he meets Max Demian, a mysterious and charismatic older...

An inspirational classic from Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is a beautiful tale of self-discovery
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Winner of the Akutagawa Prize

In 1950s Japan, Doctor Suguro practises medicine in a backwater still recovering from the war....

Winner of the 1980 Noma Literary Prize – a darkly absorbing portrayal of the first Japanese voyage across the Pacific, by the...

Jesuit priest Sebastian Rodrigues sets sail for Japan in 1640, full of idealistic fire. But the cold land he arrives in has no...

A captivating feminist classic about a woman’s struggle for independence in fascist Italy, from the author of Forbidden Notebook...

Out running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse – she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary...

These are short stories from an unparalleled icon of modern Japanese literature. Sublimely crafted and shot through with a...

A lone mountain hiker falls through a hole in the ground into Kappaland, inhabited by creatures that are half tiger, half turtle....