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In See Now Then, Jamaica Kincaids brilliant and evocative novel, a marriage is revealed in all its joys and agonies.

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Momik, the only child of two survivors, is brought up in Israel by a family seeking to ignore the past. But through the stories his great-uncle tells him-the same stories he told the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp-Momik, too, becomes "infected with humanity."

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Throw into the mix a sister missing in Orgentina, a wife struggling to lose the weight from her orse and an interfering father-in-law living under my roof. You can see why, like the Son of God, my life had become a major hassle. And just when I thought it couldn't get any more difficult, a moment of madness involving - what else

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Despite the heavy rain, the officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank. National law decrees the election should be repeated but the result is even worse.

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A brilliant novel from everyone's favourite chronicler of family, relationships and life as a modern man.

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The critically acclaimed, dark and perverse love story of a young woman losing her sight - and becoming a monster.

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On a spring day in Vermont, 79-year-old painter Hope Chafetz tells the story of her life to Kathryn, a young interviewer from New York. As the day wears on, Kathryn and Hope try to understand one another across the gulf of age, experience and time that lies between them. And subtly, as each comes to know the other, their relationship changes.

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"These intimate stories of South Indian immigrants and the families they left behind center women's lives and ask how women both claim and surrender power"--

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'A very funny, intelligent, deliberately and engagingly resistant, and moving piece of writing' - Amit Chaudhuri

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Now in paperback, the compelling novel by Erica Wagner, literary editor of The Times

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The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. A 300-year-old legend Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720.

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Desiree White was walking through the fields of winter wheat and oilseed rape when she saw it.

As years go by and everyone else moves on with their lives, Desiree feels stuck, unable to forget what she saw that day.

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This edition presents the original versions of 30 poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and literary attitudes later in his career.

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This edition "reprinted with a new chronology, further reading, and corrections"--Copyright page.

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This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the faade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.

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These are refreshingly frank, sparely written stories that expose the world of bartenders and 'b-girls', car washers and criminals. John O'Hara dissects the subtleties that bind humans together and the pressures that separate them.

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Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks.

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A fictional autobiography of a young writer which takes the reader to Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. This story of love, sex and ambiguity is the first novel by the Canadian author of the award-winning short-story collection, "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios".

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The author of THE READER returns with another thrilling case for sleuth Gerhard Self.

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Experience the wonder of the written word from some of the greatest writers of the modern age, with Faber Modern Classics.

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This absorbing, ironic, bitter-sweet collection of nine stories marked Lorrie Moore's talented debut. Sharp, cruel and funny, the stories are presented as a highly idiosyncratic guide to female existence: 'How to be an Other Woman', 'How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)', 'How to Become a Writer', 'The Kid's Guide to Divorce'.

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Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosphy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policement in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop.