TITLES
THE PALAVEEVI SISTERS (II)
Literary & General
Genre:
Alek Popov
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Publisher:
Ciela
Kara and Yara are here again after the crushing end of the first part.
Kara falls into the hands of the Bulgarian military, but manages to escape, only to find herself in the middle of bombed Sofia and eventually fall into a huge mess.
Yara is rescued by Serbian partisans. She has lost her memory, takes the name Snezhana and falls in love with brave commander Panther. Crazy adventures follow.
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THE REDEMPTION OF ELSDON BIRD
Literary & General
Genre:
Noel Virtue
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Publisher:
Peter Owen
Elsdon Bird is the affectionate, imaginative son of bible thumping Christian parents whose sanctimoniousness allows no joy. Neglected and brutalized and without friends, Elsdon is driven more and more into himself. However Elsdon is very resilient, and despite disaster, he wins through in the end.
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THE HORSE'S MOUTH
Literary & General
Genre:
Joyce Cary
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Publisher:
NYRB Classics
The Horse's Mouth follows the adventures of Gulley Jimson, an artist who would exploit his friends and acquaintances to earn money, told from his point of view, just as the other books in the First Trilogy tell events from their central characters' different points of view. Cary's novel also uses Gulley's unique perspective to comment on the social and political events of the time.
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WASTE OF TIMELESSNESS AND OTHER EARLY STORIES
Literary & General
Genre:
Anaïs Nin
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Publisher:
Ohio University Press/Swallow Press
Sixteen stories written by the late diarist and novelist in her early twenties manifest the origins of her irony, humor, and feminism.
Waste of Timelessness and Other Early Stories is a small collection of rare short stories by Anaïs Nin, written before her more known publications. The book is an example of the early work of a person who was later a successful writer.
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MOTHS
Literary & General
Genre:
Andrej Longo
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Publisher:
Marotta & Cafiero
It rains on Naples while the last ferry headed to Ischia leaves the harbour. Enzù and Tonino have turned up there for a meeting that will change their lives forever. While that moment slowly approaches in the calm of the night, Enzù and Tonino wait talk about all and nothing. dismantle and reassemble their world into small fragments of life. They wait and dream of Paris, which, like the moon for moths, is a bright spot that guides their movements, which pushes them to move forward
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HERSELF SURPRISED
Literary & General
Genre:
Joyce Cary
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Publisher:
NYRB Classics
Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.
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MISSION: LONDON
Literary & General
Genre:
Alek Popov
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Publisher:
Ciela
The new Bulgarian ambassador to London is determined to satisfy the whims of his bosses at all costs. Putting himself at the mercy of a shady PR-agency, he is promised direct access to the very highest social circles. Meanwhile, on the lower levels of the embassy, things are not as they should be. With criminal gangs operating in the kitchens, police on the trail of missing ducks from Richmond Park and a sexy Princess Diana impersonator employed as the cleaner, how is an ambassador supposed to do his job? Combining the themes of corruption, confusion, and outright incompetence, Popov masterly brings together the multiple plot lines in a sumptuous carnival of frenzy and futile vanity, allowing the illusions and delusions of the post-communist society to be reflected in their glorious absurdity!
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THE PALAVEEVI SISTERS
Literary & General
Genre:
Alek Popov
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Publisher:
Ciela
Attractive twins Kara and Jara join the fighters against fascism. Because of their middle-class origins, however, they are suspected of being traitors. On the run they are separated and only meet each other by chance years later, but Jara has switched sides ...
Popov disrespectfully mixes a cocktail of adventurous fights, destroyed utopias and tragicomic heroes, of tension, wit and absurdity, so that in the end no -ideological- stone is left standing.
A wild political satire about the heroic partisans of World War II that will delight fans of black humor.
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THE LAST YEARS OF MAGIC
Literary & General
Genre:
José Antonio Fideu
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Publisher:
Minotauro
London, 1871. Stuck working in the family tavern, young Aurelius feels condemned to languish, living an existence as gray as his father's. However, one morning his destiny will be revealed: Houdini, the great magician, announces in colorful posters his arrival in London... From that moment, Aurelius becomes obsessed with meeting him and becoming his apprentice. Thanks to his inventiveness, he manages to sneak into the magician's dressing room, where he discovers his greatest secret.
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THE CONSCRIPT
Literary & General
Genre:
Gebreyesus Hailu
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Publisher:
Ohio University Press/Swallow Press
Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language.
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