On St Patrick's Day in New Orleans, a man and woman meet again in a bar for the first time in twenty-five years while the parade passes by. A group of

A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to

‘Valentijn’ van Elizabeth Wetmore speelt zich af in februari 1976 in Odessa, Texas waar in de vroege uurtjes na Valentijnsdag de veertienjarige Gloria

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That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fa

A pioneering comparative history of British, French, Dutch, Belgian, and Portuguese decolonization from the formal ending of empires to the postcoloni

Features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. This title shows how, forced to move from t

Elizabeth Day, auteur van Het feest, schreef met Schaduwstad eveneens een vlijmscherpe roman over de Britse elite. Howard Pink is een selfmade miljon

In these ten exquisite stories, first published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1987 and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Richard Ford mines lite

Leer hoe je zelf thuis heerlijke, creatieve zuurdesembroden bakt. Niets heerlijker dan een huis waarin de geur van zelfgebakken brood zich versprei

‘Superb … a book that asks what we have lost and gained in an era that has revolutionised the way we think about sex and power’ Observer An era-defin

This book argues that Greek tragedy as a genre is characterized by plots centering on kin killing. It contains a detailed analysis of five plays, and

The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be t

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and

An exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive KitteridgeLucy Barton is recovering slowly from what shoul

Zeven leugens van Elizabeth Kay vertelt het verhaal van de vriendinnen Jane en Marnie, die al sinds de middelbare school onafscheidelijk zijn. Voor de

Here are luminous sketches of characters she has met, of transgressive and often tragic women - prostitutes and mothers, spinsters and celebrities, fa