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Under the Storm - A Novel
Christoffer Carlsson; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R463
R388
Discovery Miles 3 880
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THE TOP TEN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the August Prize for
Fiction Dazzlingly inventive, witty and mysterious: a writer pieces
together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating
narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. A young man
dies in a car crash - accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with
an agenda of his own sets out to piece together Samuel's story.
From friends, relatives and neighbours, a portrait emerges of a
loving son, reluctant bureaucrat, contrived poser, loyal friend.
But who was Samuel really, and what happened to him? In filling out
the contours of his existence, the writer grasps at a fundamental
question: how do we account for the substance of a life? 'My books
of the year [include] Jonas Hassen Khemiri's enigmatic novel' Joyce
Carol Oates Heartbreakingly sad and laugh-out-loud funny . . . Its
chorus of drifters, romantics and cynics stick in the memory, each
competing to tell their own truth' Hari Kunzru 'Unforgettable. In
this non-putdownable puzzle of a story, Khemiri manages to both
thrill and break your heart' Gary Shteyngart 'Khemiri's audacious
and richly drawn novel pushes the boundaries of literary fiction .
. . Beneath the structural pyrotechnics lies a broader story of
imposition, appropriation and lack of individual agency: that of
the immigrant experience' Lucy Scholes, The National
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Deliver Me - A Novel
Malin Persson Giolito; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R526
R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
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The sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un.
Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated...
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The Group (Paperback)
Sigge Eklund; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R380
R269
Discovery Miles 2 690
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What would you do to be one of them?
When Hanna moves to Spain for an internship at the prestigious Prado
gallery, she finds herself spending her days buried in the museum's
stifling archives, and her nights alone in a tiny rented flat.
Then one day she sees them; Tom, Samuel, and Leah. Glamorous and
elegant, they are also foreigners in the city. But unlike her they are
fabulously wealthy, their lives an endless whirl of creativity and
hedonism. And when Hanna discovers an uncatalogued 17th century etching
in the archive, she makes a decision which changes everything . . .
From the sultry streets of Madrid to the gleaming world of
Mediterranean luxury villas and exclusive art world parties, as Hanna
gets closer to her deepest desire, the stakes mount ever higher.
Intoxicating and unputdownable, The Group is a timeless story of hidden
identity and obsession.
Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
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Invasion! (Paperback)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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Winner 2011 Obie for Playwriting
A New York Times Critic's Pick
"Invasion " is a tornado of words, images and ideas, all centered
around a magical name: Abulkasem. The play assaults our deepest
prejudices about identity, race and language. At once hilarious,
disturbing and poignant, this deeply subversive play deconstructs a
threatening identity - the Arabic male - and forces us to confront
our own cultural identity.
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Stolen (Paperback)
Ann-Helen Laestadius; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R579
R469
Discovery Miles 4 690
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The Forbidden Place (Hardcover)
Susanne Jansson; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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'A bone-chillingly cool crime debut' Paula Hawkins, author of The
Girl on the Train In the remote Swedish wetlands lies Mossmarken:
the village on the edge of the mire where, once upon a time, people
came to leave offerings to the gods. Biologist Nathalie came in
order to study the peat bogs. But she has a secret: Mossmarken was
once her home, a place where terrible things happened. She has
returned at last, determined to confront her childhood trauma and
find out the truth. Soon after her arrival, she finds an
unconscious man out on the marsh, his pockets filled with gold -
just like the ancient human sacrifices. A grave is dug in the mire,
which vanishes a day after. And as the police investigate, the
bodies start to surface... Is the mire calling out for sacrifices,
as the superstitious locals claim? Or is it an all-too-human evil?
An international sensation, THE FORBIDDEN PLACE is a darkly
gripping tale of the stories we tell ourselves to survive, and the
terrible consequences they can have.
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Look Hamlet (Hardcover)
Barbro Lindgren; Illustrated by Anna Hoglund; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R341
Discovery Miles 3 410
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World-renowned hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s
vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family’s
history—from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century
Sweden. Born to interracial American parents in Sweden, Jason
Diakité grew up between worlds—part Swedish, American, black,
white, Cherokee, Slovak, and German, riding a delicate cultural and
racial divide. It was a no-man’s-land that left him in constant
search of self. Even after his hip-hop career took off, Jason
fought to unify a complex system of family roots that branched
across continents, ethnicities, classes, colors, and eras to find a
sense of belonging. In A Drop of Midnight, Jason draws on
conversations with his parents, personal experiences, long-lost
letters, and pilgrimages to South Carolina and New York to paint a
vivid picture of race, discrimination, family, and ambition. His
ancestors’ origins as slaves in the antebellum South, his
parents’ struggles as an interracial couple, and his own
world-expanding connection to hip-hop helped him fashion a strong
black identity in Sweden. What unfolds in Jason’s remarkable
voyage of discovery is a complex and unflinching look at not only
his own history but also that of generations affected by the trauma
of the African diaspora, then and now.
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The Dying Game (Paperback)
Asa Avdic; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R414
Discovery Miles 4 140
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A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state
- for fans of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Suzanne
Collins' The Hunger Games 'With a terrifying dystopian core and a
foreboding that lurks on every page, this is terrifying stuff.'
Heat 'An Orwellian debut novel that never lets up . . . A heady mix
of And Then There Were None and The Hunger Games.' Booklist
'Resembling Agatha Christie at her zaniest, this fascinating, ever-
changing scenario is deftly and grippingly handled' Sunday Times
'Oh, it's really quite simple. I want you to play dead.' On the
remote island of Isola, seven people have been selected to compete
in a 48-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position. One of
them is Anna Francis, a workaholic with a nine-year-old daughter
she rarely sees, and a secret that haunts her. Her assignment is to
stage her own death and then observe, from her hiding place inside
the walls of the house, how the other candidates react to the news
that a murderer is among them. Who will take control? Who will
crack under pressure? But as soon as Anna steps on to the island
she realises something isn't quite right. And then a storm rolls
in, the power goes out, and the real game begins...
The sequel to Jonas Jonasson's international bestseller The
Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of
champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views,
but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a
North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the
captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of
contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un
... Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic
crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to
Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very
complicated ... Praise for The Hundred-Year-Old Man: `A mordantly
funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing
disgracefully' Sunday Times `Imaginative, laugh-out-loud . . . a
brilliant satire on the foibles of mankind' Daily Telegraph
`Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny' Guardian
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The Forbidden Place (Paperback)
Susanne Jansson; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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Discovery Miles 2 570
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'A bone-chillingly cool crime debut.' Paula Hawkins, author of The
Girl on the Train Terrible things happen in Mossmarken. Long ago,
the mire welcomed sacrifices to the gods...and the area still seems
haunted. Nathalie thought she had escaped, but the half-buried
memories of what happened in her childhood have finally called her
home. Then, soon after she returns, her friend Johannes is found
unconscious out on the marsh, his pockets filled with gold coins -
just like the ancient victims. As the police investigate, more
bodies surface, but the truth seems lost in the mire. Superstitious
locals claim the gods cry out for blood. But Nathalie is about to
find out the true extent of human evil. An international sensation,
THE FORBIDDEN PLACE is a darkly gripping tale of the stories we
tell ourselves to survive, and the terrible consequences they can
have.
A car has exploded. A city has been crippled by fear. Amor wanders
around the city, doing his best to blend in. He's going to exchange
a drill head. He's going to call his brothers. He's going to stop
stalking Valeria and take care of his long-since-dead grandma. Most
important of all: he must not attract any suspicious glances. But
what is normal behaviour? Who is a potential perpetrator? And how
many times can Shavi call in one day? For 24 intense hours we find
ourselves in Amor's head, where the lines between criminal and
victim, love and chemistry, and fantasy and reality become more and
more blurred.
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