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Juja
Nino Haratischvili; Translated by Ruth Martin
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R320
R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
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Published for the first time in English, the sweeping debut novel
set in bohemian Paris, by the author of international bestseller
The Eighth Life. In 1953, a teenage girl, Jeanne Saré,
jumps in front of a train at the Gare du Nord station. She leaves
behind writings that to some are unreadable, but to others tell
universal, unspoken truths about the lives and struggles of women.
When published in the 1970s, her work triggers a rash of copycat
suicides. It is hastily withdrawn from sale and eventually
forgotten about. Then, in 2004, two women from opposite
corners of the globe — Amsterdam and Sydney — rediscover Jeanne
Saré’s book and set out to discover who the author was and what
happened to her. Women across the ages have attached their own
stories to Saré’s, often with devastating results, but the truth
about her may be even stranger than the fictions they have
invented.
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Sisters in Arms
Shida Bazyar; Translated by Ruth Martin
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R483
R455
Discovery Miles 4 550
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Chris Kraus' The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire
epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years
1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all
the way to Tel Aviv. Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born
in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find
themselves - along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm -
caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times. As the two
brothers climb the rungs of society - working first for the
government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces,
and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany - Ev will
be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both.
The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the
characters to terrifying moral and political depths. The story of
the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the
decline of an old world and the rise of a new one - under new
auspices but with the same familiar protagonists. Translated from
the German by Ruth Martin
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Sisters in Arms
Shida Bazyar; Translated by Ruth Martin
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R316
R288
Discovery Miles 2 880
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An explosive feminist and anti-racist novel about the importance of
friendship. We don’t exist in this world. Here, we are neither
Germans nor refugees, we don’t report the news and we aren’t
the experts. We’re some sort of wildcard. Hani, Kasih, and Saya
have shared a deep friendship ever since they were kids. After
years apart, the three young women meet again for a few days, to
pick up where they left off. But regardless of what they have
achieved, it becomes clear, again and again, that they can’t
escape the racism that accompanies their daily lives: the glances,
the chatter, the hatred, and the outright rightwing terror. But
their friendship gives them stability. Until one dramatic night
shakes everything up. Sisters in Arms is a provocative,
uncompromising, and moving novel about the extraordinary alliance
between three young women and the only thing that makes a
self-determined life possible in a society that doesn’t tolerate
otherness: unconditional friendship.
Chris Kraus’ The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire
epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years
1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga and Moscow, Berlin and Munich,
all the way to Tel Aviv. Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers,
born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will
find themselves – along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm
– caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times. As the
two brothers climb the rungs of society – working first for the
government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied forces,
and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany – Ev
will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them
both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the
characters to terrifying moral and political depths. The story of
the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the
decline of an old world and the rise of a new one – under new
auspices but with the same familiar protagonists. Translated from
the German by Ruth Martin
Get ready for a walk on the wild side through every continent on
Earth! Kids can discover the animal kingdom like never before in
Lonely Planet Kids' The Animal Book, a beautiful encyclopedia
featuring over 100 incredible creatures, from the grey wolf and
green anaconda, to the bald eagle and emperor penguin. Packed with
facts and illustrations, it also explores our relationship with
these animals and how we're affecting their lives and habitats,
such as reindeer helping to deliver food for Arctic communities and
elephants hunted for their tusks in Africa. Animals are all around
us, but sometimes we forget just how remarkable they are. With The
Animal Book, kids can discover some of the world's most diverse and
fascinating mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects and
invertebrates, from those they can spot in their backyard to more
endangered species in jungles, deserts and freezing oceans. They'll
also learn about conservation efforts and how to help protect
wildlife and the planet. Dawn Cooper's wonderful illustrations are
combined with fantastic photographs and expert authorship by Ruth
Martin. Organized by continent, The Animal Book covers: Arctic
North & Central America South America Europe Africa Asia
Oceania Antarctica Oceans About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore!
Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates
children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing
facts, quirky humor and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their
curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet.
Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share
our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse
and magnificent place-inspiring children at home and in school.
At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and
theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew
the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February
1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed. But while the
dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the
intellectuals who led the way. As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann,
Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German
cultural history were involved. In his characteristically lucid,
sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history
- November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of
people could have altered the course of the twentieth century.
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The Eighth Life (Paperback)
Nino Haratischvili; Translated by Charlotte Collins, Ruth Martin
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R865
R779
Discovery Miles 7 790
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An epic family saga beginning with the Russian Revolution and
swirling across a century, encompassing war, loss, love requited
and unrequited, ghosts, joy, massacres, tragedy. And hot chocolate.
At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian
empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious
chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity
and caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for
ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste... Stasia learns it
from her Georgian father and takes it north, following her new
husband, Simon, to his posting at the center of the Russian
Revolution in St Petersburg. Stasia's is only the first in a
symphony of grand but all too often doomed romances that swirl from
sweet to sour in this epic tale of the red century. Tumbling down
the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation
after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees
reflections. A ballet dancer never makes it to Paris and a singer
pines for Vienna. Great characters and greater relationships come
and go and come again; the world shakes, and shakes some more, and
the reader rejoices to have found at last one of those glorious old
books in which you can live and learn, be lost and found, and make
indelible new friends.
Joseph Roth's sensibility-both clear-eyed and nostalgic, harshly
realistic and tenderly humane-produced some of the most distinctive
fiction of the twentieth century. This collection of his most
essential stories, in exquisite new translations by Ruth Martin,
showcases the astonishing range and power of his short stories and
novellas. In prose of aching beauty and precision, Roth shows us
isolated souls pursuing lost ideals and impossible desires. Forced
to remove a bust of the fallen Austrian emperor from his house, an
eccentric old count holds a funeral for it and intends to be buried
in the same plot himself; a humble coral merchant, dissatisfied
with his life and longing for the sea, chooses to adulterate his
wares with false coral, with catastrophic results; young Fini, just
entering the haze of early sexuality, falls into an unsatisfying
relationship with an older musician. With the greatest craft and
sensitivity, Roth unfolds the many fragilities of the human heart.
Little Explorers is a first information series for curious
youngsters. With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones
can have hands-on fun discovering the wonders of our solar system
and beyond. Readers can explore Earth's nearest neighbours - the
planets and moons - as well as the stars and galaxies, then lift
the flaps on astronauts and rockets to find out how we make amazing
discoveries about our universe.
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