In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now ➤ подробнее about Barnes J.: The Noise of Time.
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award,Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.What is the difference between friendship and love? Gustav grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo ➤ подробнее about Tremain R.: The Gustav Sonata.
The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years ➤ подробнее about Agualusa J.: A General Theory of Oblivion.
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital ➤ подробнее about Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress of Florence.
Now a major film starring Academy Award nominees Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling.Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011.Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school ➤ подробнее about Barnes J.: The Sense of an Ending.