Literaire roman, novelle
West
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
'This short novel will live on in your imagination long after you read the last page' Claire Messud
When Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of ten-year-old Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge ancient bones have been discovered in a Kentucky swamp, he leaves his small Pennsylvania farm and daughter to find out if the rumours are true: that the giant monsters are still alive, and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River.
West is the extraordinary story of a quest for a myth, of Bellman's journey into the unknown and of Bess, waiting at home for her father to return, facing monsters of her own. It is an eerie and timeless epic-in-miniature.
'One of the best books I've read this year... It's a book you can read in a day and that will resonate all year long in your head' Sunday Times
'Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary... Twisting the heart as few others can...' Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
Westward Women
'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel The Edible Woman' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying' OLIVIA GATWOOD
'Haunting, nostalgic and sharply observant' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
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It starts with an itch.
In 1970s America, in homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.
Tired. Blank. Restless.
Drawn to the Pacific Ocean like it's calling them home, they abandon their lives -- jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever.
At the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable.
Aimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper -- known for leading infected women West.
Teenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van.
And Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her . . .
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'An all-American fever dream' LEE CLAY JOHNSON
'A speculative feminist road trip thriller unlike any other' GINA CHUNG
'Taut and shocking' ANNA NORTHREADERS ARE RAVING:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Impeccable . . . Westward Women will lure you in and not let you go'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'What an insanely beautiful story . . . Exquisite. No notes'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Fresh and memorable . . . I was immediately hooked'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I loved this. What a visceral and beautiful encapsulation of what being a woman is like'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Unsettling, urgent, and downright unforgettable'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I would give it ten stars if I could. This book completely blew me away. Haunting, timely, and beautifully written'
WET SAND Wet Sand, Volume 2
Ian and Jo are spending more time together, and TJ has taken notice. But TJ’s got bigger problems than his lover’s newest fling. The second-in-command of the powerful K35 gang is dying and TJ is the favorite to succeed him. Determined to entice Ian back as his right hand, TJ decides to play nice with Jo...but he can’t guarantee that his underlings will do the same. Meanwhile, Ian plans his escape from the city and the gang, even as he struggles to cut ties with TJ and to resist his intensifying attraction to Jo.
Volume 2 collects episodes 14–26 of the webcomic Wet Sand. Lees meer
Weyward
What A Time To Be Alive
'Playful and witty'
Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls
'Will go straight to your heart'
Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days
'Reminiscent of the power and grace of writers like Rachel Cusk and Raven Leilani'
Molly Aitken, author of Bright I Burn
Twenty-one and friendless, Sickan arrives at Stockholm University utterly unprepared for adult life. After a chronically lonely childhood, the city represents a fresh start, a chance to finally make friends and the right kind of mistakes. And just as Sickan begins to fit in, she meets Abbe: beautiful, confident, charming - and by some miracle he wants her too.
Tender and intelligent, What a Time to Be Alive is a story about class, sex, loneliness, and the trials of young womanhood. About asking yourself the question: how much of myself am I willing to sacrifice to simply be normal?
'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth'
Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists
What A Way To Go
What Happened that Night
‘A pedal-to-the-metal white-knuckle thrill-ride that leaves you wrung out and breathless from sheer exhilaration’ Christopher Brookmyre
The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and the Frieda Klein series.
If he’s killed once, he’d kill again. Wouldn’t he?
After nearly thirty years in prison for fatally stabbing his university friend Leo Bauer, Tyler Green is finally free.
Meeting up with the group of friends who were there the night that Leo died, Tyler is looking to reconnect – but he’s also looking for answers.
When another friend is found dead that night, all the evidence points to Tyler, putting his new found freedom in jeopardy. Detective Maud O’Connor is called to investigate – can she discover the truth, or will Tyler Green never be free?
PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH
‘No one does it better than Nicci French’ LEE CHILD
‘Perfection’ SOPHIE HANNAH
‘Unputdownable’ ERIN KELLY
‘Powerful, moving and wise . . . I loved it’ JO CALLAGHAN
‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable’ LOUISE CANDLISH
‘No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French’ CARA HUNTER
‘French always excels at depicting an ordinary life swept away by horror’ OBSERVER
‘First-class’ INDEPENDENT
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What Happened that Night
‘A pedal-to-the-metal white-knuckle thrill-ride that leaves you wrung out and breathless from sheer exhilaration’ CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE
The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and the Frieda Klein series.
Some friendships don’t survive the truth.
Nearly thirty years ago, Tyler Green was convicted of killing his university friend Leo Bauer. Now, newly released from prison, he is determined to face the past – and the friends who were there the night everything changed.
But when one of them is found dead soon after their reunion, suspicion falls immediately on Tyler. If he killed once, surely he could kill again. As Detective Maud O’Connor investigates, the truth about that night begins to unravel – revealing secrets no one wanted exposed. Can Tyler ever truly escape his past, or is history about to repeat itself?
Taut, atmospheric, and psychologically razor-sharp, What Happened That Night confirms Nicci French as a master of suspense.
PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH
‘No one does it better than Nicci French’ LEE CHILD
‘Perfection’ SOPHIE HANNAH
‘Unputdownable’ ERIN KELLY
‘Powerful, moving and wise . . . I loved it’ JO CALLAGHAN
‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable’ LOUISE CANDLISH
‘No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French’ CARA HUNTER
‘French always excels at depicting an ordinary life swept away by horror’ OBSERVER
‘First-class’ INDEPENDENT
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What I’d Rather Not Think About
What is the What
What is the What is Dave Eggers's astonishing novel about one of the world's most brutal civil wars
Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety - for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these . . .
Truly epic in scope, and told with expansive humanity, deep compassion and unexpected humour, What is the What is an eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war and an unforgettable tale of tragedy and triumph.
'If there was ever any doubt that Dave Eggers is one of our most important storytellers, What Is the What should put it to rest... [A] strange, beautiful and unforgettable work' San Francisco Chronicle
'A remarkable book: harrowing, witty, wretched, delightful; and always compelling, always surprising' London Review of Books
All of the author's proceeds from this book will go to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. Read more at: www.valentinoachakdeng.com.
What Is the What
What Strange Paradise
"Told from the point of view of two children, on the ground and at sea, the story so astutely unpacks the us-versus-them dynamics of our divided world that it deserves to be an instant classic." —The New York Times Book Review
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives back in their homelands. But miraculously, someone has survived the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who is soon rescued by Vänna. Vänna is a teenage girl, who, despite being native to the island, experiences her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though Vänna and Amir are complete strangers, though they don’t speak a common language, Vänna is determined to do whatever it takes to save the boy.
In alternating chapters, we learn about Amir’s life and how he came to be on the boat, and we follow him and the girl as they make their way toward safety. What Strange Paradise is the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. But it is also a story of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair—and about the way each of those things can blind us to reality. Lees meer
What the Forest Devours
What We Can Know
*A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026*
The breathtaking new novel from Ian McEwan
‘A thumping literary mystery’ Independent
‘A gripping page-turner’ Observer
‘A beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart. I loved it’ Elif Shafak
2014: A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace.
2119: A century later, the seas have risen and the world is under water. Those who remain are haunted by what’s been lost – and what might still be found.
When university scholar Tom Metcalfe stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, he reveals a story of entangled love and a brutal crime that challenges everything he thought he knew about the past…
READERS LOVE WHAT WE CAN KNOW:
‘Fantastic…a book I will treasure forever’
‘Brilliant, gripping, fascinating’
‘Makes you question everything you think you know’
‘A beautiful exploration of memory and love’
‘What a book. Utterly absorbing’
‘Rewarding and thought-provoking’ Financial Times
‘A master storyteller’ The Times
‘It gave me so much pleasure’ New York Times
‘Haunting, playful and ultimately hopeful… A wonderful book’ Kaliane Bradley
*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the Sunday Times, Guardian, New York Times, New Statesman, Spectator, New Yorker, i Paper and Barack Obama*
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