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World–Changing Rage – News of the Antipodeans - Georg Baselitz, Alexander Kluge, Katy Derbyshire

An exploration by an artist and writer duo of a fundamental constant in the history of humankind: rage, and its impact on the world. Rage and obstinacy are close…

Truth/Untruth - Anjum Katyal, Mahasweta Devi

A trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society. Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the…

Always Being Born – A Memoir - Mrinal Sen

An outspoken memoir by a much-celebrated Indian filmmaker.   “I am a filmmaker by accident and an author by compulsion,” claims Mrinal Sen, who became part of the great…

Blake's Progress - Nigel Kemble-Clarkson

Having completed a controversial twelve-year military career, Captain Richard Blake finds his subsequent service with the Officer Special Reserve Corps soon significantly eating…

The Red Rose - Linda Boulter

A collection of short stories of dreams, hope, the odd touch of true love and a hint of magic!Eugene, who returned from National Service, was smitten with young Beryl. So much so,…

I Am a Field Full of Rapeseed, Give Cover to Deer and Shine Like Thirteen Oil Paintings Laid One on Top of the Other - Karen Leeder, Ulrike Almut Sandig

Ulrike Almut Sandig’s second volume of poems to be translated into English is a journey through a world that is imaginary yet entirely recognizable. Precise observation of…

The Rabbit Between Us - Victor Menza

One morning as they parted, Victor Menza’s daughter handed him a bunny postcard. This gift made him wonder why rabbits had been their symbol of visitation: “How did this kind…

The Parsi Theatre – Its Origins and Development - Kathryn Hansen, Somnath Gupt

A seminal study of a historically significant theater style.   Unrivaled in its long-term impact, Parsi theater remains a crucial component of South Asia’s cultural heritage…

Hamletics – Shakespeare, Kafka, Beckett - Massimo Cacciari, Matteo Mandarini

One of Italy's best-known contemporary philosophers and leftists offers a literature-informed take on our contemporary political situation. During the dramatic course of the…

The Meadow at Chapel Hill Cross - Roger Mann

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to umpire a match in which the bowlers wore top hats, and gentlemen thought that wearing pads and gloves was beneath their…

Tumph and Frilletta - Toni Morrisonová

Letterbugs are small pear-shaped little beings that live in the postal system and are good at making sure they are not seen. They are able to make themselves flat so as not to be…

Sulphurgeddon - Igor Renklauf

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into Brimstone and the land shall become burning pitchA farmer’s wife, unable to breathe, visits the…

I’ll Weave a Song for You - Sandra Leavesley

She holds the verse in the palm of her hand and tells a story she died in. When Megan dies, she leaves a promise with her twin Emily: ‘I’ll weave a song for you…it may take…

Failed Redemption - Penny Jordanová

John England has settled in the penthouse of Peters Tower, the tower block of fifty apartments that his wife’s family had built. Now living with his partner Fiona since the…

Abracadabra Street - Mark Roland Langdale

What do you do if the family business is magic and you’re all fingers and thumbs? If your family are magicians and builders of tricks and illusions for other magicians and you…