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“A powerful study of bigotry, persecution, obsession and hypocrisy in early American society, the “”Penguin Classics”” edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s. “”The Scarlet Letter”” contains an introduction by Nina Baym and notes by Thomas E. Connolly. Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, “”The Scarlet Letter”” is the story of Hester Prynne, a married…
“A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman’s intimate life is strangely dominated by the fear of nuclear warfare; a melancholy teenage love is swept away by a hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds… In these…
“Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child … She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.’ These extraordinary stories centre on African conflicts as seen through the eyes of children and describes their resilience and endurance in heartbreaking detail. From child trafficking to inter-religious conflicts,…
“***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK ‘Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime’ SUNDAY TIMES Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed…
“He is McKell, a half-blooded vampire warrior able to manipulate time in short bursts. She is the human AIR agent – Alien Investigation and Removal — sent to capture him. Hide-and-seek ensues, and the game has never been so sexually charged. While they should have been enemies, they become lovers. And together, they must discover…
“The second volume of Harold Pinter’s collected work includes The Caretaker. The Caretaker It was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is a classic comic creation, and his uneasy relationship with the enigmatic Aston and Mick a landmark in twentieth-century drama. ‘The play remains a masterpiece.’…
“‘Timequake is sweet, wild and cock-eyed… Vonnegut has always had a true comic ear… A beautifully fastidious writer, utterly original’ – Guardian According to science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001. It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience. Should it…
“Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell’s first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule Burmese Days describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, ‘after all, natives were natives’. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in…
“**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE** A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences Arthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart. Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father’s farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in their rural community,…
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