Lyrical and radical, a debut novel that created a sensation in France 1956. A young revolutionary...
The Unwomanly Face of War
"Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not...
The Hunger of Women
Rosa is sick with anxiety and abandonment... To fill the void she begins to cook all sorts of...
The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg
This is a charming tale about an elegant and smooth-talking city trickster who invites himself to...
Fictions
Mario Vargas Llosa wrote about Borges as follows: "His is a world of clear, pure and at the same...
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
"An engaging, impressive and moving literary novel.The density and poise of its descriptions of...
The Venice Train
During a chance meeting on the train from Venice to Paris, a stranger asks Justin Calmar to...
The Leopard
In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of...
Fontamara
Fontamara is one of the Italian classics of the twentieth century. It was written in 1933 and was...
The Moro Affair
On 16th March 1978 Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed in Rome. Within three...