Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1891) was a British diplomat, also an explorer, linguist, spy,...
Fathers and Sons
Nothing I could say about this book would make you want to read it more than this fantastic...
The Fencing Master
It is 1868, and Don Jaime is approached by a mysterious woman who wants to learn the secrets of an...
Blindness
A sudden and unexplained epidemic of blindness strikes in an unnamed city. Highly contagious, it...
The Postman (Il Postino)
We first meet Mario, a failed fisherman, as he finds work in the Chilean postal service,...
The Door
"I didn't like my own secrets. I liked other people's even less." Writen in 1987, this novel...
The Watcher in the Shadows
Set in Normandy just before the outbreak of the Second World War, The Watcher in the Shadows tells...
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