age ~86
from Osborne, KS
As the country goes through various political upheavals from colony to socialist republic to civil war to peace and capitalism, the world outside seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of someone peeing on a balcony, or a man fleeing his pursuers.A Gene...
Author
Jose Eduardo Agualusa
Binding
Paperback
Pages
250
Publisher
Archipelago
ISBN #
0914671316
EAN Code
9780914671312
ISBN #
9
When The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland first appeared, it was hailed by The Times of London as "the finest reference work of its kind." Now in a new edition, with over 150 more authors and new feature entries by high-profile authors such as Margaret Drabble and John Sutherland, this b...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
369
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0198614608
EAN Code
9780198614609
ISBN #
8
Best Translated Book Award LonglistReader’s Digest Great New BookWorld Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide RecommendationOffer[s] surprise and revelation at every turn.” Reader’s DigestEduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller.” DANIEL ALARCÓN, author of At Night We Walk in CirclesIn Monastery, the ...
Author
Eduardo Halfon
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN #
1934137820
EAN Code
9781934137826
ISBN #
6
A cauliflower hat, a fish bonnet, a few large animals, a flying boar called Melvin, and a whole lot of watermelons come together in this wacky tale told in rhymeTo the villagers who watch her going about her day, it is clear that Miss Jolly is irritatingly happy. Her never-ending cheerfulness leaves...
Author
Daniel Hahn
Binding
Paperback
Pages
40
Publisher
Phoenix Yard Books
ISBN #
1907912053
EAN Code
9781907912054
ISBN #
4
One of the finest poets of the English language, Percy Bysshe Shelley is known as much for his outstanding lyric poems as for his unconventional lifestyle. Works such as "Ozymandius," "To a Skylark," and "Ode to the Westwind" have been read and loved by successive generations; and so too a fascinati...
Author
Daniel Hahn
Binding
Paperback
Pages
152
Publisher
Hesperus Press
ISBN #
1843913003
EAN Code
9781843913009
ISBN #
3
The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Between Youth and Adulthood…At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier...
Author
Maria Duenas
Binding
Paperback
Pages
615
Publisher
Atria Books
ISBN #
1451616899
EAN Code
9781451616897
ISBN #
2
A #1 international bestseller reminiscent of the works of Roberto Bolaño, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and Edward Rutherford—a page-turning historical epic, set in early eighteenth-century Spain, about a military mastermind whose betrayal ultimately leads to the conquest of Barcelona, from the globally popula...
Author
Albert Sanchez Pinol, Daniel Hahn, Thomas Bunstead
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
560
Publisher
Harper
ISBN #
0062323962
EAN Code
9780062323965
ISBN #
10
"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,are of imagination all compact."- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s DreamTo commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, And Other Stories and Hay Festival have selected twelve contemporary international ...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
240
Publisher
And Other Stories
ISBN #
1908276789
EAN Code
9781908276780
ISBN #
7