Narrative theme: sense of place
Catapult Cove
Book Synopsis“To read Cove is to take a masterclass in taking out everything but the essentials. This is writing stripped back to the bone, and storytelling that gets under the skin. Powerful, terrifying, brilliantly done.”—Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13Out at sea, in a sudden storm, a man is struck by lightning. When he wakes, injured and adrift on a kayak, his memory of who he is and how he came to be here is all but shattered. He will need to rely on his instincts, resilience, and imagination to get safely back to the woman he dimly senses is waiting for his return. This is an extraordinary, visceral portrait of a man locked in a struggle with the forces of nature.
£14.24
Two Dollar Radio Whiteout Conditions
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£13.49
Archipelago Books The Hills Reply
Book Synopsis“There’s beauty to be found outdoors, but it’s not without its horrors. The conflicted role of humans in nature is a familiar theme, but few narratives hum with the surreal power of this one.” — Kirkus ReviewsAn intensely graceful novel recounting scenes of the Norwegian countryside from one of Norway's most beloved 20th-century writersTarjei Vesaas’s final work, The Hills Reply, is a flow of intensely lyrical autobiographical scenes. The vivid beauty of the wilds of Norway grounds the narrator’s interior flashes.The first sketch finds a boy, his father, and their packhorse clearing a logging road buried in snow as their surroundings give way to a crisis. Profound insights into human behavior, solitude, and nonverbal communication stand up to the power and immensity of the natural world. The land speaks to (and at times almost swallows) the central character, as he is pushed to the edge of what a body and mind can endure.The hypnotic pulse of Vesaas’s prose blurs the line between memory and hallucination, as it stares bravely into the unblinking eye of Nature. An unforgettable book, The Hills Reply is a visceral salute to the human spirit, to the ecstasy of wilderness, and to their tender overlapping.
£15.30
Archipelago Books Kin
Book SynopsisKin is a dazzling family epic from one of Croatia's most prized writers. In this sprawling narrative which spans the entire twentieth century, Miljenko Jergovic peers into the dusty corners of his family's past, illuminating them with a tender, poetic precision. Ordinary, forgotten objects - a grandfather's beekeeping journals, a rusty benzene lighter, an army issued raincoat - become the lenses through which Jergovic investigates the joys and sorrows of a family living through a century of war.Trade Review* [Jergovic is] a poet, novelist, and journalist of the highest caliber...His concern is for the living and in this collection of stories about Sarajevo and its inhabitants he writes about them with the seriousness, sensitivity, quirky intelligence, and gentle humor of a master of the short story. - The New Republic * Jergovic has the mien of the rare author whose gift is so innate he need only conquer a few demons and steady his hands enough to write it all down. - San Diego Union Tribune * ...a multilayered and complex text, which demonstrates why Jergovic is one of the most prominent Croatian authors and one of the most translated European writers. - World Literature Today on Mama Leone, a winner of Italy's 2003 Premio Grinzane Cavour for Best Book in Translation.
£27.08
Amberjack Publishing Company The Woman from Dover
Book SynopsisStung with the bitter loss of the life she had built, Gladys's story from The Girl from Old Nichol continues with Gladys as a housekeeper for the wealthy widower, James Hornby. Reunited with Toughie for one night before he leaves for New York with his bride, their romantic interlude leaves Gladys alone and pregnant. Fearing the workhouse, Gladys confesses all to James, who offers to marry her and legitimize Toughie's baby. The new family lives happily, adding a daughter of their own. When Toughie returns years later as a widower, he meets his son and begs Gladys to travel to New York with him. Torn between the man she has loved since childhood and a comfortable life of luxury for herself and her children, Gladys faces a decision that will only lead to devastation; no matter what choice she makes, someone will be hurt and abandoned.
£13.25
Bookpress Publishing Mars Hospital: A Doctor's Novel
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£26.06
Amberjack Publishing Company Flamingo Lane: A Novel of Southern Noir
Book SynopsisChance is a hitman with hippie roots and deep emotional wounds, disillusioned by life and stung by love—and his next target is the woman who rejected him. But taking on such a job is not without complications. As he closes in on his victim, Chance struggles to rediscover the competitive edge that normally makes him so deadly. Faye Lindstrom escaped a life of captivity and addiction in Quintana Roo, but she can't flee the woman she has become. For now, she holes up in a house in Crooked River owned by an old friend, the reclusive novelist William Dieter. But that safe haven will only last until the end of the summer, assuming that the violence in her past doesn't catch up to her first.For lovers of Southern noir, Flamingo Lane is a gritty cat-and-mouse pursuit that launches from an island off the Yucatan Peninsula through the cornfields of Indiana to a small town on the Florida panhandle. A standalone sequel, Flamingo Lane ventures even further into the haunted territories of revenge and redemption first chronicled in Fever Tree.Trade ReviewFeatured in list "Books to Read If You Like Murder Mystery" in Deythere, African men's magazine https://deythere.com/books-to-read-if-you-like-murder-mystery/Live reading with poet Pepper Trail The Jefferson Exchange , Jefferson Public Radio, https://www.ijpr.org/post/applegate-trail-poetry
£13.25
Amberjack Publishing Company Fallen Mountains
Book SynopsisWhen Transom Shultz goes missing shortly after returning to his tightly knit hometown of Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, his secrets are not the only ones that threaten to emerge. Something terrible happened seventeen years ago. Red, the sheriff, is haunted by it. Possum, the victim of that crime, wants revenge. Chase, a former friend of Transom's, is devastated by his treacherous land dealings. And Laney worries her one thoughtless mistake with Transom could shatter everything she's built. As the search for Transom heats up and the inhabitants' dark and tangled histories unfold, each must decide whether to live under the brutal weight of the past or try to move beyond it. In Fallen Mountains , even loyalty, love, trust, and family can trap you on a path of tragedy.Trade Review"Reminiscent of the best Appalachian writers . . . [Grant] wields her sense of place like an extra character." Matt Coleman, Book RiotFeatured in March Recommended Reads list Women Writers, Women's Books, http://booksbywomen.org/"Its primary concernwhether it's ever conscionable to put family before civic dutybelongs to any era... Ingeniously plotted to the end." Nell Beram, Shelf AwarenessEssay on writing, family, and motherhood, "Life By The Book" Women Writers, Women's Books, http://booksbywomen.orgFeatured in Novel Suspects's list "The Best New Crime Fiction: March 2019" Novel Suspects, https://www.novelsuspects.com/
£15.19
Amberjack Publishing Company There You Are
Book SynopsisGrowing up in the '80s and '90s in St. Louis, Octavian Munroe and Mina Rose found a future in music. Between the stacks at Rahsaan's Records, the two fell in love to the sounds of Prince and A Tribe Called Quest. But in the wake of grief and heartbreak, they drifted apart, ultimately leaving the city for fresh starts. Decades later, Rahsaan's Records is closing for good. Seeking closure of their own, Octavian and Mina travel homeward, reckoning with the ghosts of the past they left behind and the uncertain future they must create. Insightful and nostalgic, There You Are is a wise novel of love, loss, and the power of community, backed by a phenomenal soundtrack of hip hop, soul, and jazz.Trade Review"Mathea Morais is a really gifted writer. It is a special joy for those of us who are fortunate enough to have read her coming-of age, personal and intimate story of a time in St. Louis circling the death of Michael Brown." -- Harry Belafonte, activist, actor, singer, author"...for readers who enjoy a story of robustness and fragility of love, Morais' work is a must-read." -- Kirkus Reviews
£19.76
Rize The Valley of Sage and Juniper
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£17.05
Running Wild Press The Lost and the Blind
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£16.16
Belle Point Press This New Dark
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£14.24
Penguin Putnam Inc The Language of Sycamores
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£16.20
Random House USA Inc Taína (Spanish Edition) / Taína: A Novel
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£14.36
Vintage Espanol Cujo (Spanish Edition)
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£15.26
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Aquellos días / Those Days
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£15.60
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La coleccionista de historias / The Keeper of
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£18.66
Editorial Periferica Una Clara Y Gélida Mañana de Enero a Principios
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£22.75
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La tierra desnuda / The Bare Earth
£32.53
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Los centinelas de la felicidad / The Sentinels of Happiness
£27.29
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El banquete anual de la cofradía de los
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£32.92
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El viento que arrasa / The Wind That Lays Waste
£14.43
