Traitor, Paperback - V. S. Alexander

'A gripping novel and makes a fine addition to any library of World War II fiction...the tension's often almost palpable' Historical Novel Society ...

DescriptionFrom the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set aga...

Reducere. Drawing on the true story of the White Rose--the resistance movement of young Germans against the Nazi regime--The Traitor tells of one woman who o...

From acclaimed author V.S. Alexander comes an absorbing, immersive novel set during World War I, as a talented and ambitious artist finds an unusua...

Reducere. Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city's Magdalen Laundries. Once places ...

"A true page-turner" -- Kirkus ReviewsJust months on the job, rookie prosecutor Dana Hargrove is faced with an impossible choice between her career...

V. S. Naipaul's novel of fraudulent revolution, schizophrenia and murder.

A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery - essential reading for anyone interested in American history.

A profound novel from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

An astonishing novel about hope, despair, poverty and laughter.

Reducere. Introduction by JEREMY TREGLOWN"In his daily walks through London, " notes Jeremy Treglown in his Introduction to this collection, "Pritchett watch...

A moving and beautiful novel told with great dignity, compassion and candour.

An astonishing piece of travel writing and a timely and insightful analysis of Islamic fundamentalism.

V.S. Naipaul's meditative novel about a stranger in a strange land.

An astonishing selection of letters from V. S. Naipaul's formative years, rich with compassion, literary beauty and a genuine literary intent.Publi...

Concentrating mainly on India, the Americas, Africa and the Diaspora, this wonderful collection of essays is a clear-eyed and magnificent introduct...

There is no God waiting for you in paradise. No afterlife where friendships severed by death are reformed and family members reunited. There is onl...

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971, In a Free State is one of Sir V.S. Naipaul's best-loved works, a story of disenfranchisement and the search for...

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018.

A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.

This is one of V. S. Naipaul's greatest novels, hard but full of pity. It won the Booker Prize, in its original edition, in 1971.Publisher: Pan Mac...

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an ext...

Subtitled, }Tales Of The Unexpected From Inside Your Mind{. Paperback edition of the groundbreaking book about what we learn about human nature whe...

Reducere. The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V. S. Naipaul's best-loved novel.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): V. S...

After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging.

Alexander Kluge's work has long grappled with the Third Reich and its aftermath, and the extermination of the Jews forms its gravitational center. ...

Reducere. All day on Christmas Eve in 1816, Marie and Fritz Stahlbaum have been eagerly anticipating the marvelous gifts they are sure to receive, just as in...

India is the collection of three classic books by V. S. Naipaul, introduced by fellow traveller and writer Paul Theroux.

Reducere. Two enchanting memoirs from V. S. Pritchett, available for the first time in a single volume A Cab at the Door, originally published in 1968, recal...

Reducere. In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases-from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom...

Reducere. An engaging and unabashedly opinionated examination of what translation is and isn't.For some, translation is the poor cousin of literature, a nece...

The biography of John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, one of the foremost soldiers, courtiers and diplomats of the Wars of the Roses.Publisher: Pen & Sword ...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Amanda McCrinaNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 209 x 31Cover type: Paperback / so...

Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an important lieutenant of Mao's from the 1930s onwa...