... . Dem Meedchen huet si Lompen ugedoen an esou eng elle Sallef an d'Gesiicht geschmiert, datt suguer säin eegene Papp hatt net méi erkannt huet an et vum Schlass gejot huet. D'Elisa ass an den donkele Bësch era gelaf.

How can love survive its own disappearance? The desperate answer that Antonio Muñoz Molina proposes in this short, circular novella is a model of literary strategy and style, a splendid homage to Flaubert.

Origins, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, intergenerational saga.

Going days without sleep is a point of honour. There is no quitting time. The novel is both a darkly comedic and deeply disturbing view of the work world in the digital age.

As the novel progresses, Julian becomes increasingly aware of the weaknesses and failures of the adults; despite his difficulties in understanding what goes on around him, one senses a wisdom and integrity that sets him apart from many of ...