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This haunting, elegiac novel captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy—particularly Ferrara—in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towar

'Wonderful story which transfixes you from the start – this is the first novel I've read by this author but definitely not the last.

On an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld.

Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home.

Winner of the 2023 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Shortlisted for the 2023 Indigenous Voices Awards. Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

"Haunting... To read The Good Negress is to fall under a spell, to open a window, to fly." -Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Lianna is an aspiring planetary scientist...and also a kissing addict. This summer, though, she plans to spend every kiss-worthy hour in the lab, studying stars. Hank has never been kissed.

In this “witty, perceptive novel”, a young woman moves to Tokyo and encounters the world of university enrollment and impending adulthood (Elle).

'Exquisite... a classic tour de force' —The New York Times. 'It struggled to keep itself aloft, to gain height.

'Pavese's novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings' Italo Calvino. June, 1943.

A pair of thematically linked novellas from the acclaimed author of Lizard, Amrita, and Goodbye Tsugumi.

A physician turned fugitive must save himself and stop a lethal drug-tampering plot in Robin Cook's most disturbing techno-chiller yet. Anesthesiologist Dr.

A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm, and extraordinary. "There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling.

A 2024 Locus Award Finalist! A 2024 Dragon Award Finalist! A "Best Of" pick in BookBub, Lit Hub, Book Riot, The Mary Sue.

The male hustler who became a superstar...the blonde dancer who dazzled Hollywood as its greatest drag queen...the stunning Adonis who became a stag film stud...they're all stars of Jason Fury