Fiction
Claire-Louise Bennett – Pond (2015)
“In solitude, you don’t need to make an impression on the world, so the world has some opportunity to make an impression on you.”
Fiction
“In solitude, you don’t need to make an impression on the world, so the world has some opportunity to make an impression on you.”
Fiction
Here we are, witnessing a masterful and unstoppable artist perfecting her craft.
Non-fiction
Herzog has lived many lives and exudes an endless curiosity — as if, as a child, he fell into a Bavarian creek awash with potion and clambered out anew, like some German Obelix.
Fiction
If Baumgartner was his latest effort, I wondered, what had the polished diamond looked like when it still was rough?
Fiction
Peculiar, hilarious, disturbing and even ridiculous—but, incredibly engrossing.
Fiction
Relentless and unforgiving; a whirlwind of a novel about a country on the brink of totalitarianism.
Non-fiction
Spellbinding descriptions of walking the hills of the Cairngorms
Fiction
An elegant yet devastating novella in which Beard, somehow, makes the weight of it all feel bearable.
Fiction
A beautiful and atmospheric novel about a contemplative concert pianist.
Newsletter
Didion's powerful book on grief, injected with remarkable brevity, in which she guides readers through her experience with a striking sense of calm.
Newsletter
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.”
Newsletter
An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism, all packed into one