The Employees - A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn; Martin Aitken (Translator)
$36.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy
Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare. Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members alike complain about their daily tasks ...Show more
Ask the Dust by John Fante; Charles Bukowski (Introduction by)
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, ...Show more
Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
'The book I wish I'd written? Whatever Hari Kunzru is publishing next' - Aravind Adiga From the author of White Tears comes a breathtaking, state-of-the-world novel about one man's struggle to defend his values and create a reality free from the shadows of the past. 'From now on when you see somethi ...Show more
Sandfuture by Justin Beal
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
An account of the life and work of the architect Minoru Yamasaki that leads the author to consider how (and for whom) architectural history is written. Sandfuture is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986), who remains on the margins of history despite the enormous influence o ...Show more
Friedrichstrasse 19 by Emma Harding
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the walls and if you listened closely enough, you could hear all the people who'd once been there.' Sigi lived upstairs from Sara at Friedrichstrasse 19 yet before they met, Sara had no idea that Berlin could ...Show more
When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola
$28.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
When Domenec - mountain-dweller, father, poet, dreamer - dies suddenly, struck by lightning, he leaves behind two small children, Mia and Hilari, to grow up wild among the looming summits of the Pyrenees and the ghosts of the Spanish civil war. But then Hilari dies too, and his sister is forced to face ...Show more
The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu, Byeong-mo ; Chi-Young Kim (translator)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Crime
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company. While on an assassination job for the 'disease control' compa ...Show more
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
The heartbreaking follow-up to the million copy bestseller, The Beekeeper of Aleppo. 'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel that sits at the intersection of race and class.' - Jodi Picoult 'Will break your heart and open your eyes' - Heather Morris, author of The Ta ...Show more
The Mediterranean Wall by Louis-Philippe Dalembert
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
A staggeringly powerful story of migration, struggle and sisterhood, weaving together the stories of three women with very different backgrounds but one shared goal: to reach safety in Europe.
The Wonders by Elena Medel
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Maria and Alicia are a grandmother and granddaughter who have never met. Decades apart, both are drawn to Madrid in search of work and independence. Maria, scraping together a living as a cleaner and carer, sending money back home for the daughter she hardly knows; Alicia, raised in prosperity until her ...Show more
These Days by Lucy Caldwell
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
From 'one of Ireland's most essential writers' (Sunday Times) comes the exquisite story of two sisters trying to survive in life and love against the backdrop of the Belfast Blitz.
Esther's Children by Caroline Beecham
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the picturesque streets of pre-war Vienna to Britain's atmospheric cities in the grip of war, Esther's Children is the perfect read for fans of Kate Quinn's The Alice Network, and Kelly Rimmer's The Warsaw Orphan.