Pushkin press okt 2026 (89 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons, heralded as one of the best children's books of the year by the Telegraph and New Statesman! The beautiful story of the seasons gathering to revel in the magic of the natural world, adapted from a rediscovered work by a Jewish author during World War II. It's King Winter's birthday, and he wants it to be really special. He wants all of his brothers and sisters to be there: King Summer, Queen Spring and Queen Autumn. But the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside. This timeless fairy tale perfect for young readers aged 4-8 is a celebration of nature's rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to order. As the weather outside is sent into an extraordinary mix-up, King Winter and his siblings realize that even though we cannot always be with the ones we love in the same place, at the same time, our memories of time spent together will keep us warm. Magical and heartwarming, this tale was adapted from an unpublished story by Jewish author Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, author of The Passenger, which he wrote while interned during the war. Brought to life with Jonathan Freeland's lyrical narration and lush, full-color illustrations from acclaimed picture book artist Emily Sutton, this unique fairy tale of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy has laid undiscovered for decades - until now. 40 pp. Englisch. Sutton, Emily (ilustrador).…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons, heralded as one of the best children's books of the year by the Telegraph and New Statesman! The beautiful story of the seasons gathering to revel in the magic of the natural world, adapted from a rediscovered work by a Jewish author during World War II. It's King Winter's birthday, and he wants it to be really special. He wants all of his brothers and sisters to be there: King Summer, Queen Spring and Queen Autumn. But the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside. This timeless fairy tale perfect for young readers aged 4-8 is a celebration of nature's rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to order. As the weather outside is sent into an extraordinary mix-up, King Winter and his siblings realize that even though we cannot always be with the ones we love in the same place, at the same time, our memories of time spent together will keep us warm. Magical and heartwarming, this tale was adapted from an unpublished story by Jewish author Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, author of The Passenger, which he wrote while interned during the war. Brought to life with Jonathan Freeland's lyrical narration and lush, full-color illustrations from acclaimed picture book artist Emily Sutton, this unique fairy tale of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy has laid undiscovered for decades - until now. 40 pp. Englisch. Sutton, Emily (ilustrador).…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -AVAILABLE AGAIN: a highly anticipated new edition of 12 poetically ironic short stories of 19th-century Sicily by a realist master, translated and introduced by D.H. Lawrence. 'Intoxicating. His finest work. How acutely Verga understood the tragic contradictions that still disturb our modern experience.' --New York Review of Books First published in a single volume in 1883, the 12 stories collected in this beautiful new paperback edition are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath, and tells them with a stark economy of words. There's something dark and tightly coiled at the heart of each story, an ironic, bitter resolution that is belied by the deceptive simplicity of Verga's prose, and Verga strikes just when the reader's not expecting it. Translator D. H. Lawrence surely found echoes of his own upbringing in Verga's sketches of Sicilian life: the class struggle between property owners and tenants, the relationship between men and the land, and the unsentimental, sometimes startlingly lyric evocation of the landscape. Just as Lawrence veers between loving and despising the industrial North and its people, so too Verga shifts between affection for and ironic detachment from the superstitious, uneducated, downtrodden working poor of Sicily. If Verga reserves pity for anyone or anything, it is the children and the animals, but he doesn't spare them. In his experience, it is the innocents who suffer first and last and always. 128 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -AVAILABLE AGAIN: a highly anticipated new edition of 12 poetically ironic short stories of 19th-century Sicily by a realist master, translated and introduced by D.H. Lawrence. 'Intoxicating. His finest work. How acutely Verga understood the tragic contradictions that still disturb our modern experience.' --New York Review of Books First published in a single volume in 1883, the 12 stories collected in this beautiful new paperback edition are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath, and tells them with a stark economy of words. There's something dark and tightly coiled at the heart of each story, an ironic, bitter resolution that is belied by the deceptive simplicity of Verga's prose, and Verga strikes just when the reader's not expecting it. Translator D. H. Lawrence surely found echoes of his own upbringing in Verga's sketches of Sicilian life: the class struggle between property owners and tenants, the relationship between men and the land, and the unsentimental, sometimes startlingly lyric evocation of the landscape. Just as Lawrence veers between loving and despising the industrial North and its people, so too Verga shifts between affection for and ironic detachment from the superstitious, uneducated, downtrodden working poor of Sicily. If Verga reserves pity for anyone or anything, it is the children and the animals, but he doesn't spare them. In his experience, it is the innocents who suffer first and last and always. 128 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A chilling anthology of 9 classic weird and supernatural tales from the dark heart of American literature, compiled and introduced by award-winning author Laird Hunt! 'Fireside stories where guilt, distress and unforeseen illness strike a deliciously gothic note.' -- Sunday Express A masquerade ball cut short by a mysterious plague; a strange nocturnal ritual in the woods; a black bobcat howling in the night: these 9 tales are some of the most strange and unsettling in all of American literature. From Edgar Allan Poe to Shirley Jackson, Nathaniel Hawthorne to Zora Neale Hurston, the authors of these classics of supernatural suspense have inspired generations of writers to explore the dark heart of the land of the free. Now beautifully repackaged in a stunning new paperback edition, this collection includes deliciously spine-tingling stories such as: - 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne- 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton- 'Spunk' by Zora Neale Hurston- 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain, - 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman- and many more!Selected and introduced by Laird Hunt, the prize-winning author of In the House in the Dark of the Woods, these stories are filled with unforgettable imagery and simmering with supernatural tension, making them some of the most important contributions to the genre of 'weird fiction' ever written. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A chilling anthology of 9 classic weird and supernatural tales from the dark heart of American literature, compiled and introduced by award-winning author Laird Hunt! 'Fireside stories where guilt, distress and unforeseen illness strike a deliciously gothic note.' -- Sunday Express A masquerade ball cut short by a mysterious plague; a strange nocturnal ritual in the woods; a black bobcat howling in the night: these 9 tales are some of the most strange and unsettling in all of American literature. From Edgar Allan Poe to Shirley Jackson, Nathaniel Hawthorne to Zora Neale Hurston, the authors of these classics of supernatural suspense have inspired generations of writers to explore the dark heart of the land of the free. Now beautifully repackaged in a stunning new paperback edition, this collection includes deliciously spine-tingling stories such as: - 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne- 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton- 'Spunk' by Zora Neale Hurston- 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain, - 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman- and many more!Selected and introduced by Laird Hunt, the prize-winning author of In the House in the Dark of the Woods, these stories are filled with unforgettable imagery and simmering with supernatural tension, making them some of the most important contributions to the genre of 'weird fiction' ever written. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A vivid, hallucinatory rediscovered classic about split identity in the wake of World War I trauma, translated into English for the first time. 'Unsettling. Creates a picture of a tormented mind, and evokes the profound dislocation felt by veterans returning home from a savage conflict.' --The Times In this searingly poetic novel, we are plunged into the disturbed consciousness of an ex-soldier suffering post-traumatic stress. It is a world in which nothing is stable--not even the identity of the narrator. Hans, an esteemed surgeon, has just returned from the hellish battlefields of World War I. Shaken by his experiences and severely doubtful of the promised bright future after the war, he returns to the life of a Berlin doctor that he left 4 years ago. But now, everything in his home feels alien--even his wife, Grete. As he tries to regain a sense of normality, he is haunted by nightmarish visions and a profound sense of dissociation. Has the war turned him into someone else Or has another man wormed his way into Hans's life in his absence Tormented by doubts about even the simplest facts, the troubled Hans grows increasingly convinced that neither he nor those around him are who they believe themselves to be. Told in a feverish monologue, A Shadow of Myself is a vivid, hallucinatory immersion in an unsettled mind. First published in 1926 and rediscovered in Germany only last year, this lightning-bolt of a war classic is now appearing in English for the first time in a stunning translation by Simon Pare. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -An artist on holiday at a mountain hot spring becomes fixated on a mysterious local beauty in this Japanese classic. 'Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.' - Haruki Murakami One of the foundational classics of modern Japanese literature, this profound, meditative novel about repressed longing and aesthetic rapture shows legendary Japanese writer Natsume Soseki at his very best. A nameless young artist travels into the mountains, in search of the refreshments of nature. Staying at a small hot spring hotel, he soaks in the water and takes walks nearby, always with the intention of painting - though he never seems to get around to actually doing so. Instead, he finds himself transfixed by the daughter of the hotel owner, an enigmatic young beauty. His preoccupation is neither romantic nor sexual, but aesthetic: why is he so drawn to O-Nami's changeable face, now hostile, now serene And what prevents him finally putting brush to paper and painting her picture As the holiday goes on, these two circle each other, pursuing barbed yet friendly conversations about art and despair. And the more he learns about her life - a divorce, a rumoured entanglement with a local priest, a cousin in the army about to travel to the Manchurian front - the more he comes to realise that experiencing O-Nami's beauty to the full requires not just gazing upon her, but understanding her. Lushly poetic and stunningly sensitive, The Three-Cornered World is a masterful exploration of the beauty of nature, the artist's temperament, and the hidden springs of human sympathy. 220 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeous new deluxe paperback edition from the Pushkin Press Classics series of one of the most famous animal stories in the world. Featuring a stunning foiled cover, inside cover printings, and beautiful designed flaps! An enduringly beloved classic of children's literature, Black Beauty is one of the most famous animal stories ever written. Told from the perspective of its horse protagonist, Black Beauty, Anna Sewell's only novel exposes the cruelty experienced by animals at the hand of humans. It is a poignant and heartwarming entreaty for kindness and empathy that every child should read. The novel begins with Black Beauty's memories of his idyllic life as a young colt. In particular, he recalls the teachings of his mother, Duchess, who tells Black Beauty that he must always be gentle and good. When he moves to a new home after being purchased by the kindly Squire Gordon, Black Beauty tries his best to make Duchess proud. But though his early years are happy, Black Beauty's luck soon turns when his loving owners are forced to sell him. Passed from home to home, Black Beauty's life turns from one of comfort and kindness to one of hard labor and cruelty. But despite the many hardships he faces, Black Beauty's spirit never breaks, and he continues to treat everyone with the compassion and respect that Duchess once taught him. Part of the gorgeous Pushkin Children's Classics series, this deluxe paperback edition is the perfect addition to a young reader's library. 208 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeous new deluxe paperback edition from the Pushkin Press Classics series of one of the most famous animal stories in the world. Featuring a stunning foiled cover, inside cover printings, and beautiful designed flaps! An enduringly beloved classic of children's literature, Black Beauty is one of the most famous animal stories ever written. Told from the perspective of its horse protagonist, Black Beauty, Anna Sewell's only novel exposes the cruelty experienced by animals at the hand of humans. It is a poignant and heartwarming entreaty for kindness and empathy that every child should read. The novel begins with Black Beauty's memories of his idyllic life as a young colt. In particular, he recalls the teachings of his mother, Duchess, who tells Black Beauty that he must always be gentle and good. When he moves to a new home after being purchased by the kindly Squire Gordon, Black Beauty tries his best to make Duchess proud. But though his early years are happy, Black Beauty's luck soon turns when his loving owners are forced to sell him. Passed from home to home, Black Beauty's life turns from one of comfort and kindness to one of hard labor and cruelty. But despite the many hardships he faces, Black Beauty's spirit never breaks, and he continues to treat everyone with the compassion and respect that Duchess once taught him. Part of the gorgeous Pushkin Children's Classics series, this deluxe paperback edition is the perfect addition to a young reader's library. 208 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A selection of Isaac Babel's 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk. 'Compact, irreverent, enigmatic, savage and tender. one of the enduring jewels of 20th-century Russian literature.' --Financial Times Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be shaken by brutal jolts of violence. Divided into 3 major sections for different phases of Babel's life, these 26 stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War. What emerges is a poignant mediation on why humanity returns again and again to violence, and an unforgettable portrait of the brutal reality of civil conflict. One of the first major Russian-Jewish writers to write in Russian, Babel was hugely popular during his lifetime. He joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Russian civil war and was later murdered in Stalin's purges in 1940, at the age of 45. Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel's singular voice. 256 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A selection of Isaac Babel's 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk. 'Compact, irreverent, enigmatic, savage and tender. one of the enduring jewels of 20th-century Russian literature.' --Financial Times Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be shaken by brutal jolts of violence. Divided into 3 major sections for different phases of Babel's life, these 26 stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War. What emerges is a poignant mediation on why humanity returns again and again to violence, and an unforgettable portrait of the brutal reality of civil conflict. One of the first major Russian-Jewish writers to write in Russian, Babel was hugely popular during his lifetime. He joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Russian civil war and was later murdered in Stalin's purges in 1940, at the age of 45. Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel's singular voice. 256 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A vivid, hallucinatory rediscovered classic about split identity in the wake of World War I trauma, translated into English for the first time. 'Unsettling. Creates a picture of a tormented mind, and evokes the profound dislocation felt by veterans returning home from a savage conflict.' --The Times In this searingly poetic novel, we are plunged into the disturbed consciousness of an ex-soldier suffering post-traumatic stress. It is a world in which nothing is stable--not even the identity of the narrator. Hans, an esteemed surgeon, has just returned from the hellish battlefields of World War I. Shaken by his experiences and severely doubtful of the promised bright future after the war, he returns to the life of a Berlin doctor that he left 4 years ago. But now, everything in his home feels alien--even his wife, Grete. As he tries to regain a sense of normality, he is haunted by nightmarish visions and a profound sense of dissociation. Has the war turned him into someone else Or has another man wormed his way into Hans's life in his absence Tormented by doubts about even the simplest facts, the troubled Hans grows increasingly convinced that neither he nor those around him are who they believe themselves to be. Told in a feverish monologue, A Shadow of Myself is a vivid, hallucinatory immersion in an unsettled mind. First published in 1926 and rediscovered in Germany only last year, this lightning-bolt of a war classic is now appearing in English for the first time in a stunning translation by Simon Pare. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A noir mystery by the acclaimed modernist Russian master, set in the Paris underworld. 'An excellent novel by any standard, .especially remarkable for joining the philosophical underpinnings of the Russians with the intrigue of a French thriller.' --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder. Slipping between the menacing dream world of the student's fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddha's Return is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story. Beset by constant hallucinations, a student and member of the Russian émigré community which filled Paris in the 1920s and 30s wanders the nighttime city. His offer of kindness to a vagrant in the Luxemburg Gardens spirals into unintended consequences, converging with the influence of a Russian millionaire and his mistress and hangers-on. As the student drifts between dreams and reality, we find ourselves wondering about his guilt and about the influence of fate on all this--as well as where his true love Catherine has got to. But when the Buddha is returned, all becomes clear in this modernist meditation on fate, authority and connection. In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanov's delicately balanced novel is a vivid evocation of the unforgettable atmosphere of interwar Paris--and an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russia's most talented émigré writers. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A noir mystery by the acclaimed modernist Russian master, set in the Paris underworld. 'An excellent novel by any standard, .especially remarkable for joining the philosophical underpinnings of the Russians with the intrigue of a French thriller.' --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder. Slipping between the menacing dream world of the student's fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddha's Return is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story. Beset by constant hallucinations, a student and member of the Russian émigré community which filled Paris in the 1920s and 30s wanders the nighttime city. His offer of kindness to a vagrant in the Luxemburg Gardens spirals into unintended consequences, converging with the influence of a Russian millionaire and his mistress and hangers-on. As the student drifts between dreams and reality, we find ourselves wondering about his guilt and about the influence of fate on all this--as well as where his true love Catherine has got to. But when the Buddha is returned, all becomes clear in this modernist meditation on fate, authority and connection. In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanov's delicately balanced novel is a vivid evocation of the unforgettable atmosphere of interwar Paris--and an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russia's most talented émigré writers. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -An artist on holiday at a mountain hot spring becomes fixated on a mysterious local beauty in this Japanese classic. 'Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.' - Haruki Murakami One of the foundational classics of modern Japanese literature, this profound, meditative novel about repressed longing and aesthetic rapture shows legendary Japanese writer Natsume Soseki at his very best. A nameless young artist travels into the mountains, in search of the refreshments of nature. Staying at a small hot spring hotel, he soaks in the water and takes walks nearby, always with the intention of painting - though he never seems to get around to actually doing so. Instead, he finds himself transfixed by the daughter of the hotel owner, an enigmatic young beauty. His preoccupation is neither romantic nor sexual, but aesthetic: why is he so drawn to O-Nami's changeable face, now hostile, now serene And what prevents him finally putting brush to paper and painting her picture As the holiday goes on, these two circle each other, pursuing barbed yet friendly conversations about art and despair. And the more he learns about her life - a divorce, a rumoured entanglement with a local priest, a cousin in the army about to travel to the Manchurian front - the more he comes to realise that experiencing O-Nami's beauty to the full requires not just gazing upon her, but understanding her. Lushly poetic and stunningly sensitive, The Three-Cornered World is a masterful exploration of the beauty of nature, the artist's temperament, and the hidden springs of human sympathy. 220 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons, heralded as one of the best children's books of the year by the Telegraph and New Statesman! The beautiful story of the seasons gathering to revel in the magic of the natural world, adapted from a rediscovered work by a Jewish author during World War II. It's King Winter's birthday, and he wants it to be really special. He wants all of his brothers and sisters to be there: King Summer, Queen Spring and Queen Autumn. But the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside. This timeless fairy tale perfect for young readers aged 4-8 is a celebration of nature's rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to order. As the weather outside is sent into an extraordinary mix-up, King Winter and his siblings realize that even though we cannot always be with the ones we love in the same place, at the same time, our memories of time spent together will keep us warm. Magical and heartwarming, this tale was adapted from an unpublished story by Jewish author Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, author of The Passenger, which he wrote while interned during the war. Brought to life with Jonathan Freeland's lyrical narration and lush, full-color illustrations from acclaimed picture book artist Emily Sutton, this unique fairy tale of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy has laid undiscovered for decades - until now. Sutton, Emily (ilustrador).…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -AVAILABLE AGAIN: a highly anticipated new edition of 12 poetically ironic short stories of 19th-century Sicily by a realist master, translated and introduced by D.H. Lawrence. 'Intoxicating. His finest work. How acutely Verga understood the tragic contradictions that still disturb our modern experience.' --New York Review of Books First published in a single volume in 1883, the 12 stories collected in this beautiful new paperback edition are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath, and tells them with a stark economy of words. There's something dark and tightly coiled at the heart of each story, an ironic, bitter resolution that is belied by the deceptive simplicity of Verga's prose, and Verga strikes just when the reader's not expecting it. Translator D. H. Lawrence surely found echoes of his own upbringing in Verga's sketches of Sicilian life: the class struggle between property owners and tenants, the relationship between men and the land, and the unsentimental, sometimes startlingly lyric evocation of the landscape. Just as Lawrence veers between loving and despising the industrial North and its people, so too Verga shifts between affection for and ironic detachment from the superstitious, uneducated, downtrodden working poor of Sicily. If Verga reserves pity for anyone or anything, it is the children and the animals, but he doesn't spare them. In his experience, it is the innocents who suffer first and last and always.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This central masterpiece of modern Japanese literature recounts the decline and fall of a couple's fortunes and a husband's desperate attempt to find spiritual salvation. 'A sensitive, skillfully written novel by the most widely read Japanese author of modern times.' -- Guardian Deemed the 'representative modern Japanese novelist' by Haruki Murakami, Natsume Soseki employs humor and irony with masterful precision in this great novel of indecision, widely considered one of the founding texts of modern Japanese letters. Humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone live in a modest house at the bottom of a cliff. Having previously been married to another man, Oyone's adultery now seems to hang over their marriage like a curse. With no children and Sosuke's incoming growing ever smaller, they are left with little besides each other and a beautiful painted screen as a souvenir of better days. Then a series of crises rocks their shabby but harmonious domestic existence. Sosuke's brother moves in with them, demanding help to fund his studies; they find themselves forced to sell the screen to buy winter shoes; and Oyone's ex-husband is rumoured to be visiting a wealthy neighbour at the top of the cliff. On top of that, Sosuke's financial prospects keep getting worse. Beset by reminders of his flaws and failures, Sosuke runs away to a temple, hoping to escape into enlightenment. But can he learn what the monks have to teach him Will he return to Oyone changed - or not at all 217 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Ben Canaan returns in this darkly gripping stand-alone adventure mystery set in Hong Kong, sequel to the acclaimed Murder in Constantinople! Like its predecessor, this thrilling murder mystery promises to 'deliver a multitude of pleasures!' (The New York Times). Ben Canaan is riding high on the recent string of cases he has solved successfully on the payroll of Her Majesty's Executive. Then a notorious crime boss is found murdered on the city streets, the latest in a series of brutal killings targeting the most powerful men in the opium trade. The scale of the danger is global. To track down the culprits and prevent more blood from being shed, Ben is sent out to the newly-founded British colony of Hong Kong: a lawless frontier town on the southern shores of China's Great Qing Dynasty. All the victims have had ties to the prominent trading firms that use the Pearl River and the South China Sea as their base of operations - ranging from the firms' heads, to high-ranking partners, supercargoes, merchants, even sailors. Ben is plunged headlong into a labyrinthine conspiracy, set against the backdrop of an empire in collapse and a sweeping civil war. As his hunt brings him closer to the truth and the ruthless corporate interests that want him dead, Ben is forced to choose between what is necessary and what is just. Alfred Hitchcock meets Indiana Jones, this immersive, globe-trotting historical mystery is the second installment in the acclaimed Ben Canaan Mysteries series. Thrillingly paced and filled with enchanting historical settings, this series provides all the nostalgic reading pleasure of classic Sherlock Holmes. 352 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This central masterpiece of modern Japanese literature recounts the decline and fall of a couple's fortunes and a husband's desperate attempt to find spiritual salvation. 'A sensitive, skillfully written novel by the most widely read Japanese author of modern times.' -- Guardian Deemed the 'representative modern Japanese novelist' by Haruki Murakami, Natsume Soseki employs humor and irony with masterful precision in this great novel of indecision, widely considered one of the founding texts of modern Japanese letters. Humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone live in a modest house at the bottom of a cliff. Having previously been married to another man, Oyone's adultery now seems to hang over their marriage like a curse. With no children and Sosuke's incoming growing ever smaller, they are left with little besides each other and a beautiful painted screen as a souvenir of better days. Then a series of crises rocks their shabby but harmonious domestic existence. Sosuke's brother moves in with them, demanding help to fund his studies; they find themselves forced to sell the screen to buy winter shoes; and Oyone's ex-husband is rumoured to be visiting a wealthy neighbour at the top of the cliff. On top of that, Sosuke's financial prospects keep getting worse. Beset by reminders of his flaws and failures, Sosuke runs away to a temple, hoping to escape into enlightenment. But can he learn what the monks have to teach him Will he return to Oyone changed - or not at all 217 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Ben Canaan returns in this darkly gripping stand-alone adventure mystery set in Hong Kong, sequel to the acclaimed Murder in Constantinople! Like its predecessor, this thrilling murder mystery promises to 'deliver a multitude of pleasures!' (The New York Times). Ben Canaan is riding high on the recent string of cases he has solved successfully on the payroll of Her Majesty's Executive. Then a notorious crime boss is found murdered on the city streets, the latest in a series of brutal killings targeting the most powerful men in the opium trade. The scale of the danger is global. To track down the culprits and prevent more blood from being shed, Ben is sent out to the newly-founded British colony of Hong Kong: a lawless frontier town on the southern shores of China's Great Qing Dynasty. All the victims have had ties to the prominent trading firms that use the Pearl River and the South China Sea as their base of operations - ranging from the firms' heads, to high-ranking partners, supercargoes, merchants, even sailors. Ben is plunged headlong into a labyrinthine conspiracy, set against the backdrop of an empire in collapse and a sweeping civil war. As his hunt brings him closer to the truth and the ruthless corporate interests that want him dead, Ben is forced to choose between what is necessary and what is just. Alfred Hitchcock meets Indiana Jones, this immersive, globe-trotting historical mystery is the second installment in the acclaimed Ben Canaan Mysteries series. Thrillingly paced and filled with enchanting historical settings, this series provides all the nostalgic reading pleasure of classic Sherlock Holmes. 352 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A timely and grippingly immersive book about how democracy died in the Weimar Republic by a celebrated historian 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Embark on a delightfully absurd vacation with the author of the Madeline books and Hotel Splendide as he blunders his way through 1950s France! 'A man of wit, taste and talent, Ludwig Bemelmans has earned a grateful public.' -The New York Times In this madcap fictionalized memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans blends picaresque fantasy with his trademark sparkling humor to create an enchanting travelogue that armchair travelers everywhere will enjoy! When Bemelmans meets the dashing but destitute Comte de St. Cucuface on a Paris train, he is swept into a deliciously absurd adventure across postwar France. Under the Count's tutelage, Bemelmans learns to hoodwink strangers with immaculate manners and effortless charm, adopting the persona of a German prince and joining his new companion on a series of outlandish escapades. Together, the unlikely pair travel in extravagant style, living lavishly on nothing at all. They dine in grand hotels, schmooze millionaires and outwit restaurateurs, spinning elaborate tales of faded aristocracy and glorious pasts for the brash nouveaux riches eager to believe them. Brimming with Bemelmans' quick wit and whimsical black and white illustrations, this beautifully rendered, fictionalized romp from the beloved creator of Madeline captures a France poised between eras, where the old-world elegance of a vanishing class lingers amid the glitter of the new. A mischievous ode to self-invention and appetite, How to Travel in Incognito is an outlandishly funny how-to guide to holidaying without a first-class ticket, but with ample gumption for a life of deluxe adventure. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A timely and grippingly immersive book about how democracy died in the Weimar Republic by a celebrated historian 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Embark on a delightfully absurd vacation with the author of the Madeline books and Hotel Splendide as he blunders his way through 1950s France! 'A man of wit, taste and talent, Ludwig Bemelmans has earned a grateful public.' -The New York Times In this madcap fictionalized memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans blends picaresque fantasy with his trademark sparkling humor to create an enchanting travelogue that armchair travelers everywhere will enjoy! When Bemelmans meets the dashing but destitute Comte de St. Cucuface on a Paris train, he is swept into a deliciously absurd adventure across postwar France. Under the Count's tutelage, Bemelmans learns to hoodwink strangers with immaculate manners and effortless charm, adopting the persona of a German prince and joining his new companion on a series of outlandish escapades. Together, the unlikely pair travel in extravagant style, living lavishly on nothing at all. They dine in grand hotels, schmooze millionaires and outwit restaurateurs, spinning elaborate tales of faded aristocracy and glorious pasts for the brash nouveaux riches eager to believe them. Brimming with Bemelmans' quick wit and whimsical black and white illustrations, this beautifully rendered, fictionalized romp from the beloved creator of Madeline captures a France poised between eras, where the old-world elegance of a vanishing class lingers amid the glitter of the new. A mischievous ode to self-invention and appetite, How to Travel in Incognito is an outlandishly funny how-to guide to holidaying without a first-class ticket, but with ample gumption for a life of deluxe adventure. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A gorgeous new deluxe paperback edition from the Pushkin Press Classics series of one of the most famous animal stories in the world. Featuring a stunning foiled cover, inside cover printings, and beautiful designed flaps! An enduringly beloved classic of children's literature, Black Beauty is one of the most famous animal stories ever written. Told from the perspective of its horse protagonist, Black Beauty, Anna Sewell's only novel exposes the cruelty experienced by animals at the hand of humans. It is a poignant and heartwarming entreaty for kindness and empathy that every child should read. The novel begins with Black Beauty's memories of his idyllic life as a young colt. In particular, he recalls the teachings of his mother, Duchess, who tells Black Beauty that he must always be gentle and good. When he moves to a new home after being purchased by the kindly Squire Gordon, Black Beauty tries his best to make Duchess proud. But though his early years are happy, Black Beauty's luck soon turns when his loving owners are forced to sell him. Passed from home to home, Black Beauty's life turns from one of comfort and kindness to one of hard labor and cruelty. But despite the many hardships he faces, Black Beauty's spirit never breaks, and he continues to treat everyone with the compassion and respect that Duchess once taught him. Part of the gorgeous Pushkin Children's Classics series, this deluxe paperback edition is the perfect addition to a young reader's library.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A selection of Isaac Babel's 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk. 'Compact, irreverent, enigmatic, savage and tender. one of the enduring jewels of 20th-century Russian literature.' --Financial Times Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be shaken by brutal jolts of violence. Divided into 3 major sections for different phases of Babel's life, these 26 stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War. What emerges is a poignant mediation on why humanity returns again and again to violence, and an unforgettable portrait of the brutal reality of civil conflict. One of the first major Russian-Jewish writers to write in Russian, Babel was hugely popular during his lifetime. He joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Russian civil war and was later murdered in Stalin's purges in 1940, at the age of 45. Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel's singular voice.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A vivid, hallucinatory rediscovered classic about split identity in the wake of World War I trauma, translated into English for the first time. 'Unsettling. Creates a picture of a tormented mind, and evokes the profound dislocation felt by veterans returning home from a savage conflict.' --The Times In this searingly poetic novel, we are plunged into the disturbed consciousness of an ex-soldier suffering post-traumatic stress. It is a world in which nothing is stable--not even the identity of the narrator. Hans, an esteemed surgeon, has just returned from the hellish battlefields of World War I. Shaken by his experiences and severely doubtful of the promised bright future after the war, he returns to the life of a Berlin doctor that he left 4 years ago. But now, everything in his home feels alien--even his wife, Grete. As he tries to regain a sense of normality, he is haunted by nightmarish visions and a profound sense of dissociation. Has the war turned him into someone else Or has another man wormed his way into Hans's life in his absence Tormented by doubts about even the simplest facts, the troubled Hans grows increasingly convinced that neither he nor those around him are who they believe themselves to be. Told in a feverish monologue, A Shadow of Myself is a vivid, hallucinatory immersion in an unsettled mind. First published in 1926 and rediscovered in Germany only last year, this lightning-bolt of a war classic is now appearing in English for the first time in a stunning translation by Simon Pare.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A noir mystery by the acclaimed modernist Russian master, set in the Paris underworld. 'An excellent novel by any standard, .especially remarkable for joining the philosophical underpinnings of the Russians with the intrigue of a French thriller.' --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder. Slipping between the menacing dream world of the student's fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddha's Return is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story. Beset by constant hallucinations, a student and member of the Russian émigré community which filled Paris in the 1920s and 30s wanders the nighttime city. His offer of kindness to a vagrant in the Luxemburg Gardens spirals into unintended consequences, converging with the influence of a Russian millionaire and his mistress and hangers-on. As the student drifts between dreams and reality, we find ourselves wondering about his guilt and about the influence of fate on all this--as well as where his true love Catherine has got to. But when the Buddha is returned, all becomes clear in this modernist meditation on fate, authority and connection. In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanov's delicately balanced novel is a vivid evocation of the unforgettable atmosphere of interwar Paris--and an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russia's most talented émigré writers.…