A killer at large in a remote Basque Country valley, a detective to rival Clarice Starling, myth versus reality, masterful storytelling
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Euridice is young, bright & ambitious. A talented musician, she dreams only of fame & fortune. But this is Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s, & the one thing society expects of its women: to be loving wives & mothers. So when her rebellious sister Guida elopes, breaking her parents` hearts, Euridice sacrifices her own aspirations to marry conventional Antenor, spending her days ironing his shirts & removing the lumps of onion from his food. As his professional success grows, so does her feeling of restlessness. Throwing convention to the wind, the irrepressible Euridice dreams up an array of creative ventures to escape her humdrum family life, to the distress of her tradition-loving husb&. & then one day the free-spirited Guida suddenly reappears, & together the two sisters set about forging their own paths in life. With a cast of unforgettable characters, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is a darkly comic novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature. ...

`A real gem of a book` Stylist A wickedly funny tale of two rebellious sisters in 1940s Rio de Janeiro‘ Why Euridice & Antenor married, no one knows for certain.’ Euridice is bright & ambitious. But this is Brazil in the 1940s, & society expects her to be a loving wife & mother. While Antenor is busy congratulating himself on his excellent catch, Euridice spends her spends her humdrum days ironing his shirts & removing the lumps of onion from his food, dreaming of the success she could have made from herself – as a writer, dressmaker or culinary whizz – in another life. Her free-spirited sister Guida, on the other h&, is the kind of person who was ‘born knowing everything’. When she returns from her failed elopement with stories of heartbreak & loss, the lives of Euridice & her husband are thrown into confusion, with disastrous consequences. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao is a darkly comic debut, bursting with vibrant Brazilian spirit & unforgettable characters – a jubilant novel about the emancipation of women, perfect for fans of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different & Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton. ...

Based on a true story The Invisible Mile tells the poignant story of five Australian & New Zealand cyclists who in 1928 formed the first English-speaking team to ride in the Tour de France. They were gallant, under-resourced & badly outnumbered but taken deep to the heart by the French nation. The novel describes in a wonderful poetic & visceral voice what it was like to ride in this race (the chaos, danger & rivalries), the extraordinary lengths to which the riders pushed themselves, suffering horrific injuries, riding through the night in pitch dark, & the ways they staved off the pain, through camaraderie, through sexual conquest, through drink, & through drugs (cocaine for energy, opium for pain). Added to the team is the fictional narrator who is cycling towards his demons in a northern France still scarred by the First World War. His brother was a fighter pilot damaged by his experiences in France, his sister has died, & this self-imposed test of endurance is slowly & painfully bringing him to his final, invisible mile where memory eventually comes to collide with the past ...

The sweep of a century, the hand of history, three women whose lives will never be the same again. As the twentieth century dawns, so begins one of the most dramatic periods in the history of South America. Women are emancipated, Che Guevara & Fidel Castro free Cuba, the Perons take power in Argentina, & three generations of Firielli women are to live, love, & fight for their independence & freedom. Pajarita is the founder of the dynasty, born into a rural village & constantly chafing against its narrow confines. A love-match with a circus performer offers her escape, but she is trapped in a cage of another sort when her husband becomes a monster. Her spirited daughter, Eva, enters a world shaken by revolution. Fleeing childhood abuse, & alienated from her mother, she heads to Buenos Aires, but the glittering circles she moves in cannot erase the memories of her past. Her daughter, Salome, driven by political passion becomes a guerrilla fighter, but her idealism turns to tragedy when she is captured, & brutalised. From bohemian Buenos Aires to the hills of Rio de Janeiro; from tangos to demonstrations; from the broad sweep of history to the intimate lives of the Fierelli family, The Invisible Mountain traverses a changing South America, in which some things
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” During the 1970s & early 80s, dozens
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During the 1970s & early 80s, dozens
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Rising from the waters between Greece & Italy, the Ionians
- peaks of an underwater mountain range
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Ionian Islands & Epirus in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural & account of some of the world’s most memorable & evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the landscape & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers suggestion for further reading & indices of literary, artistic & historical names & places & landmarks. ...

Len Deighton`s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy
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