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Babel
Häftad bok. Harper Collins UK. 2023. 560 sidor.
Gott skick. Inköpts för 229 sek.
Språk: engelskaInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9780008501853
- Titel
- Babel
- Författare
- Kuang, R.F.
- Förlag
- Harper Collins UK
- Utgivningsår
- 2023
- Omfång
- 560 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 35 mm
- Vikt
- 270 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans'
THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy'
GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic'
EVENING STANDARD 'Razor-sharp'
DAILY MAIL 'An ingenious fantasy about empire'
GUARDIAN Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison... But can a student stand against an empire? An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance. 'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction - a monumental achievement' Samantha Shannon, author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE R.F. Kuang's book 'Babel' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.
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The Ministry of Time
Häftad bok. Hodder & Stoughton. 2024. 320 sidor.
Nyskick. Lästs en gång. Inköpt för 229 kr.
Språk: engelska
Större format på pocketbok 23*15 cmInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9781399726351
- Titel
- The Ministry of Time
- Författare
- Bradley, Kaliane
- Förlag
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 320 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 153 x 234 mm Ryggbredd 25 mm
- Vikt
- 460 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 'Holy smokes this novel is an absolute cut above! Exciting, surprising, intellectually provocative, weird, radical, tender and moving. I missed it when I was away from it. I will hurry to re-read it. Make room on your bookshelves for a new classic'
MAX PORTER, AUTHOR OF SHY
'An outrageously brilliant debut . . . This is already the best new book I will have read next year'
ELEANOR CATTON, AUTHOR OF BIRNAM WOOD
'Hugely enjoyable . . . Your next crush is a long dead Arctic explorer'
JOANNA QUINN, AUTHOR OF THE WHALEBONE THEATRE
'Kaliane Bradley writes with the maximalist confidence of P. G. Wodehouse, but also with the page-turning pining of Sally Rooney. It's thought-provoking and horribly clever - but it also made me laugh out loud'
ALICE WINN, AUTHOR OF IN MEMORIAM
'A fantastic debut: conceptually brilliant, really funny, genuinely moving, written in the most exquisite language and with a wonderful articulation of the knotty complexities of a mixed-race heritage'
MARK HADDON, AUTHOR OF THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
'Sly and illusionless in its use of history, lovely in its sentences, warm - no, hotter than that - in its characterisation, devastating in its denouement. A weird, kind, clever, heartsick little time bomb of a book'
FRANCIS SPUFFORD, AUTHOR OF GOLDEN HILL
A BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END. ENGLAND IS FOREVER; ENGLAND MUST FALL.
There are several ways to tell a story.
A civil servant starts working as a 'bridge' - a liaison, helpmeet and housemate - in an experimental project that brings expatriates from the past into the twenty-first century. This is a science-fiction story.
In a London safehouse in the 2020s, a disorientated Victorian polar explorer chain smokes while listening to Spotify and learning about political correctness. This is a comedy.
During a long, sultry summer - as the shadows around them grow long and dangerous - two people fall in love, against all odds. This is a romance.
The Ministry of Time is a novel about Commander Graham Gore (R.N. c.1809-c.1847) and a woman known only as the bridge. As their relationship turns from the strictly professional into something more and uneasy truths begin to emerge, they are forced to face the reality of the project that brought them together.
Can love triumph over the structures and histories that shape them?
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Glorious Exploits
Inbunden bok. Penguin Books Limited. 2024. 288 sidor.
Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i gott skick. Lästs en gång. Köptes för 198 kr.
Språk: engelska
Skyddsomslag något "böjt" längst uppInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9780241617649
- Titel
- Glorious exploits
- Författare
- Lennon, Ferdia
- Förlag
- Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin Books
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 279 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Inbunden
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- "It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected, and hanging on by the slimmest of threads. Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. When they take to visiting the nearby quarry, they discover prisoners who will, in desperation, recite lines from the plays of Euripides for scraps of bread and a scattering of olives. And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. A proper performance to be sung of down the ages. Because after all, you can hate the Athenians for invading your territory, but still love their poetry. But as the audacity of their enterprise dawns on them, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. As the performance draws near, the men will find their courage tested in ways they could never have imagined ..."--Provided by publisher.
Penguin Books Limited 9780241617649 -
The Wishing Game
Pocketbok. Quercus Books. 2024. 304 sidor.
Nyskick. Lästs en gång. Köptes för 197 kr.
Språk: engelskaInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9781529436280
- Titel
- The Wishing Game
- Författare
- Shaffer, Meg
- Förlag
- Quercus Books
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 304 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 20 mm
- Vikt
- 214 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 'Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power childhood stories have over us long after we've grown up' V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
'A dreamy, inventive novel about how books can not only change lives but save them too' Sarah Addison Allen, author of Other Birds
One of the Washington Post's top ten feel-good novels of the year: a perfect gift for book lovers everywhere!
During her lonely childhood, Lucy Hart found solace in Jack Masterson's Clock Island books. Now a teacher's aide, she shares her love of reading with Christopher, a former student she'd give anything to adopt - if only she could afford it.
Just when Lucy is about to give up, the famously reclusive writer announces that he's finally written a new book, and he's holding a contest at his home on the real Clock Island to win the only copy.
Winning the most sought-after book in the world could change Lucy and Christopher's lives. But with wily opponents, the books' distractingly handsome illustrator, and Jack Masterson himself to contend with, that won't be as easy as she wishes . . .
Readers LOVE The Wishing Game!
'Do yourself a favor and read this immediately! It will make your heart so happy'
'It's books like this that remind me why I fell in love with reading in the first place'
'One of the best books I've ever read'
'Beautiful, heartbreaking, magical, and hope-instilling'
'No words to describe this fantastic book'
'Imaginative, moving and so life-affirming!'
'What storytelling should be all about'
'My cheeks hurt from smiling by the end'
Love The Wishing Game? Discover Meg Shaffer's gorgeously moving The Lost Story, available to pre-order now!
Quercus Books 9781529436280 -
The Emperor of Gladness
Pocketbok. Random House USA. 2025. 416 sidor.
Nyskick. Lästs en gång. Köptes för 279 SEK. Amerikanska storleken på pocketbok, 15*23 cm, det vill säga inte den vi har i Sverige.
Språk: engelskaInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9798217059225
- Titel
- The Emperor of Gladness
- Författare
- Vuong, Ocean
- Förlag
- Random House USA
- Utgivningsår
- 2025
- Omfång
- 416 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 156 x 235 mm Ryggbredd 21 mm
- Vikt
- 429 g
- Språk
- English
Random House USA 9798217059225
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