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Without Blood
Alessandro Baricco,
Rs. 357.60
The book begins with a shocking, visceral act of violence, the assassination of a man and his family. Only the four-year-old daughter survives. Highly visual and unforgettably sad this is a haunting book about damage, longing, memory and forgiveness.
Hardboiled/Hard Luck
Banana Yoshimoto,
Rs. 408.68
This is the latest from one of Japan's finest authors. Two stunning novellas using the voices of two women to explore the themes of love, loss and memory, this is a sensitive, refines and graceful work.
Stevenson Under
the Palm Trees
Alberto Manguel,
Rs. 327.60
With this playful homage to Robert Louis Stevenson's life and work, Manguel weaves an intoxicating tale in which dreams mingle with consciousness and repressed desires take shape, where stories become reality and storytellers merge with their own creations.
Fear of de Sade
Bernardo Carvalho,
Rs. 524.16
A book where nothing is quite as it first seems, Carvalho's ingeniously structured novel raises disturbing questions about the human capacity to deceive and damage. This work has a Kafkaesque impact.
The Earth
Richard Fortey,
Rs. 532.00
This is the life story of our planet, told by one of our most brilliant science writers. With Fortey as our guide we not only travel back through geological time to discover the planet's spectacular past, but also climb the Alps, wallow in Icelandic hot springs and walk through the lush ecosystems of Hawaii.
The Spider's Web
Joseph Roth, Rs. 323.50
In his first novel Roth paints a chillingly realistic picture of the conspiracies of the radical right that were to undermine the Weimar Republic and pave the way for Hitler and National Socialism.
Southwesterly Wind
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, Rs. 266.17
A psyche predicts that Gabriel, a young business executive, will commit murder before his next birthday. As the year progresses, Gabriel Slowly unravels under the burden of the prediction, until he is driven to the office of Inspector Espinosa, where he confesses to the potential for crime.
The Gospels of Mary
Marvin Meyer, Rs. 469.95
An excellent compilation of all the earliest texts, both gospels and apocrypha, in which Mary Magdalen appears, showing her importance to the early Church, and highlighting her powerful roles as disciple, apostle and companion of Christ.
Active Fluency
Combinations
Kev Nair, Rs. 295.00
This book contains an exhaustive and highly useful collection of combinations of verbs and nouns without which nobody can speak and write fluent English. Master these combinations. They can help you turn into an exceptionally fluent speaker of English.
Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
Gao Xing Jian, Rs. 380.70
These six stories by the Nobel Prize winner transport the reader to moments where the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory, is beautifully unveiled. Beautifully composed, it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the foremost fiction of the moment.
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, Rs. 536.50
This is a brilliant take on family life, marriage, the collision of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's self-deceptions. It is also very funny indeed. This is a pleasure from the first page to the last.
L'Amande
Nedjma, Rs. 511.87
A novel about the sexual awakening of an Arab woman first published in France, this wok is both poetic and raw, an unforgettable journey into a hidden erotic world.
Lost Bodies
Francois Ganthert,
Rs. 759.90
In a desert prison camp, a main is rotting, half-alive, at the bottom of a well. Andres has been there, held in horrific conditions, for many years. Around him, other men are similarly imprisoned, guarded by a handful of soldiers. This is both a heartbreaking love story and a searing tale of terrorism and political repression in North Africa. This is a book that leaves you changed, an overwhelming novel.
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