Melmoth

Sonja’s over forty, and she’s trying to move in the right direction. She’s learning to drive. She’s joined a meditation group. And she’s attempting to reconnect with her sister. But Sonja would rather eat cake than meditate. Her driving instructor won’t let her change gear. And her sister won’t return her calls. Sonja’s mind keeps […]

De två flickorna växer upp tillsammans i norra London och älskar dans. Den ena har talang, den andra har idéer, drömmen om framgång lever för dem båda. Men när deras vägar korsas igen i vuxen ålder har tiden förändrat dem.Med Swing time har Zadie Smith skrivit en stor och oemotståndlig samtidsroman; en globaliserad berättelse om […]

Ten years in the making the epic new novel from the acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of THE BOOK THIEF. Here is a story told inside out and back to front: The five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, learning, loving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who walked […]

This voyage is special. It will change everything… One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours […]