Surf Odyssey

När börskraschen inträffar 1929 på Wall Street får det glada tjugotalet ett abrupt slut. Världsekonomin lamslås och miljontals människor mister inte bara sina investeringar, utan i många fall allt som utgjort deras liv. Endast ett par tycks gå oskadda genom katastrofen och har dessutom mångdubblat sina redan astronomiska tillgångar. Men vad ligger egentligen bakom societetsparet […]

Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? In her first historical novel, Zadie Smith transports the reader to a Victorian England transfixed by the real-life trial of the Tichborne Claimant, in which a cockney butcher, recently returned from Australia, lays claim to the Tichborne baronetcy, with his former slave Andrew […]

For decades, home cooks and pasta lovers have yearned for a complete English translation of Vincenzo Buonassisi’s 1974 Italian masterwork, Il Codice della Pasta. At last, that wait is over. Never before available in its complete form in English, Buonassisi’s landmark work in John Alcorn’s famed design represents a lost gem of classical Italian gastronomy […]

Ny roman om den ojämna kampen mellan föreställning och äkthet 

The story and recipes of Casa Maria Luigia, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore’s idyllic guest house, set in the heart of the Italian countryside. When Lara and Massimo opened their guest house Casa Maria Luigia, they wanted to entertain their guests and give them the opportunity to experience the wonderful, earthy food of the Emilia-Romagna […]

Den lilla flickan Susanna hamnar mitt i ett äventyr tillsammans med bekanta figurer från Mumindalen. Efter oväder, vulkanutbrott och hotfulla trakter väntar värmen och tryggheten hos Vifslan, Sniff och Hemulen och hans lilla hund Ynk von Jämmerlund. Tillsammans beger de sig för att hitta Mumindalen. Den farliga resan från 1977 blev Tove Janssons sista bok […]

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 […]

A Booklover’s Guide to New York is a love letter to everything literary in New York City. It is a book all about books. The book is an object in itself, designed as the ultimate little tome any book collector would love to acquire, layered with witty Pierre Le-Tan drawings, as well as photographs of […]