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Johanna Ekstroem was a Swedish artist and writer who published over a dozen books of poetry, fiction and memoir in her lifetime. In 2022, ill with cancer, she asked her closest friend, Sigrid Rausing, to edit and finish her final book. Originally a memoir on the loss of a relationship during the pandemic, the focus shifted from the loss of love to, potentially, the loss of life. These excerpts fro

If a dog could write a book of philosophy, what would it contain? If you have spent part of your life with a dog, you may find certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind. Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? This, however only scratches the surface of a canine philosophy. Drawing on his life lived with dogs (two German shepherds, the amiable Hugo a

Anger is all around us, from divisive social media arguments and heightened political divides to road rage and personal spats; from Black Lives Matter and climate justice movements to Trump, incels and white supremacists. When it materialises, it seems to cry out for recognition and response. It affects our bodies and can transition into violence. It can be inherited through the generations; it ca

This original and deeply provocative book, first published in 1978, was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate - one that remains as critical as ever.

A novel about the birth and death of Johannes the fisherman - a key work in 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse's oeuvre.

Sonja, Bosse och Lena söker nya möjligheter att överleva i en by i Småland, när klimatkollapsen och den auktoritära överheten tvingar dem att ge sig av från storstan. De ska bli småbrukare i sina forna fritidshus. Det är ont om mat så all tillgänglig mark ska odlas upp, till och med gräsmattorna runt deras hus. För nu är det mesta ransonerat och ute i världen har miljoner människor omkommit. I den lilla byn råder storbonden Ove över kunskap och maskiner. Det gäller att överleva för de nya invånarna och det måste ske genom samarbete. Alla har blivit beroende av varandra på ett nytt sätt, de måste dela med sig både av kunskaper, mat och kroppskrafter. Under de heta sommarmånaderna lurar skogsbränderna och väntar på den rätta vinden för att ta över byn. Gränserna är stängda och klimatflyktingar jagas av militärpolisen med hundar och skarpladdade vapen. Ur förödelsen och slitet föds en möjlig framtid. Den nya verkligheten är annorlunda men ändå hoppfull. En berättelse om att överleva och älska i en tid av sammanbrott och nya möjligheter.

With the stylistic mastery of Georges Perec and nihilism of Michel Houellebecq, Perfection, superbly translated by Sophie Hughes, is a brilliantly scathing sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence, beautifully written, impossibly bleak.

Exploring her go-to comfort foods through a series of joyous encounters, Grace reflects on the memories they uncover and pays tribute to her parents, the people who taught her what comfort eating truly means.

Football moves so quickly these days that it can be hard to keep track of everything. But fret not, weary traveller: David Squires is here to guide you through the pandemonium with a selection of his beloved Guardian cartoons.Chaos in the Box takes us from 2018 through to the Euro 2024, bearing witness to some of the sport's most memorable moments - from the everlastin

"Everything is always topsy-turvy here," he said. A small town in the Ural mountains is the backdrop to the heartbreak and joys of a Russian-Jewish family, witnessing romance and illness, funerals and friendships, and the catastrophe of wartime invasion. Amidst the snowy peaks of the Ararat valley, a married couple from Moscow admire the view from their hot

Tara Selter has slipped out of time.She has accumulated 365 November 18ths. It's been a year without seasons. Time is broken: it no longer passes.Tara herself has been changed, but the loop of the days has left her without a future. A winter, a spring, a summer must come. Tara will have to make them herself.

Every day for over a decade, Orhan Pamuk has written and drawn in his notebooks. Translated into English for the first time, these stunning snapshots of his life and creative process are a wonderful accompaniment to his bestselling works of fiction.They include daily events and reflections, dialogues with his imagined characters, notes on his works-in-progress, his experience of wri

WINNER OF THE 2022 NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZETara Selter has slipped out of time.Her days no longer stack up into weeks, months or seasons. She no longer expects to wake up to the 19th of November, and she no longer remembers the 17th of November as if it were yesterday.

Including tracks by the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish-as well as thoughts on Jeff's own songs - World Within a Song asks: why do we listen to music, why do we love songs, and how can music connect us to each other and to ourselves?

Some people are inOn the last Saturday in August, politicos and socialites trade tidbits of gossip and sips of Pimm's under the tasteful bunting of a Richmond garden party.

This is the world Jay Gatsby has created for himself, in hopes that he will one day capture the eye of Daisy Buchanan. And so the ever-elusive American dream he craves continues to shine on, as intangible as the greenlight that haunts him from the home of his beloved, over the empty waters and across the barren dock.

A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac's inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry.JACK KEROUAC: 'I loved him ... He just got me' ARTHUR MILLER: 'The first to let it all hang out and write like a child in wonderland.' KURT VONNEGUT: 'Still the greatest.' JOSE

On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop's most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures.The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast rec

A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung.The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy and Victor-Hugo, also one of the century's master storytellers. But the story of how Wagner cr

'Brilliant.' The Times'One of Upson's most evocative novels.' GuardianSeptember 1939: The worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca.Little does Josephine realise that the man she has befriended in Hollywood is the perpetrator of a shocking act o

Property carries a great promise: that it will make you rich and set you free. But it's also a weapon, an agent of displacement and exploitation, the currency of kleptocrats and oligarchs. Property is a vivid, far-reaching analysis of our concept of property ownership and a powerful examination of how it shaped the modern world - and why it now threatens the freedoms and stability it was

Through Clive, whom he encounters at Cambridge, and through Alec, the gamekeeper on Clive's country estate, Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional and sexual awakening.A tale of passion, bravery and defiance, this intensely personal novel was completed in 1914, but remained unpublished until after Forster's death in 1970.

Since it was first published in 1954, William Golding's classic debut novel has remained a stark allegory of civilization, survival, and human nature. As dystopian stories like Hunger Games and Battle Royale surge in popularity, this haunting tale of a group of young boys stranded on a desert island still captivates schoolchildren around the world, raising timeless and profound questions about how easily society can slip into chaos and savagery when rules and order have been abandoned. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- and brutal savagery-of their situation sets in.A teacher himself, Golding clearly understood how to interest children with a gripping story and strong, sympathetic characters. The novel serves as a catalyst for thought-provoking discussion and analysis of universal issues, not only concerning the capabilities of humans for good and evil and the fragility of moral inhibition, but beyond. The boys' struggle to find a way of existing in a community with no fixed boundaries invites readers to evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks. Symbolism is strong throughout, revealing both the boys' capacity for empathy and hope, as well as illuminating the darkest corners of the human spirit. Ideas of community, leadership, and the rule of law are called into question as the reader has to consider who has a right to power, why, and what the consequences of the acquisition of power may be. Often compared to Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies also represents a coming-of-age story of innocence lost.

A riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops.'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . . .'From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison, tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of

Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance.

With her reputation - and potentially her life - on the line, is there anything Anna won't do to protect herself?If you liked The Plot .

'Cheerful, brutal, beautiful! Stevie Smith is the wildest poet of them all.' Nick CaveStevie Smith was not only a famous poet in her lifetime but a poet before her time, a radical eccentric who relished the performance of poetry as spoken word (before that was a thing). The poems are distinctly unsentimental as she casts the 'eye of an anarchist' over propriety

An aunt feels foreboding about her niece's new fiance - but the darkness comes from within ... One teenage girl's evening home alone is ruined by a mysterious unexpected visitor ...A little boy's obsession with angels leads to a dramatic metamorphosis ...

bursting with extraordinary characters and anecdotes.' Sunday Telegraph'An extraordinary tale, enthrallingly told.' GramophoneSuch was the credo of the ruthlessly manipulative and resourceful Serge Diaghilev - the Russian impresario who created the modern art form of ballet.

In 1894, across space, this earth was being watched by envious eyes, and plans were being drawn up for an attack.What seems to be a meteorite falls to earth, but from the debris, unfolds terrifying alien life...