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A Simple Story by Leonardo Sciascia
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Modern Voices
The first translation into English of the acclaimed mystery-writer's final detective novel serves as the perfect introduction to an important Italian writer. Published just before the author's death, this novel refines and condenses Sciascia's analysis of corrupt systems and the crucial part they play i ...Show more
Claudine's House by Colette
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Voices
Claudine's House is a tender and heartfelt portrayal of childhood and memory. On first publication, its popularity was such that the 'Claudine' novels gave rise to a musical stage play and an entire range of associated merchandise. In an idyllic setting of countryside and woods, Colette spent her childh ...Show more
Mine-Haha: Or, on the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Voices
At once a dystopian fantasy and a critique of sexual norms, Mine-Haha describes a unique boarding institution for girls - part idyllic refuge, part prison - where pupils are trained only in the physical arts of movement, dance and music, before issuing into an adult world for which they have (unwittingl ...Show more
The Brickfield by L.P. Hartley
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Voices
Elderly and infirm novelist Richard Mardick dramatically dictates his memoirs to his young protege Denys Aspin, in order that his life story may be preserved for posterity. Faced with a mysterious and undefined illness, the young Richard, we learn, was sent to recuperate and work on his uncle's farm, ca ...Show more
The Thirtieth Year: Stories by Ingeborg Bachmann by Ingeborg Bachmann
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern German Voices Series
This is collection of the stories written by a distinguished German author who died in 1973. Reading these stories entails abandoning the terms of one's own comfort. The author's relentless vision demands that readers allows themselves to be hypnotised, taken over by her repetitive cadences and burning ...Show more
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