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Type: Author

Lucas Rijneveld

One of the greatest new voices in Dutch literature, Lucas Rijneveld grew up in a farming family in North Brabant before moving to Utrecht

Type: Author

Jokha Alharthi

Jokha Alharthi, also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic. She is best known for her novel published in English under the title Celestial Bodies

Type: Author

Amos Oz

Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz is widely considered a towering figure in world literature

Type: Book
Date: 05 Nov 2020

At Night All Blood is Black

Winner of the International Booker Prize 2021. A hypnotic, heartbreaking rendering of a mind hurtling towards madness, shattered by grief and the horror of war

Type: Book
Date: 05 Mar 2020

The Discomfort of Evening

Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel is studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other

Type: Book
Date: 16 Jun 2017

A Horse Walks into a Bar

In David Grossman’s heartbreaking, visceral novel, a stand-up comedian delivers a shockingly cruel routine about guilt and betrayal

Type: Book
Date: 21 Jun 2018

Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi’s elegantly structured and taut novel tells of Oman’s coming-of-age through the prism of one family’s losses and loves

Type: Book
Date: 17 May 2017

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk’s unique novel interweaves reflections on travel with an exploration of human anatomy - examining life and death, motion and migration

Type: Book
Date: 22 Jan 2019

Love in the New Millennium

Can Xue’s ambitious, dreamlike novel examines the nebulous, perplexing and unfathomable nature of love in China in the 21st century

Type: Author

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the 20th century