Portrait of an unknown woman

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

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Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

Stefan's Zweig's Letter from an Unknown Woman and other stories contains a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell of one of his most celebra

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Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud

‘Towards the end of the summer of 2016 I found an old diary in a cardboard box, hundreds of typed pages, the first dated 9 September 1989. I put the diary away without reading it; I had lost my father, my mother had died only three months earlier, and it was not the right time to think about anything. I was heartbroken.As I remembered it the diary was about sitting again,...

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Woman Warrior

A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity. 'A brilliant memoir ...it is about being Chinese in the way A Portrait of the Artist is about being Irish; it is an investigation of soul, not landscape, its sources are dream and memory, myth and desire; its crises are the crises of ...

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Woman Beyond the Attic

This celebration of the woman who took us to the heights of a secluded attic and the depths of our own dark psyches reveals an intimate portrait of th

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Woman Beyond the Attic

This celebration of the woman who took us to the heights of a secluded attic and the depths of our own dark psyches reveals an intimate portrait of th

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab while on ...

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (0099512823)

Kniha - autor Haruki Murakami, 436 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Haruki Murakami, 436 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightw...

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Murakami Haruki

Anotace: A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite...

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami

<p>A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab ...

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Little Book of England

An affectionate portrait of England with plenty of self-deprecating English humour and unknown stories

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The Marriage Portrait: the instant Sunday Times bestseller, now a Reese´s Bookclub December Pick - O´Farrell Maggie

Anotace: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso h...

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Angel of History

Following the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound poli

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Death Of The Heart

An immaculate portrait of adolescent love from one of our most beloved novelists. 'One of the last century's greatest woman writers' GuardianWhen si

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Life of Charlotte Bronte

A classic of English biography as well as the portrait of a very remarkable woman and an eminently distinguished literary figure.

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The Marriage Portrait: the instant Sunday Times bestseller, now a Reese´s Bookclub December Pick, 1. vydání - Maggie O’Farrellová

<p>The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso ha...

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In this House of Brede

Rumer Godden's classic 1960s novel is a vivid portrait of a woman's encounter with faith as she enters an order of Benedictine nuns.

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Grapes of Wrath (0141185066)

Kniha - autor John Steinbeck, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality ...

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Doors of Eden

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure. They thought we were safe.They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day ...

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Recollections of My Non-Existence

A landmark memoir from the author of Men Explain Things to Me: an electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a young writer finds

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Recollections of My Non-Existence

From the author of Men Explain Things to Me: an electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a young writer finds her voice in a soc

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Drums of Autumn - Gabaldon Diana

Anotace: The fourth Novel in the bestselling Outlander Series. How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended wit...

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Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon

<p>The fourth Novel in the bestselling Outlander Series. How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with...

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The Doors of Eden - Adrian Tchaikovsky

<p>They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Lee and Mal went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor four years ago, and only Lee came back. She thought she'd lost Mal forever, now miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has Mal been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 either, and their officers also have qu...

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Macmillan Readers Sign of Four The Intermediate Pack

In London a dense, yellow fog swirls through the streets. At 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes sits in a cocaine-induced haze, deeply melancholic. His mood lifts when a young woman, Mary Morstan, visits regarding her father who had vanished ten years before. Four years later she began receiving a large, lustrous pearl every year. Now she has had an invitation to meet her...

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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Worsleyová Lucy

Anotace: ** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **`A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse`- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR`A riveting portrait` - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***`Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.` - The Times`A model of how to combine biographical information, analy...

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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Lucy Worsleyová

<p>** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical information, analys...

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Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"This edition contains two of Henry James's most popular short works. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fe...

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Red Sonja Premium Format Figure Red Sonja Queen of Scavengers 52

Sideshow is proud to present the Red Sonja Premium Format Figure, where the warrior woman has become Queen of Scavengers. Inspired by her adventures in the comic Vulture's Circle, she measures 52 cm tall, standing victorious over an unfortunate foe. Red Sonja has a stolen battle-axe, inscribed with detailed filigree matching the armor of her slain enemy. The earthen base...

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On Her Own Ground:The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker - A'Lelia Perry Bundles

<p>The book behind the new Netflix series, starring Octavia Spencer 'One of the most fabulous African-American figures of the twentieth century' Ishmael Reed Madam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War America. From humble beginnings, she overcame societal prejudice, family betrayals and epic business ri...

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Modern Originals

An intimate portrait of iconic and unknown midcentury European designers' homes and studios - a rare insider's view of modernism that is both revealin

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Well Behaved Women

â€An engaging portrait of an indomitable woman at the heart of Golden Age Hollywood’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Manhattan Girls

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While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

Paris 1944 A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope. Santa Cruz 1953 Jean-Luc thought he had left it all behind. The scar on his face a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi Occupation. Now, he ...

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About My Mother

Available in English for the first time, About My Mother is an evocative portrait of a woman and a world left behind, exploring themes of love, loss,

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All That Was Not Her

Todd Meyers offers an intimate ethnographic portrait of a woman he met during his fieldwork as a way to explore the complexity of the anthropologistÂ’

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Batman Arkham Knight Premium Bust Batman 26 cm

Prime 1 Studio is proud to present Premium Bust Collection PBDC-01: Batman from Batman Arkham Knight.The Dark Knight must defend the city that he had sworn to protect, when all of his deadliest foes unite to destroy him on Halloween Night with Scarecrow leading the group of rogues. However, while dealing with Scarecrow's plan with the help of his allies,Batman must battle...

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Selected Short Stories

This convenient volume includes 6 of the great French writer’s most highly regarded short stories, including: "An Episode During the Terror," "A Passion in the Desert," "The Revolutionary Conscript," "The Forsaken Woman," "The Unknown Masterpiece," 2 more. Excellent new English translations on facing pages. Introduction. Footnotes.

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Cresheim Farm Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book is a work of political archaeology: it focuses on the people and events at a particular colonial farm in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The peoples’ and farm’s stories provide a micro and macro view of economic, social, demographic, and agro-ecological change. Cresheim Farm shows how one mostly unknown but strategically placed piece of land – home to an extraordinary ...

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Cresheim Farm Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book is a work of political archaeology: it focuses on the people and events at a particular colonial farm in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The peoples’ and farm’s stories provide a micro and macro view of economic, social, demographic, and agro-ecological change. Cresheim Farm shows how one mostly unknown but strategically placed piece of land – home to an extraordinary ...

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Bloodborne The Old Hunters Socha Eileen a Eileen Exclusive 70 c

Prime 1 Studio is proud to present UPMBB-03: Eileen The Crow from Bloodborne: The Old Hunters.This assortment contains:- 2x Eileen The Crow Regular Version (P1SUPMBB-03)- 1x Eileen The Crow Exclusive VersionThe Exclusive Version also includes an alternate portrait and 2 interchangeable hands with exclusive weapons.Limited to just TBA pieces worldwide. (Exclusive 1000 piec...

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Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs): The Steadfast (0141987448)

Kniha - autor Douglas Hurd, 128 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná In September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. During her long lifetime Britain and the world have changed beyond recognition, yet throughout she has stood steadfast as a lasting emblem of stability, continuity and public service. Historian and senior politici...

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Dubliners, 1. vydání - James Joyce

<p>James Joyce's first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author's development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form. Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen sho...

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August Blue - Deborah Levy

<p>The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming HomeAt the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance.Now she is in Athens, watching as another young woman, a stranger but uncannily familiar - almost her double - pur...

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Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Statues 1/4 G-1 Ken the Eagle a Exc

Prime 1 Studio is proud to present 1:4 scale PMGM-01: G-1 Ken the Eagle from Gatchaman.\n\nThis assortment contains:\n\n- 2x G-1 Ken the Eagle Regular Version (P1SPMGM-01)\n- 1x G-1 Ken the Eagle Exclusive Version\n\nThe Exclusive version of G-1 Ken the Eagle includes an alternate portrait with the visor damaged.\n\nLimited edition. (Exclusive 500 pieces)\n\nPlease note: ...

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Finding Freedom - Omid Scobie; Carolyn Durand

Anotace: When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world´s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines-from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from thei...

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Finding Freedom - Omid Scobie

<p></p><p> When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world’s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines—from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to...

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Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green

This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in 1895 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green' is a collection of short stories, including 'A Charming Woman', 'A Man of Habit', 'Portrait of a Lady', and many more. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England in 1859. Both his parents...

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I´am Scout - Shields Charles J.

Anotace: To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. It`s also a perennial favorite in highschool English classrooms across the nation. Yet onetime author Harper Lee is a mysterious figure who leads a very private life in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, refusing to give interviews or talk about the novel that made her a house...

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I´am Scout - Charles J. Shields

<p>To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. It's also a perennial favorite in highschool English classrooms across the nation. Yet onetime author Harper Lee is a mysterious figure who leads a very private life in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, refusing to give interviews or talk about the novel that made her a househ...

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This Must Be The Place - O`Farrell Maggie

Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BGE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR. A top-ten bestseller, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O`Farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. ...

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August Blue - Deborah Levy

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the forces that drive us and the inner music that controls the rhythms of our dance through life and love' IndependentThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted a...

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Self Made

The book behind the new Netflix series, starring Octavia Spencer 'One of the most fabulous African-American figures of the twentieth century' Ishmael Reed Madam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War America. From humble beginnings, she overcame societal prejudice, family betrayals and epic business rivalries t...

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How to Make a Book with Carlos Saura & Steidl

This documentary film shows the story of creating Carlos Saura's Vanished Spain, a book of Saura's photos of Andalusia and central Spain in the late 1950s, and published by Steidl in 2016. As a young man the great Spanish film director Saura didn't quite know what he wanted to become: a motorcycle racer, flamenco dancer or a photographer. 60 years, 40 films and numerous a...

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While Paris Slept - Druart Ruth

Anotace: Paris 1944A young woman`s future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope.Santa Cruz 1953Jean-Luc thought he had left it all behind. The scar on his face a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi Occupation. No...

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While Paris Slept - Ruth Druart

<p>Paris 1944 A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope. Santa Cruz 1953 Jean-Luc thought he had left it all behind. The scar on his face a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi Occupation....

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Red Queen - Gomez-Jurado Juan

Anotace: Soon to be an Amazon Prime Original series, Red Queen is the first in Juan Gomez-Jurado`s internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. More than two million copies sold in Spain alone.Sunday Times - Best Thriller Books of the Year`A Spanish spin on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . . A female Sherlock Holmes` - The TimesYou`ve never...

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Billy Summers - King Stephen

Anotace: The perfect crime doesn`t exist. The perfect getaway . . . that`s another story.Billy Summers is a killer for hire. He`s among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet who can blend into any neighbourhood and disappear after the shot is taken. But he`ll only agree to a contract if the target is a truly bad guy.Now Billy wants out. But first he`s o...

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Billy Summers, 1. vydání - Stephen King

<p>The perfect crime doesn't exist. The perfect getaway . . . that's another story. Billy Summers is a killer for hire. He's among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet who can blend into any neighbourhood and disappear after the shot is taken. But he'll only agree to a contract if the target is a truly bad guy. Now Billy wants out. But first he'...

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The Details: Shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize - Ia Genbergová

<p>THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)'[A] miraculous sort of novel' Hernan Diaz, author of TRUST'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman, author of A MAN CALLED OVE'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' Catherine Lacey, THE NEW YORK TIMES'Textured insights into human natur...

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Breasts and Eggs - Kawakami Mieko

Anotace: On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, ...

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