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Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1911590715ISBN 13: 9781911590712
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good.There is fourteen-year-old Jael, who nurses a crush on the preacher's wife; the mother who bakes a sublime peach cobbler every Monday for her date with the married Pastor; and Eula and Caroletta, single childhood friends who seek solace in each other's arms every New Year's Eve.With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be, and as free as they deserve to be. 217 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782278842ISBN 13: 9781782278849
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a series of gruesome murders within the feuding family of a brooding, troubled composer, whose most famous work chills the blood of all who hear it.The Devil's Flute Murders is an ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan's master of crime. 352 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1805330519ISBN 13: 9781805330516
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of Fraçnois Truffaut and Jonas Mekas, DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City. Together they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West.' 234 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 178227930XISBN 13: 9781782279303
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Featuring short stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos, Dorothy Parker, Zora Neale Hurston and moreEdited and Introduced by David M. EarleVivacious, charming, irreverent: a flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time. In this collection of short stories she's a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat. She bobs her hair, shortens her skirt, searches for a husband and scandalizes her husband. She's a glittering object of delight, and a woman embracing a newfound independence. Bringing together stories from widely adored writers and newly discovered gems, sourced from the magazines of the period, this collection celebrates the outrageous charm of an iconic figure of the Jazz Age.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 191159091XISBN 13: 9781911590910
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In National Dish, acclaimed food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliche that 'we are what we eat'.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279350ISBN 13: 9781782279358
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A mesmerising debut. Dark, twisted and bracingly empathetic' Diana Reid, author of Love and VirtueWinner of the 2017 Hankyoreh Literary Award----------------Who is Jina The stupid woman who ruined a young man's promising career The weird loner whose university boyfriend thinks she has a victim complex The naive country girl who ignored a friend's cry for help The survivor To answer these questions, Jina will have to return to Anjin University and the toxic culture that destroyed the lives of many female students - including one, Ha Yuri, who died tragically and mysteriously not long before she left. ----------------PRAISE FOR ANOTHER PERSON'Immaculately crafted, shocking and moving' Sang Young Park, author of the International Booker-longlisted Love in the Big City'Dark Academia the way I like it. smart and full of suspense' Hanna Bervoets, author of We Had to Remove This Post'Sharp social commentary and amazing, complex female characters. An unusual, unpredictable thriller' Simone Campos, author of Nothing Can Hurt You Now.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 191159074XISBN 13: 9781911590743
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Beautifully-written, and highly evocative of the remote Lincolnshire landscape, the Second World War and the two people whose loneliness brings them together for a life-changing time. Full of quiet drama and sorrow at loss, cruelty and mortality' Amanda Craig'Compelling and beautifully intimate. A classic piece of storytelling' Toby Litt'A haunting and lyrical novel' Maggie Brookes, author of The Prisoner's WifeIn the depths of wartime, a friendship takes wingFreda is a twelve-year-old evacuee from the East End, sent to live with a farming family deep in the lonely landscape of the Fens. Philip is an artist and a conscientious objector, living in a remote lighthouse on the shores of the Wash. The two outcasts come together amid the wild beauty of the wetlands, beneath skies filled with migrating birds and crisscrossed by Nazi bombers. As the world is consumed by war, they form a friendship that will change the course of both their lives.
Verlag: Pushkin Press Jun 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1782279431ISBN 13: 9781782279433
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' SONIA FALEIROA literary thriller of considerable acumen with a textured picture of a country' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS [RB1] ________________IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO KILL A CHILD. The Indian village of Teetarpur is a quiet, unremarkable place, until one of its children is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree. In the largely Hindu community, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor. It's up to local policeman Sub-Inspector Ombir Singh to uncover the truth. With only one assistant officer, and a single working revolver between them, can he bring justice to a grieving father and an angry village or will the people of Teetarpur demand vengeance instead.