Literary Fiction

Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.

अंदलुशिया में रहनेवाले एक आम चरवाहे सैंतियागो की ये कहानी स्पेन से होते हुए मिस्र के रेगिस्तान जा पहुँचती है....

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....

A living picture of the entire life of the Indian farmer - his aspiration and despair, his sincerity and religious piety, his helplessness and innocence....

One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career....

A full-cast BBC Radio dramatisation of Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel—plus bonus interview with the author....

Benedict Cumberbatch reads the enduring classic of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a large, monstrous insect-like creature....

Kitne Pakistan? is a 2000 Hindi novel by Kamleshwar, a noted 20th-century Hindi writer. A pioneer of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) movement of the 1950s, and later a screenwriter for Hindi cinema, Kamleshwar’s novel deals with a vast expanse of human history....

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has....

Flo is sick of Tokyo. She is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up, and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a drunken passenger on the Tokyo Subway....

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything - youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life....

When the narrator of Swann's Way dips a petite madeleine into hot tea, the act transports him to his childhood in the French town of Combray. Out of his Pandora's box of reflections comes a memory of an old family friend, Swann....

Now, for the first time ever, a new complete edition audiobook original of the timeless classic by Richard Bach. This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules....

The Mahabharata endures as the great epic of India. But while Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra, Ajaya is the narrative of the ‘unconquerable’ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man....

Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed....

Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila....

Blending fact and fiction, this trilogy by a very young Tolstoy centres on the inner life of Nikolai as he navigates the universal challenge of growing up. In relating his thoughts and feelings, his self-awareness and embarrassing mistakes, the work is timeless....

A land-surveyor, known only as K., arrives at a small village permanently covered in snow and dominated by a castle to which access seems permanently denied....

This is a story of Nandini and Bhaskar, a prosperous middle aged couple leading a good, meaningful and successful life....

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century....

One of Gabriel García Márquez’s most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power....

From the Booker Prize shortlisted author of This Mournable Body, one of the BBC's 100 women for 2020....

In her debut novel, Rajaa Alsanea reveals the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women from the elite classes of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia....

The great Japanese author’s most famous novel, in its first new English translation in half a century....

Tucked away down a Kyoto backstreet lies the extraordinary Kamogawa Diner. Running this unique establishment are a father-daughter duo who serve more than just mouth-watering feasts. The pair have reinvented themselves as 'food detectives', offering a service that goes beyond traditional dining. Through their culinary sleuthing, they reconstruct beloved dishes from the memories of their customers, creating a connection to cherished moments from the past.

Macabro desfile de pícaros, bribones y gentuza de vicios, corrupciones y prevaricaciones a la manera de una corte de los milagros. Desde los años noventa, se veía venir un cartel de la justicia con todos sus delitos cometidos por altos heliotropos de la rama judicial. Desde el más inexperto juez municipal hasta el encumbrado presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, aprovecharon de su autoridad coercitiva para abusar de ese poder supresor de las libertades y los derechos.

In queste pagine una voce di ragazzo irriverente, con un disincanto e un'ironia già matura, racconta esperienze di umili, affascinanti lavori presto vietati, di piccole e più o meno innocenti avventure anti-istituzionali, di calde solidarietà giovanili, all'interno di una struttura educativa cattolica chiusa e repressiva. La realtà narrata è quella di un paese siciliano all'indomani della Seconda guerra mondiale, con un passato e un presente di vita stenta e dolorosa, nel quale il microcosmo dell'istituto già allude a un sistema di potere e storture, subalternità e divieti ben più diffuso e feroce.

Los cuerpos del verano pertenece a la familia de las grandes obras de ficción imaginativa. Un mundo donde los muertos tienen la opción de regresar a un cuerpo gracias al avance de la medicina y a internet, que se configura como una tercera posibilidad de la existencia.

La comemadre ofrece dos relatos que hunden sus raíces en la misma materia y abrevan en las mismas obsesiones. De un lado, un médico que se ve envuelto en una iniciativa científica descabellada y cruel, en un sanatorio suburbano. Por otra parte, un célebre artista plástico que lleva al extremo su búsqueda estética y se transforma, él mismo, en objeto de experimentación. Por ambos hemisferios de este libro rondan la intervención sobre el cuerpo y la búsqueda de la trascendencia.

Surorile Grey au fost întotdeauna apropiate. După moartea mamei, fetele au devenit cele mai bune prietene, mai ales pentru că tatăl lor pare mai interesat de reputația lui decât de binele copiilor. Pentru Henry Grey, cel mai mult contează aparențele și, chiar și atunci când fiicele lui devin adulte, încă le mai cere acestora să-l respecte.

En "¿Hace cuánto que nos vemos?" una mujer es narrada por los otros a lo largo de su vida. Una nouvelle coral, en la que uno cree que llega a conocer como a nadie a esa chica invisible que deja huella en los otros, pero nunca la oye hablar. El diálogo entre un veinteañero y un cuarentón que elaboran juntos una tesis para graduarse utiliza todos los recursos tecnológicos para dar voz al anacrónico ejercicio de argumentar.

Amalia es una joven que vive en un ambiente cargado de violencia, con un padre borracho y maltratador y una madre paralizada por el miedo y la frustración. Amalia y sus hermanos han soportado esta situación y han tratado de sobrevivir de la mejor manera. Sin embargo, y gracias a la ayuda del psicólogo de su colegio, la protagonista decide dejar de callar y contar su historia al mundo.

El protagonista de la segunda novela de Edgardo Arredondo, es un médico obligado por diversas circunstancias a cuidar de la salud de un capo del narcotráfico. En esta atmósfera de violencia, los acontecimientos se suceden con inevitabilidad de las obras del género policiaco.

Tres cuentos, como diferentes episodios de memoria, conforman este nuevo libro de Alejandra Costamagna. Se trata de historias marcadas por los quiebres puertas adentro de un país silenciado a la fuerza. "Había una vez un pájaro" es la reescritura que la autora realiza de su novela En voz baja, casi veinte años después de su aparición.

Diario de un canalla. En 1985, abrumado por las deudas y la falta de proyectos en Montevideo, Levrero aceptó trasladarse a Buenos Aires y dirigir un par de revistas de crucigramas dentro de una editorial.

Suburbana arranca con una llamada de teléfono en la madrugada. Renzo, un argentino exiliado en Madrid, debe viajar de inmediato a Buenos Aires para asistir a la operación de su padre enfermo. Su regreso estará marcado por la inesperada aparición de una mujer llamada Alma, junto a la cual desgranará la trayectoria vital de dos familias cuyo destino corre paralelo a la historia de su país.

Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question: who did it?

Die Wellen flüstern von Liebe, Hoffnung und einer düsteren Wahrheit ... Im zweiten emotionalen und spannenden New-Adult-Roman in Janine Ukenas Sylt-Suspense-Trilogie trifft Windsurfer Erik auf seine Ex-Freundin Hanna, die ihm immer noch Herzklopfen bereitet, gleichzeitig aber auch ein Geheimnis hütet, das sein Leben auf den Kopf stellen könnte ... Eigentlich wollte Erik Sylt für immer hinter sich lassen. Doch als seine Familie ihn braucht, kehrt er schweren Herzens zurück.

Zwei gebrochene Herzen – zwei furchtbare Geheimnisse: Kann wahre Liebe alles verzeihen? Lass dich von Anna und Gabe verzaubern, zu Tränen rühren und zum Lachen bringen: It all comes back to you ist ein herzergreifender, wunderschöner Liebesroman über 15 Jahre und zwei Menschen, die du sofort ins Herz schließen wirst. Anna hat nichts außer ihrer Klugheit und dem Willen, die Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen. Gabe hingegen hat alles: Er ist Klassenbester, in einer schicken Studentenverbindung – vor allem aber hat er eine große, warmherzige Familie.