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“There is so much at play in this wondrous novel. Vi, struggling to place herself in any context that makes sense within the world, earnestly leads us into a wild experiment, to turn a blob into the man of her dreams, and I was transfixed by her voice. This is a book that looks at identity and...

#1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection ""Thoughtful . . . heart-wrenching . . . . An exercise in soul-baring storytelling—with the soul belonging to 20th-century America itself. It's hard to read and to stop reading, and impossible to forget."" — USA Today Dominick...

"Mahapatana" is a work by author Santoshkumar Mehendale. The story delves into the turmoil and psychological state of Suyodhana (Duryodhana) towards the end of his life. Though the defeated Pandavas had everything returned to them, the question arises whether their vows and oaths were also nullified. Did they retrieve their pledges to break my thigh or to kill Dushasana? Even if they regained their wealth, would they refrain from seeking vengeance? And for me to survive, don't I need to gird my loins?

'A harrowing, off-beat novella about the ways in which young teenagers process trauma -- think MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller 'The Crustacean isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this...

Penguin Classics presents Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by David Threlfall, the star of the hit Channel 4 series, Shameless. 'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything...

The Alpenrose is a mountain resort nestled in Austria's scenic landscape among historic churches and castles. It is a vacation idyll that attracts tourists from all over Europe. It is also a mass burial site. Amid the snow-topped peaks and panoramic vistas, ghosts haunt the forest: Edgar Gstranz, a young skier who died in a car crash; Gudrun Bichler, a philosophy student who committed suicide in her bathtub; and Karin Frenzel, a widow who (perhaps) died in a bus accident.

देश के सर्वोच्च साहित्यिक सम्मान ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित मराठी लेखक विजय तेंदुलकर का यह नाटक भारत के महानतम आधुनिक नाटकों में से एक माना जाता है और पिछले कई दशकों में इसकी प्रस्तुतियाँ देश की अलग अलग भाषाओं में हुई हैं.

तीक्ष्ण बुद्धिमत्ता आणि बालवयातील मानसिक कुतरओढीचे द्वंद्व! ह्या द्वंद्वाने घेतलेले बळीआणि त्यांच्या सग्यासोयऱ्यांचे तळतळाट! डॅा नेने आणि मनोविश्लेषक सायलीच्या ह्या लढ्यात खऱ्या न्यायाची निखळ व्याख्या कोणती? स्वातंत्र्यपूर्व काळापासून आजच्या जेन झी पिढीपर्यंतच्या काळातील एक रोमांचक कथा

Brought to you by Penguin. Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated...

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed. On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English...

చంటబ్బాయి మల్లాది వెంకట కృష్ణమూర్తి రచనలు ఒక్కొక్కటి ఒక్కో ఆణిముత్యం అని చెప్పుకోవచ్చు. ఏ ఒక్క కథ కూడా ఒకేలాగా ఉండకుండా చూసుకోవడం ప్రత్యేకత. అయితే ఆయన చంటబ్బాయి రచనల్లోకి ప్రత్యేకం. డబ్బంటే అందరికీ ఆశే. కానీ కొందరికి అది అత్యాశ. ఆ అత్యాశ వాళ్ళని ఎంతటి పనులని ఉపక్రమించాడనికైనా ఉసిగొల్పుతుంది. అలాంటి ఒక ఇద్దరి కథ ఈ చంటబ్బాయి. కోటీశ్వరుడు గంగాధరానికి ఆకస్మాత్ గా తన ఆస్తికి వారసుడు కావాల్సి వచ్చినప్పుడు కళ్యాణ్ మరియు పట్టాభి, చంటబ్బాయి నేనంటే నేను అని ముందుకొచ్చినప్పుడు, అసలు చంటబ్బాయి ఎవరు అనే విషయాన్ని ఒక డిటెక్టివ్ తరహాలో ఛేదిస్తూ పాఠకులని ఆద్యంతం అలరించే ప్రయత్నం చేశారు మల్లాది.

A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests. On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles - the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate - a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.

My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say.... The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.

Pangloss would have been right at home in a post-truth, social media world. You can imagine the tweets, “I was hanged and survived #soggyrope,” or, “#nosyphilisnochocolate.” Candide, written in 1759, was never more relevant than today. Blind obeisance and denial, barbarous villainy, greed, and rapacity, are all in a day’s toil for the young Candide. And this is in the best of all possible worlds!

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she ruminates on her childhood in the nearby town. She finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget.

Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's first major novel, was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden for long. When the marriage between Walter Morel and his sensitive, high-minded wife begins to break down, the bitterness of their frustration seeps into their children's lives.

When newly engaged Sidney is out on a date with her fiance, she runs into an old flame, Cole, and his girlfriend. Initially, Sidney resists when Cole invites them to join his table, but when the couples hit it off, she sets aside her reservations.

Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, an ex-student who plans to murder a pawnbroker to test his theory of personality. Having accomplished the deed, Raskolnikov struggles with mental anguish while trying to both avoid the consequences and hide his guilt from his friends and family.

A timeless story of isolation and inner torment, Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human follows Yozo Oba, a man who hides behind laughter while drifting toward self-destruction.

National Bestseller “A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.” — San Francisco Chronicle In this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and the Pulitzer-Prize...