It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes-a gambler notorious for never winning–dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. Sh ..

This fast-paced narrative by the author of }Empire Of The Sun{ is a stunning evocation of a flooded, tropical London of the near future and a foray into the workings of the unconscious mind.

»Als ich ein kleiner Junge war, besaß ich einen schweigsamen kleinen Bären, der hieß Sonntag« so beginnt diese Geschichte, in der der Junge und sein Sonntag so unzertrennlich sind, wie das bei Kindern und Bären ja häufiger vorkommt. Doch beschleichen ..

The exciting debut novel of bestselling epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, Elantris!Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the bene ..

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The conclusion to the groundbreaking }Hyperion Cantos{.

An astounding novel from Argentina that is a meditation on the beautiful and the grotesque in nature, the art of landscape painting, and one experience in a man's life that became a lightning rod for inspiration.

Written when Camus was at the height of his powers as the youngest French writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bukowski tells the powerful story of a man who wanders the streets, moving from job-to-job to support his favorite pastimes–women, drinking, gambling, and writing. Soon to be coming to the big screen.

Published for the first time in the U. S.internationally celebrated writer Nuruddin Farahs first novel Written with complete conviction from a womans point of view, Nuruddin Farahs spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values ..

Ilheus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonca discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be set ..

A poor seventeenth-century servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to paint her, nasty whispers and rumors circulate throughout the town.