Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLin…
In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul has produced his finest novel to date, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent ba…
Written with the austere clarity that has made J. M. Coetzee the winner of two Booker Prizes, Disgrace explores the downfall of one man and dramatizes, with unforgettable, at times almost unbearabl…
Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year she waited for a ship to rescue her. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building…
The God of Small Things explores the tragic fate of a family which 'tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how." -- Christina Patterson, Observer
After four years' separation, Alison had been forced to return to her husband Dirk du Bois; blackmailed by his threat to take their little son away from her if she didn't agree. But it was clear th…
After only a few days of marriage, Tanya had been separated from her husband Adrian and trapped ini her own country behind the Iron Curtain. Now, years later, she had managed to escape and had soug…
Impulsive, passionate, live-wire Zoe was the exact opposite of her more realistic boy-friend, Ben. But together they made a perfect team - both in and out of bed. They had plans to tkae them down t…