'The best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant' Tony Jordan, creator/writer, Life on Mars, HustleWe all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories …
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for …
Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe.In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. …
In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a failed coup attempt to oust King …
Steven Pinker, the bestselling author of The Language Instinct, deploys his gift for explaining big ideas in The Sense of Style - an entertaining writing guide for the 21st …
'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed …
This second edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their …
A Place in the Country is a window into the brilliant mind of W. G. Sebald'The greatest writer of our time' Peter CareyWhen W. G. Sebald travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed …
'Honest, unflinching and unforgettable... one of Britain's best writers' Stormzy'You will come away bruised.You will come away bruisedbut this will give you poetry.'Raw and …
After Nature is the very first literary work by W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz'The greatest writer of our time' Peter CareyAfter Nature by W.G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz, is …
