Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 48 No. 9
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'Between now and then, I will offer youA fist full of rock cress fresh from the bankThe valley tips of garlic red with dewCooler than shallots, a breath you can swankIn the village when you come. At noon-dayI will offer you a choice bowl of…
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TRANSLATED BY AMANDA PRANTERAA weird, gripping novel about a woman sent to live alone in a forest, from Marlen Haushofer, master of sustained dread and author of the cult classic, The Wall.An Austrian housewife sits in her loft intent…
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A wide-ranging new history of the Baltic Crusades and their legacy Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, crusading armies unleashed a relentless holy war against the last pagan societies in northern Europe, particularly in the…
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A mortally funny story of a mother's quest to save her son against all odds'Transcendent and dazzlingly weird' New York Times'Amie Barrodale is the most important writer of my generation' Ottessa MoshfeghSandra dies unexpectedly at a…
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From the Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo'He will be read long after these times have passed' Zadie SmithWhat a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . .Not for the first time – in fact, for the 343rd…
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From the bestselling author of MONEYLAND and BUTLER TO THE WORLD, a revelatory new anatomy of global money laundering, the crime that makes crime payWithout money laundering, few crimes of acquisition would be worth the trouble. South…
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TRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDEA short, claustrophobic, shattering novel about a woman unable to act to save a teenager in her care, by the mistress of sustained dread, Marlen Haushofer.Claustrophobic and shattering, this is the story of one…
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