The title novella concerns a relationship between an ageing Polish pianist and a stylish patroness in Barcelona. This is the twice Booker-winner's first fiction in seven years.
A teacher of photography on a New England campus remembers his West African childhood: Cole may be writing about himself here. The novel is a subtle, quiet exploration of memory, the passage... read more
A witty and ingenious portrait of a heroine whose life is glimpsed through a series of exhibition labels. The author has spent 25 years writing such labels for the Met.
From the author of the breathtaking At Night All Blood is Black (winner of the International Booker Prize in 2021), this novel is another marvel. Set in C18th France and Africa, its protagon... read more
The season's most arresting title? Ambitious and witty, this novel about a student researching rural life in the marshlands of western France is another fruit of Enard's wildly leaping imag... read more
A mother and her daughter navigate their betrayal by a ruthlessly self-regarding poet. Enright is superb at unpicking complex relationships and laying out their strands: we watch, spellbound... read more
A strange and darkly comic novel about a young tennis coach, his pupil, a crumbling castle where towels behave in a sinister manner... This is the first time this modernist-gothic masterpiec... read more