Although not well known in the UK, Lewis is one of the best conteporary US novelists. This, set on the coast of Maine, is a sort of parable of contemporary American society.
A mysterious philanthropist travels up and down a stretch of Canadian coast delivering books to people who live too far from libraries. This novella was first published in 1933.
Compassionate novel set in Cyprus and its civil war, before moving to contemporary London where a young woman tries to unearth her family's past and finds love, loss, displacement and hope.
The tale of a gloomy childhood in mid-west America, a miraculously happy marriage and a move to France to help the war effort: this provides a beautifully written and unforgettable descripti... read more
A lost roman-à-clef from the great French writer about a passionate and involved female friendship. Encompassing art, politics and love, this is its first publication in English.
His 2013 novel The Circle was an acute satire of the tech world and, in particular, Google. Now Eggers envisages a dystopian future in which the world's biggest search engine and e-commerce ... read more
A powerfully written novel about a sculptor facing the end of her life, sexual chemistry, confinement and the transformative power of art. The other actor (apart from her new lover) in the n... read more