An awe-inspiring epic about a young Dutch microbiologist whose research takes her on a deep dive into sea and space. These journeys raise profound questions about the origin of life, our pla... read more
Matar's photographs at sites of lethal police violence in the US and her fastidious research make for a quietly devastating critique. The formality of her images and the directness of her g... read more
The repeated confusion of the author's name with that of Naomi Wolf became ever more disturbing as 'Other Naomi' slid deeper into alt-right conspiracy theories during the pandemic. Klein fol... read more
Auguste and Gausserand met at a pottery school in Montpellier in 1948. For the next seventy years they would share studios in small towns in the south of France, amongst a community of post-... read more
A selection of Jarman's writings on Prospect Cottage and the plants in its strange and consoling garden. His light, iridescent prose gives the strangest sense to the reader of being able to ... read more
These diary extracts reveal the artistic perspective behind one of cinema's greatest authors. With notes covering all facets of Bresson's film-making theory, the collection expresses an appr... read more
Lerner's fiendishly clever second novel is about a writer who has just received an enormous advance for his second novel. The excitement of this sum is dwarfed by other pressures: strange we... read more
A dizzying tale of social collapse, generational impasse and mid-life crisis; a Bonfire of the Vanities set in London. Brilliantly observed, lean, slick, clever and gripping.