A powerful exploration of illicit desire, in which a 17-year-old girl has a crush on a friend of her parents that turns on some dark events of 24 years previously.
Berberova was one of the great Russian emigrée writers, best known for her short stories and memoir. This novel - about the experiences of a group of exiles, is its first translation into E... read more
A young French woman leaves Paris after the liberation in 1944 and joins her husband on a farm in Morocco, where she finds herself lonely, alienated, mistrusted and increasingly restless. Th... read more
Petterson has not been kind to his protagonist, removing from him by traumatic means his wife, three daughters, parents and brothers. It is no surprise that he is pole-axed by grief; will Pe... read more
Off-kilter, strange and funny short stories by the wonderful Russian writer and playwright. Her other works published in English (and here we raise our chapka to Pushkin Press) have been one... read more