Returning to her native Bulgaria, the acclaimed writer explores the valley of the Mesta and encounters its inhabitants and their traditions of plant-lore. Her previous books have been outsta... read more
Born near Lemburg in Galicia - now in Ukraine - the author of The Radetzky March and several other outstanding works died in alcoholic exile on the eve of WW2. This is a powerful account of ... read more
Blaschka père et fils were from Bohemia but moved to Dresden, where they worked in glass from the mid-1800s to the 1930s, making intricate models of sea anemones, medusas, corals and starfi... read more
A story handed down through generations of women becomes a tale within tales, accumulating myths and family histories. Translated from the Romanian. The author has won the EU Prize for Liter... read more
Jergovic is a prominent Croatian novelist, poet and journalist. Here he explores his family's history through the C20th, using odd bits and pieces of family paraphernalia as spy-glasses to p... read more