The author is Faroese-Danish; her novel is about a return to the Faroes by someone who has never been there but “is” Faroese. Considers the idea of home, exile, belonging… We include it because of the siren call of the Faroe Islands and remoteness and the strange pull of home-coming.
Island
£9.99
Edition:Paperback978178227580024/06/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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A Long Petal of the Sea
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Parties, after-parties, lolling in the dawn, music, drugs - the 1990s novel by the acclaimed German novelist, playwright and techno-fiend.
Rave
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A lyrical exploration of the conflict between gay love and political conformity, set in Poland in 1980.
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An elderly woman in a home is losing her power of speech: a therapist delicately helps her to unburden herself of a secret... The dark horse of new French fiction.
Gratitude
Hardback £14.99