Romans en literatuur
Literaire fictie
Het leven is elders
Milan KunderaHet leven is elders is het verhaal van Jaromil, de zoon van een kleinburgerlijke, in de liefde bedrogen moeder, die haar kind voorbestemt om een geniaal dichter te zijn. En zo wordt de verlegen Jaromi..
9789026318856, Hardback
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Lachwekkende liefdes
Milan KunderaLachwekkende liefdes is het boek waarvan Kundera zelf het meeste houdt, omdat het een weerspiegeling is van de gelukkigste periode in zijn leven.In tegenstelling tot zijn latere romans voert in deze v..
9789026318665, Hardback
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Sophie's Choice
William StyronIn this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fier..
9780099470441, Paperback
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De man die bomen plantte
Jean GionoHij had vastgesteld dat dit land ten onder ging door gebrek aan bomen. Hij voegde eraan toe dat hij, omdat hij niets belangrijks te doen had, het besluit had genomen iets aan die stand van zaken te do..
9789062244492, Hardback
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The Bone People
Keri HulmeWinner of the Booker Prize in 1985, Keri Hulme's The Bone People is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world. '..
9780330485418, Paperback
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The Robber Bride
Margaret AtwoodZenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman s nightmare. She is also dead. Just to make sure Tony, Roz andd Charis are the..
9781853817229, Paperback
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Vintage Classics Temple Golden Pavilion
Yukio MishimaBecause of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly al..
9780099285670, Paperback
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Norwegian Wood
Haruki MurakamiRead the haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kiz..
9780099448822, Paperback
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The Painted Veil
W. Somerset MaughamKitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townse..
9780099286875, Paperback
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The Grapes of Wrath
John SteinbeckShocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Califor..
9780141185064, Paperback
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The Orchid Thief
Susan OrleanSusan Orlean first met John Laroche when visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare ghost orchids from a nature reserve. Fascinated both by Laroche and the world s..
9780099289586, Paperback
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I Know This Much is True
Wally LambThe #1 New York Times bestselling novel, now a major Sky Atlantic drama starring Mark Ruffalo as two identical twins, Thomas and Dominick. Dominick Birdsey's whole existence is coloured by the knowled..
9780006513230, Paperback
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The Talented Mr Ripley
Patricia Highsmith'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his cred..
9780099282877, Paperback
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Spring Snow
Yukio MishimaTokyo, 1912. the closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been r..
9780099282990, Paperback
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The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.' This is the story of Rah..
9780006550686, Paperback
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Beloved
Toni MorrisonDiscover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature. 'An American masterpiece' AS By..
9780099760115, Paperback
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The Dumas Club
Arturo Pérez-ReverteA well-know bibliophile is found hanged days after selling a rare manuscript of Alexander Dumas's classic, The Three Musketeers. Across Madrid, Spain's wealthiest book dealer has finally laid his han..
9780099448594, Paperback
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De vriendschap
Connie PalmenConnie Palmen (25 november 1955) behoort tot de belangrijkste Nederlandse schrijvers van deze tijd. Haar debuutroman De wetten was European Novel of the Year 1992, winnaar van het Gouden Ezelsoor voor..
9789053333488, Hardback
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Secret History
Donna Tartt'Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartts bestseller the Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.'What we did was terrible, b..
9780140167771, Paperback
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman RushdieHaroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun ..
9780140366501, Paperback
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De wereld van gisteren
Stefan ZweigOp 22 februari 1942 pleegde de Oostenrijkse schrijver Stefan Zweig samen met zijn vrouw zelfmoord in Brazilië. Als emigrant op de vlucht voor het naziregime had hij daar kort voor zijn dood zijn herin..
9789029561709, Paperback
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