Il romanzo sull'amore di Leonard Cohene Marianne Ihlen. Agli albori degli anni '60 l'isola greca di Hydra è in fermento. Un gruppo di artisti arrivati da tutto il mondo si è stabilito in quel piccolo paradiso facendone il proprio quartier generale. Giunge sull'isola anche un giovane canadese, in fuga dalle soffocanti aspettative borghesi del suo ambiente di provenienza. E sarà proprio tra gli scrittori e i musicisti di quella piccola comunità bohémienne, e soprattutto accanto a Marianne Ih...

Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025One of the Best Books to Read this Spring 2025 Jewish News'A true moral tale for today, told with great humour and pathos' Rest lessCan two sisters overlook their differences?Mixed is a hilarious yet moving story of family and faith, best served hot (or cold) with a dollop of sour cream.Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green spent most of their childh...

Mixed is a hilarious yet moving story of family and faith, best served hot (or cold) with a dollop of sour cream.Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green spent most of their childhood loving each other and hating each other, treasuring each other and resenting each other. Now they’re grown up their lives have taken them on very different paths, creating a rift which is proving difficult to heal. Ruth has followed her traditional Jewish upbringing. Miriam has not – and while she wants to insti...

"Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazine...