The painter Francis Bacon lies on his deathbed and paints his last paintings. In lyrical and haunting language, Max Porter approaches the artist by immersing himself in the state of a dying body and i
An entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThere’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick
From the author of Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThe Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerLonglisted for the Booker Prize'Startling, moving and overwhelming . . . Wonderful.' Daily Telegraph'A devastating
An entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThere’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick
There is a village outside London, no different from many others. Everyday lives conjure a tapestry of fabulism and domesticity. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to the people who
Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London
"Dazzlingly good...Anyone who has ever loved someone, or lost someone, or both, will be gripped by it. It's very sad and very funny." (Robert Macfarlane). "In this slyly funny and thrillingly original
狗狗和熊熊已經吵了好一陣子，卻沒有人記得究竟是為了什麼。是因為狗狗穿的外套、披風和頭巾？還是牠們製作的糖果氣味太難聞？總之，雙方決定再打一場，這次一定要分出勝負！第三場大戰正式開始，規則很簡單：不准休息吃點心，也沒有餅乾可以享用。沒想到，打到一半，天空竟然下起了魷魚雨！這場突如其來的意外，讓狗狗與熊熊的關係有了意想不到的變化。本書以荒謬有趣的情節和充滿細節的插畫，描寫爭吵、誤解與和解。這是暢銷作家與知名法國插畫家合作的首部兒童作品，獲 Katherine Rundell、Axel Scheffler 及《The Observer》好評。● 狗狗與熊熊的荒謬大戰，以幽默情節呈現爭吵與和解 ● 充滿想像力的故事與插畫，一場突如其來的魷魚雨改變雙方關係 ● 獲 Katherine Rundell、Axel Scheffler 推薦，兼具趣味與對和平相處的思考'A fresh delight. I love this book.' – Katherine Rundell'Serious appeal for our times ... Wonderfully funny pictures.' – Axel Scheffler'A story full of delightful details.' – The ObserverThis third brawl just happened.Nobody knew why . . .The dogs and the bears have been brawling for a while. No one knows quite how it started. Was it the jackets, cloaks and bandanas the dogs were wearing? Or the smell of the sickly sweets that the dogs were making? But today is the day of the third deciding brawl.The stage is set. NO snack breaks and no biscuits. But halfway through the world is interrupted by an unexpected airb
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. Eight authors were given after hours freedom at their chosen English heritage site. Immersed in
