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Acclaimed author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss is back with a sharply observed and darkly funny novel for our times. 'A tense page turner . .. I gulped The Fell down in one sitting' - Emma Donoghue'Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory' - Paula Hawkins'This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year' - Rachel Joyce'Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist's can be' The Times At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of a two-week quarantine period, but she just can't take it any more - the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement.And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know. But Kate's neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate's son, soon realizes she's missing.And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk - a breath of open air - falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain resc

'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship. It's one of those books that stays with you forever.' – Dua LipaThe million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life, by the author of To Paradise, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book AwardsShortlisted for the Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Women's PrizeFinalist for the US National Book Award for FictionWhen four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition.There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, the

★歐巴馬2025夏季選書推薦★布克三度入圍大師，魔幻現實與哲學的華麗交響★母女秘密、身份探索與跨代創傷的深刻呈現★墨西哥靈感場景，融合歷史重創與個人記憶的迷離敘事★適合喜愛文學藝術、女性書寫與思索身份與歷史題材的讀者揭開歷史與記憶的多層面面紗，《Rosarita》邀你踏入一場靈魂深處的詩意之旅Anita Desai三度入圍布克獎，華盛頓郵報讚譽的「世界級作家」，帶來細膩且驚心動魄的《Rosarita》。這是一部深刻探討愛、記憶、歷史與母女秘密的小說，糾結著家庭與國族的創傷與救贖。故事以印度女孩Bonita在墨西哥學習西班牙語為起點，某日她在花園裡感覺被注視，遇見一位聲稱與她母親曾是朋友的神秘老婦人。Bonita堅稱母親從未涉足藝術或墨西哥，卻無法擺脫那股被追蹤的陰影。兮後，她追尋這位名為「騙子（The Trickster）」的女子，展開對母親過往的追憶與質疑。在一連串神秘事件中，Bonita被迫面對真相的模糊、身份認同的困惑，以及家族和國家的暴力幽靈...這部作品糅合魔幻現實主義與哲學省思，優美文字中流露女性、藝術與自我表現的掙扎與力量，同時展現創傷如何跨代延續，也喚起讀者對記憶、歷史和歸屬感的深刻思考。評論家譽為Desai的晚年巔峰之作，神秘而迷人，令人回味無窮。ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMERFrom “world-class writer” (The Washington Post) and three-time Booker finalist Anita Desai, an exquisitely written stunning exploration of love, place, memory, history, and the secrets between a mother and her daughter.Away from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park’s lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being wa

An irresistible French sensation—Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore meets Amélie—The Reader on the 6.27 explores the power of books through the lives of the people they save. It is sure to capture the he

獾先生Pete正準備享用水果大餐，卻被一隻小小的蒼蠅打擾。接著整片森林的動物都忍無可忍，一起把所有蟲子都趕走！看似安靜清爽，卻換來更大的麻煩……Emily Gravett 再次用詼諧韻文與細膩插圖，帶出自然界中每個生物的角色缺一不可。《Bothered by Bugs》在歡笑中傳遞生態平衡的重要，是一本富含觀察力與環保意識的共讀繪本。Another brilliant Pete the Badger story from the inimitable Emily Gravett: plenty of laughs and an important environmental message.A very funny picture book story in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett's award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff!, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big and small, in maintaining the harmony of nature.In Bothered By Bugs, Pete the Badger is choosing a delicious recipe from his new fruit cookbook when his peace is interrupted by a teeny tiny fly. The fly becomes a swarm and soon all the animals are being bothered by bugs and insects of all kinds – so they help Pete rid the forest of/capture every single one. But . . . disaster! Now nobody's around to clean up the poo, and come autumn, there's not a berry or a cherry to be found. Will Pete and the other