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Malice – Keigo Higashino
CHF19.50In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the writer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. Which one of the two writers was ultimately guilty of malice?
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Funny Story – Emily Henry
CHF21.00A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
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Orbital – Samantha Harvey
CHF17.00Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below.
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The Wolf Den – Elodie Harper
CHF15.90The Wolf Den is the first in a trilogy of novels reimagining the long overlooked lives of women in Pompeii’s lupanar. Perfect for fans of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls and Madeline Miller’s Circe.
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The Women – Kristin Hannah
CHF17.00The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.
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Human Acts – Han Kang
CHF17.00A riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian. ‘Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous’ Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, Guardian Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho’s corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho’s grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice. A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance.
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Greek Lessons – Han Kang
CHF17.00A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.
‘Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with’
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The White Book – Han Kang
CHF17.00In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book offers a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and of our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
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Europa – Han Kang
CHF12.20Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended under some unnamed violence. Walking the night streets with a man she has known for years, whose feelings for her are bound up with his intense longing to live as a woman, the fragile bond of their relationship threatens to shatter. Internationally acclaimed author Han Kang directs her unflinching gaze on the painful complexities of damage and recovery, questioning what it is we want from ourselves and each other, and whether there are some things that are truly irreparable.
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We Do Not Part – Han Kang
CHF32.90We Do Not Part is a hymn to friendship, a eulogy to the imagination, and above all a powerful indictment against forgetting. These beautiful pages form much more than a novel – they illuminate a traumatic memory, buried for decades, that still resonates today.
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The Vegetarian – Han Kang
CHF13.90Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop – Hwang Bo-Reum
CHF17.00There was only one thing on her mind. »I must start a bookshop.’
A heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life – and the healing power of books
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James – Percival Everett
CHF17.00James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
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The Death of Vivek Oji – Akwaeke Emezi
CHF17.00»This is a gorgeously written story of identity, sexuality, love, grief, friendship, and the need to live the life you want, even in a country where doing so might be deadly . . . This was emotional, beautiful, and so poignant, and their storytelling took my breath away. »
»The way Emezi made me care so deeply about these characters was just incredible, so that when the whole truth of Vivek »s death was revealed I felt so personally affected by it. This book is about so many things all at once . . . The writing is so simple yet beautifully emotive. And I cried. »
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Lessons In Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus
CHF17.00Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
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