Almost Winter Books
Selected by the Bookshop
As the nights draw in and the geese begin their long and strenuous journey southwards, the bookshop staff hunker down against the encroaching winter with warm mugs of hot toddy and some lively seasonal reads; a combination state-of-the-nation / murder mystery from Jonathan Coe, Deborah Levy's new collection of essays, Lavinia Greenlaw's thrilling meditation on art and artmaking (now out in convenient-for-the-bath paperback), cracking new poetry from Ruth Padel, and more.
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From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a constellation of “exploded essays” about light and image, seeing and the unseen. Each is a record of how thought builds and ideas emerge, aligning…
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WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURETranslated by Damion SearlsA child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly…
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A wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett – a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly comic treat.We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It’s less of a home and more of…
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A portrait in verse of two iconic female figures - the Virgin Mary and the Cretan 'snake goddess' - unravelling the millennia of myth men have woven around them. 'One of our most gifted poets ... This is tender and exquisite poetry' Mona…
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Visceral, speculative body horror from the author of BOY PARTS and PENANCE - the first collection from a major voice in British fiction'You'll love every story, swallow them whole and lick the plate clean.' Alice Slater'No one is…
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From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of…
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A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of StoryWith an introduction by Theo Downes-Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss and Kelly LinkUrsula K. Le Guin’s essential guide to the writer’s craft, now publishing in…
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A blistering political critique wrapped up in a murder mystery - from the bestselling author of Middle England.'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel – gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of…
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Translated by Philip GabrielThe breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84.STEP INTO THE CITYWhen a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously…
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