The Art & Soul of Haitian Cooking

Garnett Press

Garnett Book of Russian Verse: A Treasury of Russian Poets from 1730-1996

Literature & Fiction

Hicks, Jeremy

Pilkington, Anna

Makarova, Olga

Rayfield, Donald (eds.)

Poetry

Peter PiÅ¡t'anekâ€™s reputation is assured by Rivers of Babylon and by its hero, the most mesmerizing character of Slovak literature, RÃ¡cz, an idiot of genius, a psychopathic gangster. RÃ¡cz and Rivers of Babylon tell the story of a Central Europe, where criminals, intellectuals and ex-secret policemen have infiltrated a new â€˜democracyâ€™. Slovaks see Peter PiÅ¡t'anek as their most flamboyant and fearless writer, stripping the nation of its myths and false self-esteem. The novel has been translated by Peter Petro of British Columbia University, in collaboration with the author . William Boyd (The Guardian): an astonishing findâ€¦ fuelled with formidable energy and ice-cool satire. It displays a fierce black humour that is both ruthless and exhilarating.Tibor Fischer (The Telegraph): the best fiction I've read on the â€˜wild westâ€™ periodJohnny le Falbe (Literary Review): fast and very funnyâ€¦ translation is excellent

Rivers of Babylon by Pist'anek, Peter (2007) Hardcover

Pist'anek, Peter

Ten years ago, Emma Malloy fled Dublin for Boston as a battered woman, escaping the husband who scarred her beautiful face. The physical and emotional wounds have faded with time, and her life is finally full of purpose and free from the pain of her past. But when she falls for her friend Charity's handsome and charming brother, Sean O'Connor, fear and shame threaten to destroy her. Could Sean and Emma ever have a future together? Or is Emma doomed to live out the rest of her life denying the only true love she's ever known?Filled with intense passion and longing, deception and revelation, A Heart Revealed will hold readers in its grip until the very last page.

The Wooden Village (Rivers of Babylon)

Peter Pišťanek

A poignant and unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on . . . with the help of one not-so-little dog Rocky's husband Bob was just forty-two when she discovered him lying cold and lifeless on the bathroom floor . . . and Rocky's world changed forever. Quitting her job, chopping off all her hair, she leaves Massachusetts&mdash;reinventing her past and taking a job as Animal Control Warden on Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine and a million miles away from everything she's lost. She leaves her career as a psychologist behind, only to find friendship with a woman whose brain misfires in the most wonderful way and a young girl who is trying to disappear. Rocky, a quirky and fallible character, discovers the healing process to be agonizingly slow. But then she meets Lloyd. A large black Labrador retriever, Lloyd enters Rocky's world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded woman and a wounded, lovable beast. As the unraveling mystery of Lloyd's accident and missing owner leads Rocky to an archery instructor who draws her in even as she finds every reason to mistrust him, she discovers the life-altering revelation that grief can be transformed . . . and joy does exist in unexpected places.

The End of Freddy (Rivers of Babylon)

Dead Souls

Nikolái Gógol

The first comprehensive and objective history of the literature of Georgia, revealed to be unique among those of the former Byzantine and Russian empires, both in its quality and its 1500 years' history. It is examined in the context of the extraordinarily diverse influences which affected it - from Greek and Persian to Russian and modern European literature, and the folklore of the Caucasus.

The Literature of Georgia: A History

Rayfield, Donald

Genre Fiction

Samko Tale's Cemetery Book

Kapitanova, Daniela

A Man Was Going Down the Road

Otar Chiladze

Avelum: A Survey of the Current Press and a Few Love Affairs

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