- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
I knew I was in Paris, I knew that was the Seine beneath me, the sky above, but when I looked around for help, the grand apartment buildings of the Quai Voltaire stared back at me, indifferent. In the...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Travelling the world can be immensely rewarding – expanding one’s horizons and opening the mind to acquire a deeper understanding of our beautiful planet and all the amazing creatures who inhabit it. On the other hand, if you make...
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
Spain is Michener’s second home and he writes about the glories of the Prado, the bullfights, and everything that is Spanish: such a great storyteller, he magnificently captures the stunning variety of life and culture in Spain.
If Cats Disappeared From The World
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling...
- Location(s): New England, New York City (NYC), Vietnam
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000's
This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland. As a child, isolated from the world in...
- Location(s): South Korea
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Korean Civil War
An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they’re forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today....
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 1960s
A NEW LIFE THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME Lydia and Clem Davie arrive in an Igbo village in Nigeria in July 1967 just as civil war breaks out, but Lydia has trouble adjusting to life in West Africa: a...
- Location(s): Barcelona
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
First published in 1962 as ‘La Placa del Diamant’, this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation. It has previously been published in English as The Time of the Doves....
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
“Insomnia” and a “search for a shadow”. Perhaps a dream as he meets and engages with a wonderful array of personalities during his wanderings. His search takes him to a brothel in Bombay, to the Theosophical Society in Madras,...
- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
In the wilds of the most diverse nation on earth, while she copes with crocodiles under the blackboard and sorcery in the office, Trish Nicholson survives near-fatal malaria and mollifies irascible politicians and an ever-changing roster of bosses –...
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