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“frieda arkin”

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  • Hedwig and Berti

    by Frieda Arkin ...
    Thirty-five years after publication of her first novel, The Dorp (followed by other works on cooking and gardening), Frieda Arkin returns to the world of fiction to give us another darkly humorous novel, Hedwig and Berti.Hedwig and Berti is a saga of the totally unlikely marriage of a grandly Teutonic woman, Hedwig Kessler, and her diminutive cousin Berti, two upper-class German Jews forced to ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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    Translated by Joel Rotenberg ...
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  • Kairos

    by Jenny Erpenbeck ...
    Translated by Michael Hofmann ...
    Now in paperback, Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos is a dramatic love story that unfolds as the GDR implodes—*“an intimate account of obsessive, transgressive passion” (Claire Messud, Harper’s)*WINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURELONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSEAn epic storytel... ... Read more

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  • Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Translated by Anthea Bell ...
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  • The Black Obelisk

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    by Erich Maria Remarque ...
    Translated by Denver Lindley ...
    From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany.A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there’s more to life than earning a living ... Read more

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  • Awake in the Dark

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    by Shira Nayman ...
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  • Gilgi

    by Irmgard Keun ...
    Translated by Geoff Wilkes ...
    Series series Neversink
    The stirring, never-before-translated story of a single, pregnant, and wickedly nervy young secretary making her way through a Germany succumbing to the Nazis.Irmgard Keun's first novel Gilgi was an overnight sensation upon its initial publication in Germany, selling thousands of copies, inspiring numerous imitators, and making Keun a household name—a reputation that was only heightened when, a ... Read more

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  • The Saddest Summer Of Samuel S

    by J. P. Donleavy ...
    A wily American driving his psychiatrist crazy in Vienna. Prey of a wealthy countess who wants him comfortable and secure – and her very own. Master of his domain – his sealed, darkened, disheveled apartment on a dank Vienna sidestreet. Abigail was not the girl for Sam. She was a brash, sexy American coed with only men on her mind. And se had Sam very much on her mind at the moment… ... Read more

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  • The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1913

    by Max Brod ...
    This book contains the diaries of the well-known Franz Kafka during the period 1910-1913, and would make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone who is a fan of his works. ... Read more

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  • The Fig Eater

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    by Jody Sheilds ...
    When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer -- for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year. ... Read more

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    by J. P. Donleavy ...
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  • The Rebels

    by Sandor Marai ...
    Series series Vintage International
    An early novel from the great rediscovered Hungarian writer Sándor Márai*, The Rebels* is a haunting story of a group of alienated boys on the cusp of adult life—and possibly death—during World War I.It is the summer of 1918, and four boys approaching graduation are living in a ghost town bereft of fathers, uncles, and older brothers, who are off fighting at the front. The boys know they will very ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD