A cup of sake beneath the cherry trees

Moonlight, spring blossom, a woman's hair - a medieval Japanese monk reflects on idle moments and life's fleeting joy.

Days of love and rage

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781668062173

Collation

582 p. ; 24 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

959 GOP d

Things that disappear

Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a friendship, or a change in social attitudes, Erpenbeck's sharp intelligence, eye for telling detail, and her nuanced perspective on her country's history and her own writing lifeimbue these short pieces with lasting power.

Things in nature merely grow

Yiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James.

The cost of living

What does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in the world not arranged to her advantage?

The orange and other poems

The Orange and Other Poems provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling, and best-loved poets. In poems that go from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling—and being—in love to how to manage a painful break-up to cherishing the memories of people loved and lost, this is a collectio…

Mary ventura and the ninth kingdom

Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like 'guilt, and guilt, and guilt': these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom. 'But what is the ninth kingdom?' she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. 'It is the kingdom of the frozen will,' comes the reply. 'There is no going back.'

Traffic lights

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9787511066732

Collation

8 p. ; ill. ; 15 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

F ZHO t

Perfection

Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, plant-filled apartment in Neukölln. They are young digital creatives, freelancers without too many constraints.

Mrs. dalloway

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780143136132

Collation

179 p. ; 21 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 WOO m