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Avdelning 11 D : Universum
Augustprisnominerade Sören Bondesons nya diktsamling är äntligen här! Den utspelar sig på ett äldreboende där livets förgänglighet men också dess evighet syns allra klarast. Bondes ...
En bättre värld
Av författaren till LJUSET VI INTE SER kommer en blivande klassiker för alla åldrar Konstantinopel 1453: Föräldralösa Anna kämpar för sin systers liv på insidan av stadsmurarna med ...
Råttön och andra berättelser
I novellen ”Råttön” befinner vi oss i ett postapokalyptiskt USA, där medborgargarden har övertagit politikens roll efter en global pandemi. ”Serum” handlar om en far och en son frå ...
Svartsjukemannen och andra berättelser
En grekisk polisutredare har med dyrköpta erfarenheter från sitt eget liv blivit expert på svartsjuka. När en tysk turist anmäls försvunnen på ön Kalymnos, är det han som blir till ...
Vackra värld, var är du
Alice, en ung och firad romanförfattare, träffar lagerarbetaren Felix på Tinder och bjuder med honom på en resa till Rom. I Dublin försöker hennes bästa vän Eileen komma över sitt ...
Ett elakt barn
Amanda har inga kompisar. Adam älskar att rita och läsa serietidningar, men måste nu hämnas på en skolkamrat efter att en fruktansvärd händelse inträffat. Alice går i åttan och är ...
Sopor : Novell i Svartsjukemannen och andra berättelser
"Någon måste ta tag i jobbet med att städa upp. Bortsett från att jag hämtar soporna här i staden, vet jag inte varför den meningen kom till mig just den här morgonen".Sopor är en ...
Uppkomlingen
Anders Larsson är medelklassgrabben som har en hungrig aptit på livet, i synnerhet kvinnor. Han får möjlighet att göra en klassresa. Av godsägare och advokater granskas han dock no ...
Memoirs of a Cavalier
"Memoirs of a Cavalier" is a literary sleight of hand. Written in the style of an eyewitness account, it’s actually a work of fiction—a trick Defoe would repeat in his later book " ...
A Journal of the Plague Year
‘Lord have mercy upon us’. If these words were painted on your door, it could only mean one thing—you were one of the infected. In the years 1665 and 1666, the bubonic plague ravag ...
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
With a subtitle like 'A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp' you would be forgiven for thinking that this book is an antidote to joy, and when on top of that, you discover that Dred is ...
Fathers and Sons
First published in 1862, ‘Fathers and Sons’ is perhaps the most famous novel by renowned Russian author Ivan Turgenev. Turgenev had become increasingly aware of the widening schism ...
On the Eve
‘On the Eve’ was the third novel by acclaimed Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It follows the lives of idealistic and free-spirited aristocrat Elena Stakhova and the hot-blooded Bulga ...
The Little Angel & Other Stories
First published in 1916 ‘The Little Angel and Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories from the famous Russian author Leonid Andreyev. Stories in the collection include a to ...
The Lower Depths
Russia was by no means paradise at the turn of the twentieth century, but it was decidedly worse for the poor and homeless community. This play centres around a motley crew of drun ...
Orley Farm
Allegedly a favourite among his own works, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Orley Farm’ centres around a contested and mysterious will, in which the late Sir Joseph Mason left Orley Farm to Luc ...
The Mistletoe Bough
First published in 1863, this is an engaging short story from Anthony Trollope. Set against the backdrop of the Christmas holidays, the self-castigating young Elizabeth Garrow has ...
The Way We Live Now
‘The Way We Live Now’ is perhaps the most famous of all Anthony Trollope’s novels, and widely considered his masterpiece. A 19th century classic, it follows the tale of the mysteri ...
The Belton Estate
In this 1866 Anthony Trollope novel, heroine Clara Amedroz faces a bleak future. Her father's fortune has been squandered on her wastrel of a brother, leaving Clara destitute with ...
The Vicar of Bullhampton
Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a ra ...
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
First published in 1903 and hugely popular at the time, ‘The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft’ by George Gissing is structured as a series of diary entries. The diary keeper is the ...
The Odd Women
First published in 1893, ‘The Odd Women’ by Victorian author George Gissing revolves around the themes of feminism, marriage, and love through the lives of several contrasting wome ...
The House of Mirth
Witty socialite Lily Bart has expensive tastes. Unfortunately, she does not have the social status to match. So far she has managed to get by on ‘old money’ and has become accustom ...
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New York ...
Bunner Sisters
‘Bunner Sisters’ explores the lives of the impoverished class in 1870s New York. Sisters Ann Eliza and Evelina run a small shop out of a shabby basement on a side street. Despite t ...