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Two Girls in a Boat
Victoria Univ Pr

Two Girls in a Boat

Emma Martin

Moving across England, the Balkans, and New Zealand, this collection traces the unexpected routes of people’s lives. Between urban and natural landscapes, it depicts unstable relationships and uncertain belonging.

La saison de l'ombre (Prix Femina 2013)
Grasset and Fasquelle

La saison de l'ombre (Prix Femina 2013)

Leonora Miano

A major novel about violence and memory in Africa and the diaspora, probing silence, testimony, and the fragile rebuilding of identity after historical rupture.

A Question of Honor: A Bess Crawford Mystery
William Morrow

A Question of Honor: A Bess Crawford Mystery

Charles Todd

A historical mystery set against World War I and colonial India, in which old murder and military honor lead toward a buried truth. Through Bess Crawford’s perspective, past violence casts a shadow over the present.

Au revoir la-haut (Prix Goncourt 2013)
Michel albin SA

Au revoir la-haut (Prix Goncourt 2013)

Pierre Lemaitre

Set after the First World War, the novel follows two wounded survivors who plan a spectacular swindle while a ruined country glorifies its dead and abandons the living.

The Luminaries
Granta Books

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

Set in a 1860s New Zealand gold-mining town, the novel links twelve men and several intertwined mysteries through an astrological structure. Its layered design joins suspense with a vivid sense of place and era.