Ship Fever
Exceptional tales of emancipation and evolution at the birth of the modern era. Winner of US National Book Award.Andrea Barretts work stands out for its sheer intelligence. The overall effect is quietly dazzling. New York TimesSet against the backdrop of the nineteenth century, this elegant collecti
The Voyage of the Narwhal
`A great, shivery, seductive read. ElleIntelligent, accessible literary fiction of the highest order. Superbly dramatic and beautifully readable. A terrific tale of high endeavour and polar peril, this is the story of...
Servants of the Map
Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman
The Middle Kingdom
A lyrical, moving novel of the choices and confusions that face a married woman whose understanding of herself explodes on first contact with the energies of China and a Chinaman. Grace Hoffmeier is never quite sure...