The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk’s celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market.

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the autumn evenings, escape the typhoon rains, share meals in small cafes and restaurants.

A dazzling  Sunday Times  bestselling collection of short stories from the beloved internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. 

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. 

Kundera’s essay has been written like a novel. In the course of nine separate sections, the same characters meet and cross paths with each other.

In a moment of historic threat and uncertainty in mainland Europe, this collection, makes the case for the ‘small countries’ of Central Europe.