Laura Noulian Book order (chronological)

'One of our finest living authors ... propulsively entertaining' New York Times 'Sly, profound ... Electrifying' Observer 'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregor

Owls Do Cry is the first novel of one of New Zealand's most acclaimed classic writers, Janet Frame. Hailed as a masterpiece on first publication in 1957, it is comparable to Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.

San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of The Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature–the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.

Amsterdam i 1630'erne: Sophia Sandvoort sidder model sammem med sin meget ældre mand. Da hun forelsker sig i maleren, breder ulykkerne sig som ringe i vandet

Written with sinuous grace and intellectual acuity, "The Horned Man" is an unforgettable excursion into the lethal battleground of desire and repression.

Humoristisk fortælling om forfatterens familie på Korfu

Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, "Charming Billy," is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide. "Charming Billy" is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.

Already sold in eight countries, these nine energized stories from Nathan Englander showcase a remarkable new talent. In "The Twenty-seventh Man," an error lands earnest, unpublished Pinchas Pelovits in prison with twenty-six writers facing execution under Stalin. In a moment of torture, he composes a mini-masterpiece, reciting it before both he and his audience meet annihilation. "The Gilgul of Park Avenue" depicts a Protestant's religious awakening in a New York taxi. The title story humorously explores a Hasidic man's frustration with his wife's prolonged menstrual cycle, leading him to seek a prostitute with rabbinical permission. These tales are inventive and haunting, deeply rooted in Jewish history and Orthodox customs. They reflect a spirit that finds faith in doubt and depth in despair. Englander imagines Polish Jews on their way to Auschwitz, transforming them into acrobats evading danger, and he gives an elderly wigmaker a fleeting moment of beauty. Time and again, he uncovers hope beyond death's reach. This collection is a stunning blend of authority and imagination, offering a wondrous yet wrenchingly sad experience that announces the arrival of a profoundly gifted storyteller.

When the first brutal murder rocks her neighborhood, Frannie is propelled into a sexual liaison that tests the limits of her safety and desires, as she begins a descent into dark places. "In the Cut" is a masterfully written thriller that will keep readers tense with its mounting sense of terror.

Is it possible to share your life with someone whose record collection is incompatible with your own? Can people have terrible taste and still be worth knowing? For Rob Fleming, thirty-five years old, a pop addict and owner of a failing record shop, these are the sort of questions that need an answer, and soon.

The 1993 Booker Prize winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less.