From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of &i;>Harvest &/i>and &i;>Quarantine&/i>, a spellbinding fable about love, fear and where authority lies.
Jim Crace Book order (chronological)
James Crace crafts luminous prose that explores the tension between the individual and the forces of change, often focusing on societal shifts and the impact of civilization. His distinctive style employs vivid imagery and sharp psychological insight to dissect human experience and motivation. Crace's work challenges readers to contemplate the nature of progress and its consequences, solidifying his reputation as a significant voice in contemporary literature. His narratives resonate with a profound understanding of the human condition, making his contributions essential reading.






Harvest
- 280 pages
- 10 hours of reading
As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see Walter Thirsk's village unmade in just seven days: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, cruel punishment meted out to the innocent, and allegations of witchcraft. But something even darker is at the heart of Walter's story, and he will be the only man left to tell it ...
La città dei baci
- 206 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Six
- 282 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Raunchy, revelatory and beautifully refined, 'Six' charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.
Satans Speisekammer
- 207 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Flitterwochen: Ein Musiklehrer und seine junge Frau beschließen, den Vollzug ihrer Ehe noch eine Weile hinauszuzögern: Sie ziehen sich in eine Hütte zurück und leben nur von dem, was sie sammeln und jagen können - bis sie ein Kraut finden, das ein starkes Aphrodisiakum enthält ... In einer anderen Geschichte entwickelt sich eine Einladung zum Käsefondue zum regelrechten Strip-Abend, mit geschmolzenem Käse auf der Haut ... Die sinnlich-appetitlichen Episoden von Jim Graces neuestem Werk nehmen oft überraschende Wendungen hin zum Bizarren und Provokanten. Ein Erlebnis der besonderen Art. Ein überirdischer Genuss eben, wie er sich zum Beispiel in Geschichte 64 manifestiert: "Ach, Süße!"
The Death of Vishnu
- 301 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the landing, where he looks back on his affair with the seductive Padmini.
In Arkadien
- 350 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Von Kindesbeinen an hat sich Victor auf dem Markt seinen Lebensunterhalt verdient-mit Eiern seiner Tante.Heute ist er Herr über ein ganzes Imperium und kann voller Stolz auf ein ungewöhnliches Leben zurückblicken.Und doch hat er noch einen letzten großen Traum:Er will auf dem Marktplatz seiner Stadt ein monumentales,glasüberdachtes Einkaufszentrum errichten-sein Arkadien.Allerdings hat Victor die Rechnung ohne seinen langjährigen Vertrauten Rabe gemacht,der plötzlich zu einem erbitterten Gegner wird...
The author ponders the redemptive power of secular love in this novel. Their bodies had expired, but anyone looking at them could see that Joseph and Celice were still devoted, the couple seemed to have achieved a peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder. They were still man and wife, quietly resting, dead but not yet departed
Hell is other people... Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Musa - madman, sadist, rapist, even a Satan - who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles... Here, trapped in the wilderness, their terrifying battle for survival begins.






