In the tradition of E.M. Forster's 'Aspects of the Novel' and Milan Kundera's 'The Art of the Novel', 'How Fiction Works' is a scintillating and searching...
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously...
Following the acclaimed 'Things I Don't Want to Know', Deborah Levy returns to the subject of her life in letters. 'The Cost of Living' reveals a writer...
John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastic traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. He presents a meditation on...
The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deepThe revolutionary writings of Audre...
The author conducts case studies into crime series by James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwell, and investigates the way in which these...
Recently, historical fiction has been at the cutting edge of postmodern reconceptualizations of the past and of contemporary worlds. This collection of...
A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. `I would like to ask that...
In this collection of essays, Emilie Pine boldly confronts the past to better understand herself, her relationships and her role in society. Tackling...
'Unmastered' allows us to think afresh about sex and desire. Incisive, moving, and lyrical, it opens up a larger space for the exploration of feelings...