Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House shines as a wonder of steel and glass and onyx built specially for newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Landauer, a Jew married to a gentile. But the radiant honesty of 1930 that the house, with its unique Glass Room, seems to engender quickly tarnishes as the storm clouds of WW2 gather, and eventually the family must flee, accompanied by Viktor's lover and her child. But the house's story is far from over, and as it passes from hand to hand, from Czech to Russian, both the best and the worst of the history of Eastern Europe becomes somehow embodied and perhaps emboldened within the beautiful and austere surfaces and planes so carefully designed, until events become full-circle.
Simon Mawer
The Glass Room
$24.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landaue... Buy or find out more →
The Fall
$23.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
As lonely boys in the Welsh hills Rob Dewar and Jamie Mathewson were as close as friends can be. Both exiled from home and both fatherless, they shared a passion for the mountains. So, when forty years on, Jamie is found... Buy or find out more →
The Glass Room
$29.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landaue... Buy or find out more →
The Glass Room
$45.00$15.95 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landaue... Buy or find out more →
Gospel Of Judas
$22.95 – Paperback book / Abacus
Amongst the ancient papyri of the Dead Sea, a remarkable scroll is discovered. Written in the first century AD, it purports to be the true account of the life of Jesus, as told by Youdas the sicarios - Judas Iscariot.
Th... Buy or find out more →
Swimming To Ithaca
$23.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
An exciting and atmospheric novel which will continue to expand the audience for Simon Mawer As Dee Denham, once a beautiful and beloved wife, the toast of colonial Cyprus, lies dying, her former life seems unimaginably ... Buy or find out more →
