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 Read reviewThe 7th Function of Language

The 7th Function of Language

Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor

Roland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. A document explaining the seventh function of language - an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do...

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Flights

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft

A literary and imaginative book that explores subjects such as anatomy and psychology through narratives and reflections on travel and the body, and life and death.

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Vernon Subutex 1

Vernon Subutex 1

Virginie Despentes, Frank Wynne

Vernon Subutex: the man, the myth, the punk-lit sensation.

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The Dinner Guest

The Dinner Guest

Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer

The story goes that in my family there's an extra dinner guest at every meal. It connects two life-changing events - the very public death of Ybarra's grandfather, and the more private pain as her mother dies from cancer and...

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The Flying Mountain

The Flying Mountain

Christoph Ransmayr, Simon Pare

Originally published as Der fliegende Berg, S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2006.

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