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A radical exploration of the power and public (mis)representation of women's bodies, from ancient mysteries to the present day.Wild and strange stories have been told about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens and fanged vaginas circulated, the first creation figure, Mother Earth, fell out of popular cultural history and Christianity introduced the birth of woman, Eve, from a crooked rib. Ranging from the empowerin...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T S ELIOT PRIZE 2021. Part-memoir, part-conjecture, Joelle Taylor investigates sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate.

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Osip returns to his remote island home, only to find the blood feud that wiped out so many families, including his own, is still tearing apart the island. On his first day back he narrowly escapes with his life. While tending the wounds, of the feudist Bostan, he discovers Bostan's true identity.

New and collectible gift hardback edition of Andrew Kaufman's cult novel. Includes new chapter profiling 28 superheroes and lists of superhero facts. This delightful book will be adored and treasured by all devotees of 'All My Friends are Superheroes'.

An uplifting novel about the healing power of cooking.

A sweeping novel weaving ancient Byzantine history and legend with a searing modern day romantic adventure. 'A Hitchcockian comedy-mystery' "Independent

Collection of short stories by Czech women.

The Hungry Ghosts is an exquisite tale of differences and how they can tear apart both a country and the heart - not just once, but many times, until the ghosts are freed. This a haunting and captivating story of longing, family ties and forgiveness from award winning author Shyam Selvadurai.

An ode to Virginia Woolf, this is the new novel by critically acclaimed writer, Maggie Gee. A vivacious, sexy and ultimately uplifting novel about the life of a female writer and her relationships.

This delightful book provides readers a key to more than one secret room of Borges's magical worlds."--Mahmoud Darwish "Alberto Manguel is to reading what Casanova was to sex."--"Scotland on Sunday" "His stories about Borges . . . [are] wrapped in luminous poetry."--"The Toronto Star" Winner of the 2003 Prix du livre en Poitou-Charentes. In 1964, in Buenos Aires, a blind writer in his sixties approached a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk and a...

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Introducing exceptional new literary voices from Lebanon.

Features stories of dysfunctional marriages, abnormal goings on in rural outposts, urban alienation and kitchen sink dramas where the woman is no longer tied to the kitchen sink, but railing against past wrongs. This work also talks about various issues of domestic violence, child abuse, and abortion.

The sequel to the cult classic For Bread Alone.

Exquisite stories that engage with the grand narratives of our time.

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Translated from the Hungarian by the award winning writer and poet George Szirtes, this is a heart rending story of a woman's relationship with her father. Kiss's father was a Holocaust survivor, and planned to write a grand oeuvre that would establish the merits of Communism for good. As he dies, Kiss discovers her own Jewish roots.

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Introducing exceptional new literary voices from Palestine.