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Notes of a crocodile

Qiu, Miaojin, 1969-19952017
Books, Manuscripts
Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, 'Notes of a Crocodile' is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nickname...
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Family lexicon

Ginzburg, Natalia2018
Books, Manuscripts
Giuseppe Levi, the father, is a scientist, consumed by his work and a mania for hiking - when he isn't provoked into angry remonstration by someone misspeaking or misbehaving or wearing the wrong thing. Giuseppe is Jewish, married to Lidia, a Catholic, though neither is religious; they live in th...
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The shadow of the wind

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-2018
Books, Manuscripts
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. A man brings his 10-year-old son to the library and allows him to choose one book to keep. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested i...
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Anxious people

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-2021
Books, Manuscripts
In a small town in Sweden, it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you'll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank. Two hours later, chaos has descended. A bungled attempted robbery has developed into a hostage situation - and the offender is refusing to communicate ...
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Madonna in a fur coat

Sabahattin Ali, 1906-19482021
Books, Manuscripts
A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life, in this emotionally powe...
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Eurotrash

Kracht, Christian, 1966-2024
Books, Manuscripts
Realising he and she are the very worst kind of people, our unnamed middle-aged narrator embarks on a highly dubious road trip through Switzerland with his terminally ill and terminally drunken mother. They try unsuccessfully to give away or squander the fortune she has amassed from investing in ...
[2 copies, 7 reserves]
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On the calculation of volume. Book I

Balle, Solvej, 1962-2024
Books, Manuscripts
Tara Selter has slipped out of time. Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November. She no longer expects to wake up to the 19th of November, and she no longer remembers the 17th of November as if it were yesterday. She comes to know the shape of the day like the back of her hand - the grey...
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Blood ties

Nesbø, Jo, 1960-2025
Books, Manuscripts
In many ways, the brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they've had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os where they've had to kill their way to the top. Carl manages the area's swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an amusement park ...
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Butter

Yuzuki, Asako, 1981-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That...
[3 copies, 38 reserves]
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French windows

Laurain, Antoine2025
Books, Manuscripts
Nathalia Guitry was a successful photographer. Until the day she caught a murder on camera. At therapy, Doctor Faber suggests a way out of her creative block: she must write stories about the people she sees in the building opposite, floor by floor. Starting with the actor turned YouTube life coa...
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