SONG FOR AN APPROACHING STORM

PETER FRÖBERG IDLING

‘Beautifully evocative… a must-read novel’ Daily Mail

THE RABBIT BACK LITERATURE SOCIETY

PASI ILMARI JÄÄSKELÄINEN

‘Wonderfully knotty… a very grown-up fantasy masquerading as quirky fable. Unexpected, thrilling and absurd’ Sunday Telegraph

RED LOVE: THE STORY OF AN EAST GERMAN FAMILY

MAXIM LEO

‘Beautiful and supremely touching… an unbearably poignant description of a world that no longer exists’ Sunday Telegraph

THE BREAK

PIETRO GROSSI

‘Small and perfectly formed… reaching its end leaves the reader desirous to start all over again’ Independent

FROM THE FATHERLAND, WITH LOVE

RYU MURAKAMI

‘If Haruki is The Beatles of Japanese literature, Ryu is its Rolling Stones’ David Pilling

BUTTERFLIES IN NOVEMBER

AUÐUR AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR

‘A funny, moving and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals’ Financial Times

BARCELONA SHADOWS

MARC PASTOR

‘As gruesome as it is gripping… the writing is extraordinarily vivid… Highly recommended’ Independent

THE LAST DAYS

LAURENT SEKSIK

‘Mesmerising… Seksik’s portrait of Zweig’s final months is dignified and tender’ Financial Times

BY BLOOD

ELLEN ULLMAN

‘Delicious and intriguing’ Daily Telegraph

WHILE THE GODS WERE SLEEPING

ERWIN MORTIER

‘A monumental, phenomenal book’ De Morgen

THE BRETHREN

ROBERT MERLE

‘A master of the historical novel’ Guardian

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Sarada kinenbi by Machi Tawara

Original text © 1987 by Machi Tawara

English translation © 1989 by Juliet Winters Carpenter. All rights reserved.

Originally published in Japanese by Kawade

Shobo Shinsha Ltd. Publishers, Tokyo

English translation originally published by Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo

English translation and publication rights arranged with Kawade Shobo Shinsha Ltd. Publishers through The Michael Staley Agency, Inc., Tokyo

This edition first published by Pushkin Press in 2014

ISBN 978 1 782271 05 5

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