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Literaire fictie algemeen (119)
The Pole and Other Stories
2024 || Paperback || J.M. Coetzee || Veltman Distributie Import Books
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Sociopath: A Memoir
2024 || Paperback || Patric Gagne || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An utterly compelling, drily funny, and, at times, jaw-dropping account of life as a diagnosed sociopath from a music manager who retrained as a therapist to better understand her condition, and help other sociopaths.
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
2024 || Paperback || Hiromi Kawakami || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.
'Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture' Stylist
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower.
After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share fo...
Alice in Borderland, Vol. 8
2024 || Paperback || Haro Aso || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An action-packed thriller and source of the hit Netflix drama where the only way to survive is to play the game!
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No Longer Human
2024 || Paperback || Osamu Dazai || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A completely new translation of Osamu Dazai's great masterpiece by award-winning translator Juliet Winters Carpenter.
"A journey to hell with Osamu Dazai, Japan's ultimate bad boy novelist" —Damian Flanagan, The Japan Times
No Longer Human is the story of Yozo Oba, who, from early childhood, finds it impossible to form meaningful relationships with family or friends. As a child he copes by acting the fool—mocking himself while entertaining others. As an adult he turns to alcohol, sex and ...
The Binding
2024 || Paperback || Bridget Collins || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A NEW EDITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
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My Friends
From the Pulitzer-prize winning author of THE RETURN
2024 || Paperback || Hisham Matar || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author of THE RETURN
Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on pro...
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The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . .
2024 || Paperback || Alexia Casale || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A darkly comedic story . . . I loved it' JESSE SUTANTO, author of Dial A for Aunties
‘Poignant and funny, dark and searing’ ANDREA MARA, author of No One Saw a Thing
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Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . .
Sally never meant to cave her husband's head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn't until suddenly, she did.
But Sally isn't the only woman in town being pushed to breaking point. When coincidence brings four strangers together, a surprising solidarity is formed.
So can they find the best way to bury their husbands - and get away with i...
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Until August
2024 || Hardcover || Gabriel Garcia Marquez || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.
Amid sultry days and tropical downpo...
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Zero Days
The deadly cat-and-mouse thriller from the internationally bestselling author
2024 || Paperback || Ruth Ware || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets The Fugitive in this propulsive thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband's murderer.