'A masterpiece... one of the best prose writers in our time' Michael OndaatjeRobert Grainier is a day labourer in the American West, felling the trees that feed the railways. It is the start of the twentieth century, and the world is changing at a rapid pace.

Life is fragile in the wilds of the frontier; disease and forest fires are rife. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainier journeys, struggling to make sense of the bewildering changes transforming the nation. Rich and muscular, sweep...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined. Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria.

Self-assured Ifemelu heads for America. But quiet, thoughtful Obinze finds post-9/11 America closed to...

"One of the most provocative, intelligent and original novelists working in Britain today." Irvine Welsh. My dad taught us to be prepared for whatever was coming. He said we should know the facts about how long we could survive without food, water or fresh air, and to remember that we couldn't live at all without hope.

It was better, he said, to be ahead of the game. Better to be ten years too early than one minute too late. That's why he did what he did, on that morning ...

Inspired by her f...

Modeontwerpster Barbara besluit vanwege gedoe op haar werk een paar dagen eerder naar Curaçao te gaan om al aan haar vakantie te beginnen. Daar aangekomen ziet ze haar man Norbert met een andere vrouw. Tot overmaat van ramp komt ze erachter dat Norbert degene is die haar bedrijf dwarsboomt. Verlangend naar rust gaat ze naar Kreta, waar ze echter heel wat meer vindt. Hoe dat afloopt, lees je in 'Winter op Kreta'. Deze nieuwe Eva de Wit is weer net zo fijn als haar eerdere feelgoodtoppers zoal...