11 Feb
Sylvia Plath died 1963. An American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Best known for her poetry, and her death which mirrored an attempted suicide in The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel. Read books by Sylvia Plath
Read the opening extract of the brand new Lauren DeStefano book before its publication on 16/02/2012
The Color Purple - Special Limited Edition Alice Walker
A book about friendship and sisterhood. Celie has suffered terrible abuse at the hands of her father, and then husband, but slowly she finds a way to escape the cycle that has been her life. Perfect reading for a book... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
The Shadow of the Wind - Special Limited Edition Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Barcelona, a city of secret police and secret love. In it a
bookseller’s son finds a forgotten novel and stumbles upon a mystery as
all copies of the author’s books are sought and destroyed by a sinister
character who calls himself after the... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Special Limited Edition Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn experienced Stalin’s camps first hand having been sent for making derogatory remarks about Stalin in a letter. This novel expresses the true horror and injustice of the labour camps by simply describing one day. A brilliant work that should... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
The Reader - Special Limited Edition Bernhard Schlink
One of my favourite books of 1998, the sort that, on completion,
leaves you stunned and really does stay with you for – well, in my case
– years as it was 10 years ago that I read it but now, with... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
A Suitable Boy - Special Limited Edition Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
Sophie's World - Special Limited Edition Jostein Gaarder
Ex-philosophy teacher Jostein Gaarder & Albert Knos stimulate 15
year old Sophieto ask those fundamental questions which have exercised
the imaginations of Children Philosophers since the dawn of
civilisation. Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
The Siege of Krishnapur - Special Limited Edition J.G. Farrell
This won the Booker Prize back in 1973. A brilliant, dark humorous book about the decline of colonialism and an exploration of class, race and culture in general. Great stuff. Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
The World According to Garp - Special Limited Edition John Irving
A family saga and a half! Garp’s world is unusual and surreal and incredibly normal all at the same time but this is a trick John Irving manages to bring to many of his novels. A brilliant read, it will... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
Lolita - Special Limited Edition Vladimir Nabokov
This controversial novel is a masterful observation of the dark side of human nature. Although it is a story about an older man seducing a much younger girl and may make for uncomfortable reading the characters are so well drawn... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing a beautifully designed hardback collection of nine of the imprint's finest works of fiction.
The range of books covers Weidenfeld & Nicolson’s long publishing history as the list evolved, from its first fiction bestseller, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov to the runaway international bestseller The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
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Vladimir Nabokov 
