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The Canons
The Canons are books without boundaries. Some are classics already, the rest will be soon.
An honest and moving portrait of the everyday messiness of life, and the complications of love
A collection of excerpts from unpublished writings and speeches by the
New York Times
bestselling author of the Sea trilogy and the seminal
Silent Spring
Alasdair Gray’s remarkable retelling of Dante’s
Divine Comedy;
this edition brings Gray’s
Hell
,
Purgatory
and
Paradise
together into a single edition for the first time
A powerful and moving novel recounting the life and death of Walter Benjamin from the award-winning author
The third volume in Rachel Carson’s classic and
New York Times
bestselling Sea trilogy, about the delicate beauty of the shoreline, introduced by Margaret Atwood
40th anniversary commemorative hardback edition of the modern classic
A fantastical comedy from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray
From the genius of Scottish letters, a satire of religion, the media and London
The
New York Times
bestselling and National Book Award-winning story collection which takes readers to the frontline of the Iraq wars. ‘A must read’
Guardian
An autobiographical novella recounting the move towards reconciliation between a father and son; translated for the first time in English
A travel literature classic. Introduced by Geoff Dyer: ‘As a book about Yugoslavia it’s a kind of metaphysical
Lonely Planet
that never requires updating’
The extraordinary memoir of an ordinary woman’s life
A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw and the part it plays in the patchwork of its distinguished author’s life. A mix of memoir, jigsaw history and the strange delights of puzzling
A groundbreaking new translation of Dostoyevsky’s most radical work of fiction. Introduced by DBC Pierre
A remarkable collection about what it means to be human, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize
A mother struggles to protect her children as Bangladesh fights for independence; winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
A classic of Holocaust literature from the camps’ oldest known survivor; introduced by Alan Yentob
A classic of South African literature, adapted into a major motion picture, introduced by Jonathan Kaplan
A wry and lyrical take on what it means to be an outsider through the lens of one of mythology’s most monstrous creatures: the Minotaur
The perennial cult classic, introduced by Irvine Welsh
A fictional account of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt’s mistress and confidante, published on the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death
The Orange-Prize-shortlisted debut novel from beloved Scottish writer Anne Donovan
A powerful anti-war statement and memoir, with a foreword by Bruce Springsteen
The international bestseller; longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Ondaatje Prize
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