Bøger udgivet af Istros Books
-
188,95 kr. This is a pseudo-autobiographical novel that returns post-postmodernism to modernism and offers an intimate portrayal of the limits of women's desire and freedom against the backdrop of ethnic, class and gender tensions of a declining Austro-Hungarian empire.
- Bog
- 188,95 kr.
-
167,95 kr. A meditation of the cultural and religious significance of bread throughout history
- Bog
- 167,95 kr.
-
171,95 kr. Catherine is a powerful female voice seeking her place within her family, among friends, in the cities she lives in, and constructing her unique identity as a daughter, granddaughter, friend, mistress, wife and a mother.
- Bog
- 171,95 kr.
-
204,95 kr. Queries the concept of six degrees of separation as it relates dozens of tales, some entertaining, others unpredictable or tragic. She weaves her way through an amusing chain of interlinked lives and complex personalities connected by insanity (manifest or latent).Old sins do indeed cast long shadows.
- Bog
- 204,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. - Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. A Swarm of Dust is one of Flisar's finest works of fiction, questioning the very notion of objective truth and subverting the norms of Judeo-Christian morality
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. From one of Slovakia's most respected authors, this tender and sensitive look at an elderly couple dealing with illness might remind readers of Michael Haneke's award-winning film, Amour.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. Gaudeamus (Let us Rejoice) is the second autobiographical novel written by the author about his university years, and follows on from his Dairy of a Short-Sighted Adolescent.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
118,95 kr. - Bog
- 118,95 kr.
-
172,95 kr. - Bog
- 172,95 kr.
-
142,95 - 263,95 kr. - Bog
- 142,95 kr.
-
170,95 kr. Wild Woman is an anti-love story, set against a background of economic hardship. Told through the undiluted language of thought and mania, the twists and turns of internal dialogue are brought alive by a narrator determined to find her true voice.To go wild in order to be free.
- Bog
- 170,95 kr.
-
147,95 kr. - Bog
- 147,95 kr.
-
165,95 kr. Doppelganger consists of two stories that skillfully revisit the question of "doubles" and how an individual is perpetually caught between their own beliefs and those imposed on them by society.
- Bog
- 165,95 kr.
-
168,95 kr. A bohemian novel set in 1970s Yugoslavia which follows the loves and losses of a disfunctional family in Belgrade.
- Bog
- 168,95 kr.
-
166,95 kr. With this collection of brutal and heart-wrenching stories, the Bosnian writer Faruk Sehic secured his reputation as one of the greatest writers to emerge from the region. A war veteran and a poet, Sehic combines beauty and horror to seduce and surprise the reader.
- Bog
- 166,95 kr.
-
128,95 kr. A historical novel which looks at Central Europe in the 16th century - a territory plagued by ceaseless battles for supremacy between the Protestant political elite and the ruling Catholic Habsburg Monarchy. I
- Bog
- 128,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. A stunning, unique and deadly serious exploration of the roots and results of the Bosnian civil war of the early 1990s. Magical realism Balkan style: complete with some of the most terrifying characters of fantasy fiction.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
213,95 kr. A seminal novel by one of Romania's most respected writers and intellectuals An early exploration of adolescence, first love and burning ambition.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
-
133,95 kr. 'Hair Everywhere' is the touchng story of one family and how they cope with curing the incurable disease: cancer.
- Bog
- 133,95 kr.
-
118,95 kr. In the tradition of Bulgakov, Gogol and Kafka Ales Steger lets the forces of good and evil collide in this grandiose literary thriller. This is a debut novel filled with striking personae, haunting images and a grotesque plot. It proves, in the end, to be a journey into the heart of a European darkness.
- Bog
- 118,95 kr.
-
153,95 kr. Years after the end of the conflict that tore about the country of Yugoslavia, a man goes in search of this father's true identity. A hard-hitting examination of a generation from the former Yugoslavia that escaped the bullets but not the war.
- Bog
- 153,95 kr.
-
213,95 kr. Dry Season is a record of a love affair that spans continents and defies expectations. When a retired designer from Slovenia starts a relationship with a man from Burkino Faso less than half her age, the stage is set for a battle against prejudice, racism and the social mores that both societies set on them.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
-
253,95 kr. A murder mystery, a tale of time-travel and a wonderful evocation of the "spirit" of fin de siecle Central Europe. This award-winning novel takes the reader and the hero back in time to life more simple and more romantic.
- Bog
- 253,95 kr.
-
118,95 kr. Set during Byron's famous journey across the Balkans in the aurum of 1809, this is a fictional reimagining of a love affair between the famous poet and a local beauty
- Bog
- 118,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. A collection of short stories which focus very much on the position of women in society, and in particular in modern Turkish society.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
208,95 kr. One of the most exciting and beautifully written books to come out of contemporary Croatia. A suicide, a quest for truth, a desire for revenge and a love story thrown in, all set in a landscape redolent of transient glamour and unrealized small-town dreams.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
- Fairy Tales from the Left Pocket
208,95 kr. Fairytales for adults: erotic, tragic, sometimes absurd and often very funny
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
-
198,95 kr. One man's search for his true identity through an investigation of his parent's past which leads him to discover truths about the former Yugoslav secret services. Through his own unique and now recognizable style, Nikolaidis takes us into a world of criminal intrigue and a dissection of our humble human existence. Powerful, rich in philosophy.
- Bog
- 198,95 kr.
-
- From Stalinism to Capitalism
202,95 kr. A fascinating dissection of the political and social events which rapidly bought one of the world's strictest Stalinist regime to rough capitalism and financial collapse.
- Bog
- 202,95 kr.