Magical Realism Books

By: Graham SwiftBinding: Paperback / softbackThe Booker Shortlisted Modern Classic from the author of Last Orders, Mothering Sunday and Here We Are One summer morning in 1943, lock-keeper Henry Crick finds the drowned body of a sixteen-year-old boy. Nearly forty years later, his son...

By Mohsin Hamid (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 240 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241979068Published: 8 Feb 2018Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight: 174gDimensions: 152 x 197 x 16 (mm) A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick - Booker...

By Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Will Self (Introduction By)Format: Paperback / softback 464 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Vintage ClassicsISBN: 9780099540946Published: 7 Jan 2010Classifications: fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translationWeight: 324gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 (mm)Russia's literary world is shaken to its foundations Russia's literary...

By Eowyn Ivey (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 448 pagesPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupImprint: Tinder PressISBN :9780755380534Published: 30 Aug 2012Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight: 316gDimensions: 131 x 198 x 28 (mm) A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn...

by  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Author)Series: Penguin Modern ClassicsFormat: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin ClassicsISBN:9780141189208Published:6 Sep 2007Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Readership: General (US: Trade)Weight:318gDimensions:197 x 130 x 29 (mm)Pub. Country: United KingdomLanguage: English   Description A poignant meditation...

By Toni Morrison (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 352 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Vintage ClassicsISBN: 9780099511656Published: 6 Dec 2007Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight: 248gDimensions: 196 x 132 x 22 (mm) Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies...

By Isabel Allende (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 496 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Vintage ClassicsISBN: 9780099528562Published: 7 Jul 2011Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight: 348gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 33 (mm) As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as...

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe, there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One unlucky day, Nora Seed finds herself within the hallowed walls of the Midnight Library, a place of...

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Author)Series: Penguin Modern ClassicsFormat: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin ClassicsISBN: 9780141184999Published:31 Aug 2000Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Readership: General (US: Trade)Weight:318gDimensions:196 x 129 x 25 (mm)Pub. Country: United KingdomLanguage:...

Midnight's Children is a sweeping, magical realist novel that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the tumultuous birth of modern India. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 - the precise moment of India's independence from British rule - Saleem Sinai...

In the shimmering mirage of Silicon Valley, a young Indian American man grapples with the weight of his ambitions and the expectations of his immigrant parents. Sanjena Sathian's debut novel, 'Gold Diggers', weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of magical realism, where alchemy and mythology intertwine...

Journey between the land of the Living and the spirit world in this magical Booker Prize-winning novel 'So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use' Azaro, is...

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through the realms of imagination with Helen Oyeyemi's spellbinding novel, "Peaces." At its heart, a couple named Otto and Xavier find themselves on a seemingly endless train journey, accompanied by their peculiar pet mongoose. As the narrative unfolds, Oyeyemi...

In a world where technology has advanced beyond our wildest dreams, Klara, an Artificial Friend, narrates a poignant and thought-provoking tale that blurs the line between human and machine. Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara and the Sun" takes us on a mesmerizing journey through a dystopian...

By Ruth Ozeki (Author)Series: CanonsFormat: Paperback / softback 464 pages, NoPublisher: Canongate BooksImprint: Canongate CanonsEdition: Main - CanonsISBN: 9781838856250Published: 2 Jun 2022Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight:312gDimensions:129 x 196 x 34 (mm) In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a...

By Angela Carter (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 368 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Vintage ClassicsISBN: 9780099388616Published: 29 Sep 1994Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight :258gDimensions: 199 x 130 x 23 (mm) Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?Courted by the...

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsImprint: Oneworld PublicationsISBN: 9781786074430Published: 4 Oct 2018Classifications: Uganda, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Myth & legend told as fiction, Historical fiction, African historyWeight: 374gDimensions: 196 x 178 x 32 (mm) 'Ugandan...

Step into the deliciously offbeat world of Karen Russell's "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." This spellbinding collection of short stories blends the magical with the mundane, inviting you to lose yourself in tales that are at once whimsical and profound. From the poignant story...

By Jose Saramago (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 400 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Vintage ClassicsISBN: 9781784871819Published: 1 Mar 2018Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translationWeight: 326gDimensions: 159 x 145 x 25 (mm)Pub. Country: United Kingdom This deeply personal work, follows the changing...