New Releases by Helen Dunmore

Katie and Zillah are looking forward to the Cornish summer that stretches ahead of them, all swimming and surfing and long, lazy hot days. Then travellers arrive at Zillah''s dad''s campsite and soon tensions develop. Katie makes friends with Rose, one of the travellers, and suddenly there''s a chill between her and Zillah. It leads Katie to wonder about their friendship, until something happens that puts everything in perspective, something that could threaten their friendship for ever... "Dunmore is a wonderful storyteller" the Observer.

Livre-culte des années quatre-vingt enfin réédité dans sa version intégrale, chef-d''œuvre littéraire et document de premier plan sur la culture gay d''avant le sida, Le Danseur de Manhattan dépeint un âge d''or révolu, celui d''une fête permanente, sans tabous ni contraintes. Depuis qu''il a découvert son homosexualité, Malone, jeune homme de bonne famille d''une extraordinaire beauté, erre dans New York à la recherche de l''amour absolu. Guidé dans les méandres du milieu underground par Sutherland, une folle flamboyante, Malone s''enivre de plaisirs neufs, goûtant frénétiquement aux drogues, au sexe et à la danse. Des boîtes de nuit de Manhattan aux orgies extravagantes de Fire Island commence alors une lente déchéance dont l''issue ne peut être que la rédemption ou la mort... À la fois lyrique et poignant, ce roman au réalisme cru dit toute la souffrance d''un homme en quête de pureté dans un monde d''apparences où les rires tonitruants étouffent les larmes de désespoir.

Called "elegantly, starkly beautiful" by "The New York Times Book Review, The Siege" is Dunmore''s masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental--the Nazi''s 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed 600,000--but her focus is heartrendingly intimate.

Een tot vetzuchtige alcoholica verworden vrouw verliest haar man aan een keurige huisvrouw.

Moving to Cornwall so her mother can rediscover her art after the tragic death of her father, Katie finds herself drawn to Zillah, a strange silent girl who spends her time restoring an old boat and wears a diamond ring around her neck.

Bestselling British author Helen Dunmore--novelist, poet, and first-ever winner of the Orange Prize for the year''s best fiction by a woman--delivers a "haunting . . . twisting, sensually written tale" ("The New York Times Book Review") of betrayal and fierce love. It is the story of Louise, a tough and introspective Londoner, trapped in a subtle battle between two brothers.

Abandoned by their parents, Catherine and her brother, Rob, are left to the care of their mysterious grandfather, living in an enclosed and stifling world, where their only solace is their relationship with each other.

De hechte en intieme relatie die twee zussen sinds hun jeugd hebben, verandert dramatisch wanneer de een de ander ervan beschuldigt indertijd hun drie maanden oude broertje vermoord te hebben.

Een gehuwde vrouwelijke kantonrechter ontmoet na twintig jaar haar vroegere geliefde, die na de oorlog in Vietnam jarenlang verpleegd is geweest.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Another volume in a series highlighting contemporary British poetry. It features the work of three poets and they themselves have made the selections.

Written especially for beginner readers, this pack of stories aims to capture children''s imaginations and help to develop their confidence in reading.

Twenty-five years after the death of their baby brother in his crib, a death that stills haunts them both, sisters Isabel and Nina are brought back together by the birth of Isabel''s son, unlocking searing hidden memories and prompting ultimate betrayal and a shocking tragedy.

Most of the country is unnatural. Even apparently wild places such as moors and commons were created by a complex chain of decisions: to fell trees, to graze animals, to drain land. Helen Dunmore''s The Raw Garden relates these changes wrought in the landscape through centuries of human intervention to the fascinating and sometimes terrifying state of change made possible by recent advances in genetic engineering. This book of closely linked poems celebrates a familiar world of landscape and human relationships, but at the same time it leads us to explore and question our own "sense of the natural".

The Apple Fall is a remarkably assured first book of poems. It is a celebration of the lives of all kinds of women, from figures such as Virginia Woolf and Zelda Fitzgerald to the anonymous peace campaigners of Greenham Common. Helen Dunmore''s poems are concerned with that web of family which constricts or supports us: about becoming a mother and living closely with children; about the many facets of solitude. Helen Dunmore has a strong command of rhythm, and writes with fluency and sensitivity to achieve both precision and sensuousness. Her poems are fresh and direct, combining authority with lightness of touch - rare qualities in contemporary poetry. The Apple Fall is a book of poems with the widest appeal.