New Releases by Susanna Clarke

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting illustrated short story full of medieval magic 1110 A.D. The fairy host sweeps across the North of England and the city of Durham is under siege. Wearily the Bishop of Durham, Ranulf Flambard, prepares to surrender - something which proves far more difficult than he could have imagined. His quest will lead him through a landscape of unco-operative rivers and enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne - where, with any luck, he will be received by a court of deceptive, would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King. A long-lost chapter in the lore of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City is an enchanting and enchanted adventure into the magic of medieval England. Praise for Susanna Clarke: ''Spellbinding'' Dua Lipa ''A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling'' Madeline Miller ''Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous'' Katherine Rundell

National Bestseller USA Today Bestseller From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award; longlisted for the Man Booker Prize ''Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years ... Funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical'' NEIL GAIMAN The year is 1806. centuries have passed[Bokinfo].

La Terra dels Follets no està tan lluny com ens imaginem. A vegades, només cal creuar una línia invisible per descobrir que haurem d’enfrontar-nos amb princeses cregudes, mussols rancorosos i dames que broden maleficis; o amb fosques sendes interminables i mansions que mai se’ns apareixen amb el mateix aspecte. Barrejant la fina comèdia social victoriana amb temes clàssics del folklore britànic, i el rigor històric amb una desbordant i fèrtil imaginació, Susanna Clarke ens transporta a un món singular i inesperat, l’atmosfera del qual posseeix el sabor fascinant i alhora veraç dels somnis. Una col·lecció fascinant de deu històries situades al món fantàstic de l’Anglaterra del segle XIX de Jonathan Strange i el senyor Norrell.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1806. Seit Jahrhunderten gibt es keine Zauberei mehr in England. Doch während auf dem Festland der Krieg gegen Napoleon tobt, entdecken die Zaubereihistoriker, dass es noch einen praktizierenden Magier gibt: Mr. Norrell, ein Einzelgänger, der zurückgezogen in Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire lebt. Noch ehe sich Regierung und High Society von dieser Überraschung erholt haben, taucht ein zweiter Zauberer auf: der junge, charismatische Jonathan Strange. Die beiden Männer, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, schließen sich im Dienste der Krone zusammen, um in den Krieg einzugreifen. Doch Strange wird von der dunklen, mysteriösen Magie des Rabenkönigs angezogen, des größten Zauberers aller Zeiten. Um mehr über ihn zu erfahren, riskiert er sogar die Freundschaft zu seinem Mentor. Doch Mr. Norrell hat ebenfalls ein magisches Geheimnis, das ihn und alles, was er sich aufgebaut hat, zerstören könnte, wenn es jemals ans Licht käme ...

The award-winning, New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that Madeline Miller called, “a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling,” Piranesi is an intoxicating, hypnotic novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

La 4ème de couverture indique : 1806. Dans une Angleterre usée par les guerres napoléoniennes, un magicien à l''ancienne mode, Mr Norrell, offre ses services afin d''empêcher l''avancée de la flotte française. En quelques jours, les Anglais ont repris l''avantage. Norrell devient la coqueluche du pays. C''est alors qu''il fait la connaissance d''un Jeune et brillant magicien, Jonathan Strange. Ensemble, les deux hommes vont éblouir l''Angleterre par leurs prouesses. Jusqu''à ce que l''audacieux Strange, attiré par les aspects les plus sombres de la magie, provoque la colère de Mr Norrell...

Presents an anthology of stories set in a mysterious, fantastical version of England populated by petulant princesses, vengeful owls, and endless paths in the dark woods, and features the Duke of Wellington and other colorful characters.

In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for rich, reclusive Mr Norell, who has regained some of the power of England''s magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell''s pupil.

The entrancing international bestseller and "TIME(" #1 Book of the Year comes to paperback. Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Clarke''s magisterial novel--the story of the rise of two very different magicians--weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of 19th-century England.

A prática da magia foi considerada extinta da Inglaterra desde os tempos medievais do Rei Corvo. Em 1806, aqueles que se intitulam magos são apenas estudiosos da história da magia. Mas, um dia, dois desses magos teóricos resolvem investigar os motivos do desaparecimento da magia. E assim conhecem Mr. Norrell, um mago recluso que desafia a todos ao mostrar seus poderes. Para provar que a magia ainda existe, Mr. Norrell reúne os magos teóricos na catedral de York e faz com que as estátuas de pedra comecem a falar. Em troca de seu ato, exige a imediata dissolução da Sociedade de Magos. Agora com fama e poder, ele abandona a reclusão e vai para Londres, onde colabora com o governo no combate a Napoleão Bonaparte. Começa então a colocar em prática seu plano secreto de controlar a magia na Inglaterra. Tudo vai bem, até o momento em que seu discípulo, o arrogante e impetuoso Jonathan Strange, resolve se rebelar contra a visão restrita de Norrell sobre o lugar destinado à magia. Strange decide seguir seu próprio rumo como mago e resgatar os poderes do lendário Rei Corvo, mas acaba colocando em risco a si próprio, aos que o cercam e à toda a Inglaterra.