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Discover outstanding, thought-provoking essay-writing about life in all its complexity, by authors including Andrew O'Hagan, Hanif Kureishi and Samantha Irby.

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9780571384587

The stunningly illustrated notebooks of the Nobel prizewinning writer, translated into English for the first time.

Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks
Orhan Pamuk
£35£30
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9780571355648

From the renowned poet, novelist and memoirist, an ingenious constellation of writings on light, image, seeing . . . and the…

The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further
Lavinia Greenlaw
£10.99
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9780571341092

A marvellous book, lovingly edited, beautifully produced. . . and brimming with literary insights, much laughter, a sprinkle of gossip and…

The Letters of Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
£20£18
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9780571391158

A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation’s leading political voices.

Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
Gary Younge
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Our new heritage edition has been exclusively designed and crafted for Faber Members, with reproduced cover artwork based on the 1974…

Conundrum (Members Heritage Edition)
Jan Morris
£14.99
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9780571370542

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, a stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium…

Time’s Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War
Jeremy Eichler
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A captivating look at what draws us to the shocks and thrills of horror, by film critic and broadcaster Anna Bogutskaya.

Feeding the Monster: Why horror has a hold on us
Anna Bogutskaya
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From the renowned poet, novelist and memoirist, an ingenious constellation of writings on light, image, seeing . . . and the…

The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further (Hardback)
Lavinia Greenlaw
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The letters provide us with an intimate, multi-layered understanding of this extraordinary poet’s life and mind.

The Letters of Seamus Heaney (Hardback)
Seamus Heaney
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The collected letters of John McGahern, ‘one of the greatest writers of our era’ (Hilary Mantel) and ‘the most important Irish…

The Letters of John McGahern
John McGahern
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A stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium of cultural memory in the post-Holocaust…

Time’s Echo (Hardback)
Jeremy Eichler
£25£21
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Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era with Britain’s favourite columnist: the Sunday Times Bestseller.

What Just Happened?! Dispatches from Turbulent Times
Marina Hyde
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The No 1 New York Times bestselling essayist is back, on point, and ready to be the friend in print we…

Quietly Hostile
Samantha Irby
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A provocative and rousing essay collection from one of Europe’s greatest living writers.

A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe
Milan Kundera
£10£9
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Having-and-Being-Had

A personal reckoning with the intricacies of money, class and capitalism from the New York Times bestselling author.

Having and Being Had
Eula Biss
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Sergey Prokofiev Diaries 1924-1933: Prodigal Son is the final volume in the critically-acclaimed Prokofiev Diaries.

Sergey Prokofiev Diaries 1924-1933: Prodigal Son
Sergey Prokofiev
£40£35
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From the prizewinning poet and writer, an elegant, important and spirited work of self-investigation; the result of decades of answering questions…

Some Answers Without Questions
Lavinia Greenlaw
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The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature—and an author who is ‘tireless in his…

The Call of the Tribe: Essays
Mario Vargas Llosa
£18.99£16.99
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The searing essay collection by the Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist and social critic in paperback for the first time.

Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society
Mario Vargas Llosa
£14.99£12.99
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