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This Other Eden (Paul Harding)
This Other Eden Author: Paul Harding List: Recent Prize Short List (Shortlist, Man Booker 2023) Year of publication: 2023 Pages: 224 Goodreads: This Other Eden
art
Orpheus
Orfeo (Richard Powers)
Orfeo Author: Richard Powers Project: Orpheus – power of music / love and trust Year of publication: 2014 Pages: 400 Goodreads: Orfeo “Combining music with science leads to a witch hunt by the […]
War
The Garden of Evening Mists (Tan Twang Eng)
The Garden of Evening Mists tells the story of Yun Ling Teoh, a woman seeking solace and redemption in the aftermath of World War II. Set in the highlands of Malaya, the novel explores themes […]
Open Option
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession Author: A.S. Byatt Label: Open Option Year of publication: 1990 Pages: 555 Goodreads: Possession “Two parallel stories, one of artists and one of academic researchers unified by romance. With poetry, letters, diary […]
Recent Prize Winner
The Italian Teacher (Tom Rachman)
The Italian Teacher Author: Tom Rachman Label: Recent Prize Winner Year of publication: 2018 Pages: 336 Goodreads: The Italian Teacher
Recent Prize Winner
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to be Both follows the intertwined stories of George, a young artist navigating grief and identity, and a 15th-century fresco painter. Through their experiences, the novel explores themes of gender, art, and survival. The […]
Open Option
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Oscar Wilde Project: Orpheus – fleeting nature of happiness Year: 1888 Pages: 253 Goodreads: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Open Option
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector tells the story of Frederick Clegg, an introverted and socially awkward man who becomes infatuated with Miranda Grey, an art student. He kidnaps her and holds her captive in his basement, hoping to […]