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As ever, our books this year are inspired by our bookshops. Readers can find count-less guidebooks in our shops but they will also encounter an array of writers and perspectives to accompany them on their travels, real or imaginary. The authors on our list, whether classic or contemporary, writing in English or brought to us in translation, use individual lives to reveal untold stories, uncover hidden histories and illuminate our understanding of the world, in places big and small, from tiny islands to whole continents.

Sujatha Gidla’s memoir Ants Among Elephants tells the story of modern India from the bottom up. Secrets are uncovered on the Danish island of Møn in Tomorrow

and, in A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid confronts Antigua’s colonial past. In essays ranging across Italy and London, The Little Virtues introduces Natalia Ginzburg’s distinctive voice; her novel Family Lexicon transports us to a lively family home in Turin. In the Distance takes us on a journey across 19th century America while John McPhee leads us deep into the vast forests of New Jersey in The Pine Barrens. Finally, in Consider the Oyster, M.F.K. Fisher jumps off land and under water to explore the eternal allure of the delicious oyster.

Happy reading!

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ContentsTomorrow Elisabeth Russell Taylor

A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid

The Little Virtues Natalia Ginzburg

Ants Among Elephants Sujatha Gidla

In the Distance Hernan Diaz

Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg

The Pine Barrens John McPhee

Consider the Oyster M.F.K. Fisher

A Cat, a Man, and Two Women Junichiro Tanizaki

Limited Edition Short Story Series

Backlist

Contact Information

About Daunt Books Publishing

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TomorrowElisabeth Russell Taylorwith an introduction by Alison Moore

‘A haunting, beautifully written lament for the isolating power of love.’ – Financial Times

Every year Elisabeth Danziger travels to the Danish island of Møn to spend a week at The Tamarisks, a lavish hotel which was once her family’s second home. Elisabeth stays in the same room and walks familiar paths. She visits the local museum; she unscrews the panel of an old bath tub to retrieve the crumbling piece of paper on which is written her name and that of Daniel Eberhardt – her beloved cousin.

Elisabeth’s annual pilgrimage is part of a long-standing family promise to meet again in Møn after their separation during the war. Only she fulfilled the promise, and she has no reason to suspect this year will be any different from all the others…

ELISABETH RUSSELL TAYLOR was born in 1930 in London. She is the award-winning author of six novels, three short-story collections, four books for children, and five works of non-fiction.

PUBLICATION DATEFebruary 2018

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£9.99168 pagesB format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-12-9eISBN: 978-1-911547-13-6FictionBCN ex. Can

PRAISE

‘Winningly written in unshowy but graceful prose, full of precise observa-tions and unexpected lines. A compelling book with a surprise ending.’ – Observer

KEY POINTS

• For fans of Rose Tremain, Penelope Fitzgerald and Julian Barnes• Elisabeth Russell Taylor is one of the most important English novelists

of the post-war period; this reissue is a chance to reassess her contribu-tion to contemporary literature

• Reveals the untold story of Jews in Denmark during WWII

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A Small PlaceJamaica Kincaid with a new preface by the author

‘If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see…’

So begins Jamaica Kincaid’s powerful portrait of the damaged paradise that was her childhood home. The island of Antigua is a magical place of breath-taking beauty – with cloudless skies, dazzling blue waters, and majestic sunsets.

But it is also a place of dramatic contrasts. What one doesn’t see while visiting this ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies is the sweeping corruption, the dilapidated schools and hospitals and homes, and the shameful legacy of its colonial past. In A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid candidly appraises where she grew up, and makes palpable the impact of European colonisation and tourism.

PUBLICATION DATEMarch 2018

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£9.9996 pagesB format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-09-9eISBN: 978-1-911547-10-5Non-fictionBCN ex. Can

PRAISE

‘A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled.’ – Salman Rushdie

‘An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer.’ – Susan Sontag

‘Written with compassion, conviction, and a musical sense of language.’ – New York Times

KEY POINTS

• Jamaica Kincaid is a force: a masterful and award-winning writer, and this is her best book

• A modern classic and an unflinching exploration of Britain’s colonial past

• Non-fiction writing at its best: for fans of James Baldwin, Reni Eddo-Lodge and Geoff Dyer

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The Little VirtuesNatalia Ginzburgwith an introduction by Rachel Cusk

‘I really love and admire The Little Virtues.’ – Zadie SmithNatalia Ginzburg was one of the most important Italian writers of the twen-tieth century but her work has remained out of print in Britain for many years. In 2018 Daunt Books will republish Ginzburg’s greatest works – beginning with The Little Virtues.

‘As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones.’ So begins the titular essay of Natalia Ginzburg’s extraordinary memoir, which takes little things – shoes, meatballs, moneyboxes – and turns them into subjects of great significance. Ginzburg’s gaze ranges across the haunting effects of World War II, the craft of writing, the horrors of British food, and the Abruzzi – where she and her husband lived in forced exile under Fascist rule.

Written with the wisdom of a survivor and in a wry and poetically resonant style, these essays are as contemporary and relevant as when they were origi-nally published in the 1960s.

NATALIA GINZBURG (1916-1991) was born in Sicily. She wrote dozens of essays, plays and novels, including Voices in the Evening, All our Yesterdays, and Family Lexicon, which won the prestigious Strega Prize in 1963. She was involved in political activism throughout her life, and served in the Italian parliament from 1983-1987.

PUBLICATION DATEApril 2018

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KEY POINTS

• For fans of Maggie Nelson, Rebecca Solnit and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and the novels of Elena Ferrante and Jenny Offill

• Natalia Ginzburg is a major Italian writer and this publication will spark new interest in her work. Daunt Books will publish her novel Family Lexicon in Autumn 2018

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‘A punch-you-in-the-stomach-with-grief-and-beauty masterpiece.’ Maggie Nelson

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Ants Among ElephantsAn Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

Sujatha Gidla‘The most striking work of non-fiction set in India since Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo.’ – Economist

Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Cana-dian missionaries in the 1930s, making it possible for Gidla to attend elite schools and move to America at the age of twenty-six. It was only then that she saw how extraordinary – and yet how typical – her family history truly was.

Her mother and uncles were born in the last days of British colonial rule. They grew up in a world marked by poverty and injustice, but also full of possibility. The Independence movement promised freedom. Yet for un-touchables and other poor people, little changed. In rich, novelistic prose, Ants Among Elephants tells Gidla’s extraordinary family story, detailing her uncle’s emergence as a poet and revolutionary and her mother’s struggle for emancipation through education.

SUJATHA GIDLA was born an untouchable in Andhra Pradesh, India. She studied physics at the Regional Engineering College, Warangal. Her writing has appeared in the Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing. She lives in New York City and works as a conductor on the subway.

PUBLICATION DATEMay 2018

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£12.99352 pagesDemy hardbackISBN: 978-1-911547-20-4eISBN: 978-1-911547-21-1Non-fictionBCN ex. Can

KEY POINTS

• Instantly acclaimed on its US publication, this is a landmark new book on India sure to garner major publicity attention

• Gidla is an endlessly fascinating author; when she’s not writing she works as a subway conductor in New York City

• For readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Return and East West Street

Author Photo: Nancy Crampton

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‘One of the most significant, and haunting, books about India you’ll read.’ Financial Times

‘Unsentimental and deeply poignant… Gidla writes with quiet, fierce conviction.’ Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review

‘Outstanding in the intensity and scale of its revelations… Gidla’s book achieves the emotional power of V.S. Naipaul’s great novel A House for

Mr Biswas.’ Pankaj Mishra, New York Review of Books

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In the DistanceHernan DiazA lyrical western about loneliness, companionship and wonder

Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, ru-moured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as ‘the Hawk’.

But behind this myth is a tale of longing and survival. As a young man he is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus, to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. Determined to find Linus, Håkan sets out on a journey east, moving against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, ex-plorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream.

This is the story of a stranger in a strange new land, looking out onto the vast landscape in confusion, fear and wonder. As Håkan confronts desert and mountains, heat and ice, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness – all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance.

HERNAN DIAZ lives in New York, where he is associate director of the His-panic Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Borges, Between History and Eternity. This is his first novel.

PUBLICATION DATEJune 2018

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KEY POINTS

• An extraordinary and unexpected debut novel arriving with unanimous praise from the US

• For readers of Eleanor Catton, Sebastian Barry and Annie Proulx

PRAISE

‘It’s as if Herman Melville had navigated the American West, instead of the ocean.’ – The Nation

‘Brilliant… This suspenseful novel is a potent depiction of loneliness, a memorable immigration narrative, and a canny reinvention of the old-school western.’ – Publishers Weekly Books of the Year

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Family LexiconNatalia Ginzburg‘The places, events and people are all real. I have invented nothing.’

Natalia Ginzburg wrote her masterful, Strega Prize winning novel Family Lexicon while living in London in the 1960s. Homesick for her big, noisy Italian family, she summoned them in the pages of this book, which is a cel-ebration of the phrases and jokes, routines and rituals, arguments and insults and, above all, the repeated sayings that make up every family.

Giuseppe Levi is a Jewish scientist, consumed by his work and a mania for hiking. Impatient and intractable, he is constantly at odds with his impres-sionable and wistful wife Lidia – yet he cannot be without her. As their five children grow up against the backdrop of Mussolini’s Italy, the Levi house-hold must become more than just a home – but a stronghold against fas-cism.

Intimate, enchanting and comedic, Family Lexicon is a novel about memory, language, and the lasting power of family over all of us.

PUBLICATION DATESeptember 2018

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£9.99224 pagesB format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-25-9eISBN: 978-1-911547-26-6FictionBritain & Ireland

KEY POINTS

• Part of Daunt Books’ major reissue of the work of Natalia Ginzburg • For readers of Elena Ferrante, Zadie Smith and Anne Enright• Published in a beautiful and contemporary package to cement its status

as a modern classic

PRAISE

‘It is perhaps best to say straight off that the book is a masterpiece.’ – New Yorker

‘A profound commentary on Italian life.’ – Tim Parks, London Review of Books

‘A small, entrancing classic.' – Hermione Lee

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The Pine BarrensJohn McPhee

‘McPhee can write about anything.’ – Robert Macfarlane

Most people think of the American state of New Jersey as a suburban-in-dustrial corridor that sits just west of New York City. But in the centre of the state lies a vast wilderness – larger than most national parks – which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens.

In The Pine Barrens, McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and to describe the people – and their distinctive folklore – who call it home. Including one who can navigate the immense-ly dense woods by sheer memory, and another who responds to McPhee’s knock on his door with a pork chop in one hand, a raw onion in the other, and the greeting ‘Come in. Come in. Come on the hell in.’

PUBLICATION DATEOctober 2018

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KEY POINTS

• Offers us a rare glimpse into a secret landscape and people; will appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Helen Macdonald and Geoff Dyer

• McPhee is one of the greatest living non-fiction writers. Daunt Books also publishes Coming into the Country, Oranges and The Crofter and the Laird

JOHN MCPHEE has published more than thirty books and much of his work first appeared in the pages of the The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1963. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, winning in 1999 for Annals of the Former World.

PRAISE

‘McPhee is a grand master of narrative non-fiction.’ – Guardian

‘His mind is pure curiosity: It aspires to flow into every last corner of the world, especially the places most of us overlook.’ – New York Times

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Consider the OysterM.F.K. Fisher

‘An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.’

The celebrated American food writer M.F.K. Fisher pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods: the oyster. She tells of oysters found in stews and soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared à la Rockefeller or au naturel – and of the pearls sometimes found therein. As she describes each dish, Fisher recalls her own initiation into the ‘strange cold succulence’ of raw oysters as a young woman in Marseille and Dijon, and explores both the bivalve's famed aphrodisiac properties and its equally notorious gut-wrenching pow-ers.

Plumbing the ‘dreadful but exciting’ life of the oyster, Fisher invites readers to share in the comforts and delights that this delicate edible evokes, and enchants us along the way with her characteristically wise and witty prose.

M.F.K. FISHER (1908-1992) was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. She is the suthor of 27 books of food, memoir and travel.

PUBLICATION DATENovember 2018

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KEY POINTS

• A short, witty and elegant book on the world’s most luxurious food, published in a beautiful edition in time for Christmas

• Fisher’s blend of memoir and gastronomy defined modern food writing; for fans of Elizabeth David, Nigel Slater and Nigella Lawson

• Daunt Books published The Gastronomical Me to great acclaim and strong sales in 2017

PRAISE

‘She is not just a great food writer. She is a great writer, full stop.’ – Rachel Cooke, Observer

‘Her writing makes your mouth water.’ – Financial Times

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A Cat, a Man, and Two WomenJunichiro Tanizaki

‘Considering all I’ve sacrificed, is it too much to ask for one little cat in return?’

Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. She’s lost her home, status, and respectability, but the only thing she longs for is Lily, the elegant tortoiseshell cat she shared with her husband. As Shinako pleads for Lily’s return, Shozo’s reluctance to part with the cat reveals his true affections, and the lengths he’ll go to hold onto the one he loves most.

A small masterpiece, A Cat, a Man, and Two Women is a study of Japanese society and manners, and an oddball comedy about a love triangle in which the only real rival is feline.

PUBLICATION DATENovember 2017

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KEY POINTS

• A little-known novel by one of Japan’s greatest writers, admired by John Updike, Haruki Murakami and David Mitchell

• For readers who loved The Guest Cat and Strange Weather in Tokyo• Published in a beautiful package for cat and literature lovers alike

JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI (1886-1965) is the author of The Makioka Sisters, Some Prefer Nettles, and In Praise of Shadows, and is widely considered to be the greatest Japanese writer of the twentieth century.

PRAISE

‘A tour de force – catnip.’ – New York Times

‘One of the finest pieces of literature concerning cats ever written.’ – Choice

‘A really great writer . . . Tanizaki has got this warm ticklishness to his strangeness.’ – David Mitchell

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The Neva StarC.D. Rose

The TouristsJulianne Pachico

£3.99A format paperback

ISBN: 978-1-907970-81-8


ISBN: 978-1-907970-67-2

Of the crew of seventy, sixty-seven have disappeared. There are three sailors left

on board. They are all called Sergei.

He doesn’t see us but we’re watching.

A boat is moored in Naples. It’s been there for three years. Three sailors remain on board. If they get off, they’ll lose their pay; so they stay. A playful

yet haunting tale.

A local dignitary is hosting a lavish party at his country house on the outskirts of Cali, Colom- bia. But as the sun begins to go down, a sense of unease settles over the cheerful revelry. An eerily

atmospheric and foreboding tale.

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BarcelonaPhilip Langeskov

The Inland SeaKJ Orr


ISBN: 978-1-907970-48-1


ISBN: 978-1-907970-26-9

For their tenth wedding anniversary, Daniel had arranged for them to spend a

weekend in Barcelona . . .

On the far side the lake is divided from the hills by a slash of soft pink that arrived

with the dawn.

A haunting and exquisitely written tale about love, sacrifice, and how the road not taken

sometimes takes you instead.

A deeply touching tale of brotherhood, bravery, and the wild dreams of childhood.

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Dull PeopleSaki£4.99A format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-18-1eISBN: 987-1-911547-19-8

‘Saki was irreplaceable and unreplaced.’ – London Review of Books

The Nachman StoriesLeonard Michaels£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-07-5eISBN: 987-1-911547-08-2

‘Superbly crafted and all too human, The Nachman Stories are a real discovery.’ – Sunday Times

Pull Me UnderKelly Luce

£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-911547-05-1eISBN: 987-1-911547-06-8

‘Fierce and suspenseful.’ – Laura van den Berg

The Gastronomical MeM.F.K. Fisher£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-99-3eISBN: 987-1-911547-00-6

‘The greatest food writer who has ever lived.’ – Simon Schama

Lillian Boxfish Takes a WalkKathleen Rooney


‘A love letter to a stylish and atmospheric city.’ – Daily Mail

Dark at the CrossingElliot Ackerman£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-95-5eISBN: 987-1-907970-96-2

Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2017

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The Crofter and the LairdJohn McPhee£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-91-7eISBN: 987-1-907970-92-4‘A book full of such clear-sighted details and wildness.’ – Sunday Times

A Broken MirrorMercè Rodoreda

£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-88-7

‘Rodoreda had bedazzled me.’ – Gabriel García Marquez

London PerceivedV.S. Pritchett

£10.99B format hardbackISBN: 978-1-907970-89-4eISBN: 987-1-907970-90-0

‘Beautiful, stylish, and an invitation to look at London in a whole new light.’ – Ben Judah

The Trial of Lady Chatterley's LoverSybille Bedfordwith an introduction by Thomas Grant

£9.99A format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-97-9eISBN: 978-1-907970-98-6

‘Absolutely superb. You feel as though you are there in the Old Bailey.’ – BBC Radio 4’s A Good Read

OrangesJohn McPheewith a foreword by Richard Mabey


‘A classic of reportage . . . a meeting point of zest, colour, fruit, sweetness and acid.’ – Julian Barnes

The Men’s ClubLeonard Michaels


‘Terrific . . . Buy it for the man in your life and then retire to a safe distance.’ – Spectator

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Patrick Modiano


‘A masterpiece of insidious intent … Extraordinary.’ – Telegraph

MarieMadeleine Bourdouxhetranslated by Faith Evans


‘A wonderful rediscovery . . . the most French novel I’ve ever read.’ – Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

Ice-Candy ManBapsi Sidhwa£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-63-4eISBN: 987-1-907970-64-1

‘A ground-breaking writer whose works have lost none of their freshness, humour, or heart.’ – Kamila Shamsie

Jack & RochelleA Holocaust Story of Love and ResistanceJack and Rochelle Sutinedited by Lawrence Sutin

£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-70-2eISBN: 987-1-907970-71-9‘A story of heroism and of touching romance in a time of fear and danger.’ – USA Today

Green on BlueElliot Ackerman


‘Utterly absorbing.’ – Khaled Hosseini

Ways to DisappearIdra Novey£8.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-82-5eISBN: 987-1-907970-83-2

‘A boisterously funny literary thriller . . . vibrant, inventive and profound.’ – Bookanista

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Light BoxKJ Orr

£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-74-0eISBN: 987-1-907970-75-7WINNER OF THE 2016 BBC SHORT STORY AWARD

‘A near perfect example of how the short story works.’ – BBC Judging Panel

One Point Two BillionMahesh Rao£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-33-7eISBN: 987-1-907970-35-1

‘Witty, moving, and powerful . . . combines atmospheric evocations of place with surgical examinations of emotion.’ – Anuradha Roy, Guardian

Fierce AttachmentsVivian Gornick


‘A brilliant book, a classic of its kind.’ – Rachel Cooke, Observer

His Monkey WifeJohn Collier£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-78-8

‘From the first sentence, the reader is aware that he is in the presence of a magician.’ – Paul Theroux

Coming into the CountryJohn McPhee£10.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-72-6eISBN: 987-1-907970-73-3

‘Both a memorial for, and testimony to, the awesome complexity of America’s “ultimate wilderness”.’ – Robert Macfarlane

SylviaLeonard Michaels


‘Terrifying, beautiful and addictive.’ – Ian McEwan

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The Isle of YouthLaura van den Berg


‘Absolutely captivating.’ – Vanity Fair

Dom CasmurroMachado de Assis£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-50-4eISBN: 987-1-907970-51-1

‘A work of breathtaking versatility.’ – TLS

DuveenS.N. Behrman

£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-57-3eISBN: 987-1-907970-58-0‘A masterful, deeply enjoyable work.’ – David Remnick, The New Yorker

The Smoke is RisingMahesh Rao£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-30-6eISBN: 987-1-907970-32-0

‘Both hilarious and disquieting.’– Spectator

The Crow EatersBapsi Sidhwa£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-61-0eISBN: 987-1-907970-62-7

‘One of the great comic novels of the 20th century.’ – Hanif Kureishi

Peking PicnicAnn Bridge


‘Beautiful, grave, humorous, exciting, and wise.’ – Observer

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Park NotesSarah Pickstone£16.99228 x 166mm hardbackISBN: 978-1-907970-38-2eISBN: 978-1-907970-39-9

‘Beautifully crafted ruminations on Regent’s Park.’ – Observer

La Femme de GillesMadeleine Bourdouxhetranslated by Faith Evans


‘A little masterpiece.’ – Sunday Times Culture

The London SceneVirginia Woolf

£10.99182 x 166mm hardbackISBN: 978-1-907970-42-9eISBN: 987-1-907970-43-6‘An amalgam of intelligence and beauty that few, if any, guidebooks provide.’ – Francine Prose

A Good Place to DieJames Buchan


‘James Buchan writes like a dream . . . This novel is a rare achievement.’ – The Times

Miss LonelyheartsNathanael West£7.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-46-7eISBN: 987-1-907970-47-4

‘Rendered with scalpel-preci-sion . . . A mercilessly unsym-pathetic novel on the theme of sympathy.’ – Jonathan Lethem

The Invention of MemorySimon Loftus£10.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-52-8eISBN: 987-1-907970-15-3

‘A powerfully evocative mix-ture of biography and legend.’ – Financial Times

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‘A feminist classic whose time has come.’ – Linda Grant

CassandraChrista Wolf


‘Fierce and feverish poetry . . . Filled with passionate and startling insight into human nature.’ – Madeline Miller

The ArchitectsStefan Heym£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-09-2eISBN: 987-1-907970-13-9‘Totally absorbing . . . Stefan Heym is, by any measure, a literary phenomenon.’ – TLS

Calm at Sunset, Calm at DawnPaul Watkins£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-08-5eISBN: 987-1-907970-24-5‘Few contemporary novelists have the ability to grab read-ers by the throat with such intense storytelling power and not release them until the final page has been turned.’ – Sunday Times

Illyrian SpringAnn Bridge£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-07-8eISBN: 987-1-907970-23-8‘Reading it is like taking a holiday – although it is a serious sentimental education too.’ – Kate Kellaway

A Dance of Folly and PleasureO. Henry£8.00B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-10-8eISBN: 987-1-907970-25-2

‘As fresh and alive as the day they were written.’ – John Steinbeck

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Mendelssohn is on the RoofJiri Weil£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-01-6eISBN: 978-1-907970-17-7

‘Comic, sardonic and deeply moving.’ – Simon Mawer

Life With a StarJiri Weil


‘One of the finest novels of the century.’ – Independent

KalimantaanC.S. Godshalk


‘A beautifully written, elegant and rich dream.’ – John Fowles

A Favourite of the GodsSybille Bedford£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-02-3eISBN: 987-1-907970-18-4

‘One of Britain’s most stylish and accomplished writers.’ – Telegraph

American DrolleriesMark Twain£8.00B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-04-7eISBN: 987-1-907970-20-7

‘Twain is still the liveliest, sharpest, most humane obser-vational satirist and wit.’ – A. A. Gill

Improper StoriesSaki


‘Like a perfect martini but with absinthe stirred in . . . heady, delicious and danger-ous.’ – Stephen Fry

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LandscapesSybille Bedford£9.99B format paperbackISBN: 978-1-907970-40-5eISBN: 987-1-907970-41-2

‘Bedford’s ability to recreate landscape is matched only by her appetite for mouth-wa-tering descriptions of exotic food . . . She cannot write a dull page.’ – Financial Times

A Compass ErrorSybille Bedford


‘A powerful and merciless book – a classic coming-of-age novel.’ – Hilary Mantel`

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Founded in 2010, the Daunt Books imprint is dedicated to discovering brilliant works by talented authors from around the world. Whether reissuing beautiful new editions of lost classics or introducing fresh literary voices, we’re drawn to writing that evokes a strong sense of place – novels, short fiction, memoirs, travel accounts and translations with a lingering atmosphere, a thrilling story, and a distinctive style. With our roots as a travel bookshop, the titles we publish are inspired by the Daunt shops themselves, and the exciting atmosphere of discov-ery to be found in a good bookshop.

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