'So clear is Ditlevsen's eye that it is impossible to tear yourself away' John Self, GuardianAn unforgettable collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy'The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can't have. That's where all the happiness is'In these brief, acid-sharp stories of love, marriage and family from one of Denmark's most celebrated writers, the ordinary events of everyday life - a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father's beloved knife, a woman's obsessive longing for a yellow silk umbrella - become dark and disconcerting. Here Tove Ditlevsen explores yearning, fear and the elusiveness of that strange thing called happiness.'The purity and dazzling insight of Ditlevsen's writing speaks for itself' Daily Telegraph'Authentic, unforced and utterly lucid' Sunday Times'Ditlevsen's wonderful and devastatingly bleak short stories simmer with melancholy and despair' Daily MailTranslated by Michael Favala Goldm
"Marcia was instrumental in introducing so many artists throughout her career, and I was one of them."--Bruce Nauman"I know of no other curator who has left a major museum and said, 'I'll start a new
"Marcia was instrumental in introducing so many artists throughout her career, and I was one of them."--Bruce Nauman"I know of no other curator who has left a major museum and said, 'I'll start a new
A heart-shaped locket might keep Grace Erickson’s bubble gum out of view, but will it keep her out of trouble? The boys have the short-hair advantage for sneaking gum into school (hidden behind their
What’s a bit of risk, when you’ve nothing left to lose? Clairvoyant Paige Mahoney has known more trouble than most in her short life, but she’s never been brought quite as low as this. Snatched from
The Smurfs, Johan, Peewit, and friends return for more Smurftastic tales!Join Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and rest of the lovable blue smurfs for classic, three-apple tall adventures, translated into English for the first time. Life in the Smurfs Village is not unlike what seems to be going on in the real world lately. There’s trouble breaking out all over the village! Papa Smurf is tired of always being the sole peacekeeper. He decides to create a Smurf Code and install some smurfs to regulate this “Smurf and Order,” but, will this power go to their heads? Also featuring the Smurfs’ friends Johan and Peewit in an adventure of their own. Johan, the royal page, and Peewit, the court jester, somehow summon “The Night of the Sorcerers,” with a bit of magic know-how from Papa Smurf. Plus: More Smurfs Gags―short comic-strip style Smurf mini-adventures--to keep the laughs coming! A perfect tie-in opportunity with the all-new SMURFS animated series on Nickelodeon!
The pleasant monotony of resort life is cut short as Zen finds himself transported to a remote and strange world far from home...and wherever he goes, trouble follows.If you enjoyed the Inspector Zen
The Smurfs, Johan, Peewit, and friends return for more Smurftastic tales!Join Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and rest of the lovable blue smurfs for classic, three-apple tall adventures, translated into English for the first time. Life in the Smurfs Village is not unlike what seems to be going on in the real world lately. There’s trouble breaking out all over the village! Papa Smurf is tired of always being the sole peacekeeper. He decides to create a Smurf Code and install some smurfs to regulate this “Smurf and Order,” but, will this power go to their heads? Also featuring the Smurfs’ friends Johan and Peewit in an adventure of their own. Johan, the royal page, and Peewit, the court jester, somehow summon “The Night of the Sorcerers,” with a bit of magic know-how from Papa Smurf. Plus: More Smurfs Gags―short comic-strip style Smurf mini-adventures--to keep the laughs coming! A perfect tie-in opportunity with the all-new SMURFS animated series on Nickelodeon!
