Literary fiction
ABOUT THE BOOK: READING THE WORLD tells the story of Ann Morgan's quest to read a book from every country in the world in a year
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ABOUT THE BOOK: READING THE WORLD tells the story of Ann Morgan's quest to read a book from every country in the world in a year.Fanatical bibliophile and self-confessed bookworm, Ann was surprised to realise, to her shame, that she rarely read international or translated fiction. Setting about to rectify the gaping hole in her reading, and just maybe mount a small challenge to this literary hegemony, Ann decided to read a book from each country in the world. No mean feat in itself, she soon discovered that the first challenge would present itself sooner than she expected, in the very defining of those seemingly straightforward terms: What is a country? And what do we mean by the term ‘book’?Ann’s journey is the perfect bibliophile’s read – it’s about reading, about narrative, and why we need to tell stories, and about how those stories are written the world over. Importantly, it's also about how place – the world and the (soi disant) countries dividing or uniting it – shapes the books we read and write.Ann Morgan is a freelance writer, editor and sub-editor, working mostly on The Guardian's contract magazines. Other credits include The Australian, the New Internationalist, BBC Music Magazine, The South London Press and The Literary Review. When she’s not writing, Ann can often be found performing with some of London’s top professional choirs. Singing has taken her to such far-flung destinations as the Red Sea, the Arctic Circle, India, and Texas, as well many places in between. THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson AGENT: The Marsh Agency (translation rights only) PUBLISHER: UK – Transworld, US – Random House RIGHTS SOLD: German – Goldmann PUBL. DATE: September 2015 DEL. DATE: June 2015 ABOUT THE BOOK: The first travel book from Bill Bryson for 15 years, THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING will be a new journey around Britain by the writer. OPTIONS: Dutch – Atlas-Contact, Chinese – Cheers, Czech – Pragma, German – Goldmann, Italian – Guanda, Japanese – Hakusuisha, Korean – Kachi, Norwegian – Gyldendal Norsk, Portuguese/ Portugal – Bertrand, Russian – AST, Serbian – Laguna, Spanish - RBA SPEED KINGS: Four Extraordinary Adventurers, a Thirst for Danger, a Lust for Life by Andy Bull 
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AGENT: Aragi, Inc. PUBLISHER(S): US – Atria/ Simon & Schuster MATERIAL: ms available ABOUT THE BOOK: The title lists Chris Offutt’s exact inheritance after his father, a well-known pornographer in the ‘70s, died of cirrhosis of the liver. Chris’s father, Andrew Offutt, was the author of 143 soft-porn novels, published under a variety of names, which he wrote from his house in the Kentucky hills, in a home office no-one dared intrude upon, with his wife serving as his typist. Upon his death it fell to Chris to pack up the house and help his mother move out – during that time Chris became the archeologist of his father’s life, a man he’d always feared, never understood. Going through his father’s desk allowed Chris to gain that understanding, even to empathise, but he also discovered that pornography was the least of his father’s obsessions. As Chris writes: “My father often said that if not for pornography he’d have become a serial killer.” It was a comment that puzzled his family, but in the latter stages of packing up his father’s “legacy” Chris comes to make sense of it. This is American Hustle meets The Liar’s Club; American Hustle for the era it evokes, its clothes, its chaos and its freedoms and The Liar’s Club in that it’s a carefully observed, utterly riveting memoir of a deeply complicated family, headed by a secretive, dictatorial father. Yet Chris doesn’t judge his father, and his determination to avoid doing so makes for the most touching sections of the memoir. It’s also a book about a small-town Kentucky childhood, where Chris found happiness roaming the hills and woods with his friends, where he was able to temporarily escape his complicated home life. Chris Offutt is an American writer. His is most widely known for his short stories and novels, but he has also published two memoirs, nonfiction articles and, in 2005, had a story in a comic book collection by Michael Chabon and another in the anthology Noir. He has written episodes for the TV series True Blood and Weeds. SALES OF PREVIOUS TITLES: French – Gallmeister, Norwegian – Gyldendal
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PUBLISHER(S): UK – Icon Books Ltd PUBL. DATE: April 2015 MATERIAL: ms available ABOUT THE BOOK: a remarkable memoir charting the teenage years of a girl with anorexia. When Nancy Tucker was eight years old, her class had to write about what they wanted to be when they grew up. She thought, and thought, and then, though she didn’t know why, she wrote: ‘I want to be thin.’ Over the next twelve years, she developed anorexia, was hospitalised, and finally swung the other way towards binge eating disorder. She left school, rejoined school; went in and out of therapy; ebbed in and out of life. From the bleak reality of a body breaking down to the electric mental highs of starvation, hers has been a life held in thrall by food. Told with remarkable insight, dark humour and acute intelligence, THE TIME IN BETWEEN is a profound, important window into the workings of an unquiet mind – a ‘Wasted’ for the 21st Century. Nancy Tucker is a 20-year old author and au pair. She suffered from both anorexia and binge eating disorder throughout her teens, but is now on the road to recovery and has gained a place at Oxford to study Experimental Psychology in 2015. She lives in London.
AGENT: Hardman & Swainson PUBLISHER(S): WEL – Little Brown PUBL. DATE: April 2015 ABOUT THE BOOK: Belle & Sebastian have been making critically acclaimed music since 1996. They have played hundreds of gigs, won a Brit Award, their music has been featured in films such as High Fidelity and Juno and their unsettling, often surreal, songs, delicate melodies and alternative approach to pop stardom has earned them armies of fans all over the world. In The All-Night Café is founder member Stuart David's charming and evocative account of Belle & Sebastian's early history. A fascinating portrait of the group, it is also a story that will resonate with anyone who has put together (or thought of putting together) a band. Set against a vivid background of early 90s Glasgow, In the All-Night Cafe begins with the fortuitous meeting of Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David on a course for unemployed musicians. It tells of their adventures in two early incarnations of Belle & Sebastian and culminates in the recording of the band's much-loved and highly-praised debut album, Tigermilk. A highly praised novelist and musician, Stuart David brings to life the music and the early days of this most enigmatic and intriguing of bands. PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY & SELF HELP THE NARCISSIST YOU KNOW: The Science of Trust and why it Matters by Joseph Burgo AGENT: The Gillian MacKenzie Agency PUBLISHER(S): US – Touchstone, ANZ – PanMacmillan RIGHTS SOLD: Chinese – Beijing Mediatime Books, Turkish – Paloma PUBL. DATE: September 2015 DEL. DATE: May 2015 MATERIAL: proposal available ABOUT THE BOOK: THE NARCISSIST YOU KNOW is to narcissism as Martha Stout’s bestselling ‘The Sociopath Next Door’ was to sociopathic behavior. Taking a page from Stout’s storytelling approach and accessible tone, Burgo brings the reader on a journey through the inner workings of narcissism, a widespread condition he argues occurs on a spectrum, from the extreme examples of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (as defined by the DSM), to the less severe yet insidious behaviors of the “Everyday Narcissists” all around us—who sometimes include ourselves. Using stories from his own practice, Burgo illuminates how narcissistic behaviors are found in people all around us—Everyday Narcissists—in less severe but harmful forms. As we begin to gain a clearer understanding of the intense vulnerability that lies underneath narcissistic defenses—much of it rooted in early childhood trauma, whether it be parental abandonment or parental idealization—we are better equipped to spot and cope with the Everyday Narcissists in our own lives. The book then asks us to turn the mirror on ourselves, encouraging us to rein in narcissistic behavior that may be detrimental to our children’s development; to our relationship with spouses, co-workers, relatives, and friends; and ultimately to our own ability to embrace our authentic selves, warts and all. THE NARCISSIST YOU KNOW is aimed at a broad readership, written in a lively, engaging narrative style, and covers the whole spectrum of narcissism. Joseph Burgo blogs for Psychology Today and is a regular contributor to The Atlantic. He has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years, holding licenses as a marriage and family therapist and clinical psychologist. Yüklə 265,19 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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