Mishima's novels exude a monstrous and compulsive weirdness, and seem to take place in a kind of purgatory for the depraved

Mishima was one of literature's great romantics, a tragedian with a heroic sensibility, an intellectual, an esthete, a man steeped in Western letters who toward the end of his life became a militant Japanese nationalist

Mishima is the Japanese Hemingway

A writer of immense energy and ability

an engrossing read, seamlessly translated from Iturbe's original Spanish. Iturbe retains the dignity and full horror of Dita's situation, while creating a narrative of hope and bravery in the face of fear.

Reading The Librarian Of Auschwitz may make you feel sadness, anger, and disbelief (I had to stop reading at points), but overwhelmingly it’s about hope, courage, and the importance of the written word. This is a story for everyone who loves books.

A profound tale about male friendship, its consolations and shortcomings, set in the Italian Alps

With gorgeously understated, unhurried prose, Cognetti crafts the story of an unlikely friendship between a city boy named Pietro and a young cow herder, Bruno, who lives in the Alpine mountains where the members of Pietro’s family spend their vacations. You can feel the cycles of nature as the narrative unfolds

The Eight Mountains is... Paolo Cognetti’s enchanting story of a boy who comes of age at altitude

A boy bonds with a local while holidaying in Italy’s mountains in a thoughtful...coming-of-age story... A story of relationships – not just between people, but with the mountains... Cognetti captures the elation and melancholy that comes with reaching a spectacular summit, only to realise the minuscule part we play in the panorama of life