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Peirene No. 27Add to basketAnd the Wind Sees All
£12.00 Guðmundur Andri ThorssonRelaxing Nordic hygge in a novel; the entire story takes place in two minutes. In this story we hear the…
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Peirene Now! No. 3Add to basketShatila Stories
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Peirene No. 26Add to basketShadows on the Tundra
£12.00 Dalia GrinkevičiutėAn extraordinary piece of international survival literature, joining the likes of Primo Levi and Anne Frank. In 1941, 14-year-old Dalia…
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Peirene No. 25Out of StockSoviet Milk
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Peirene Series No. 8Add to basketEast and West
£28.00Our East and West series, with three novellas on being caught between two worlds: A psychological thriller from the woman…
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Peirene No. 24Add to basketDance by the Canal
£12.00 Kerstin HenselA tragicomic satire from the heart of East Germany. Gabriela grows up in the East German town of Leibnitz. Her…
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Peirene Now! No. 2Add to basketThe Cut
£12.00 Anthony CartwrightThe Cut is a Brexit novel. The story offers a fictional response to a complex issue. It is also a…
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Peirene No. 23Add to basketThe Orange Grove
£12.00 Larry TremblayWar takes no prisoners. It involves everyone – even children. Twin brothers, Ahmed and Aziz, live in the peaceful shade…
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Peirene No. 22Add to basketThe Last Summer
£12.00 Ricarda HuchA psychological thriller by the pioneering German writer Ricarda Huch. A novel of letters from the last century – but…
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Peirene Series No. 7Add to basketFairy Tale
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Peirene No. 21Add to basketThe Empress and the Cake
£12.00 Linda StiftMadness lurks behind the pretty façade of everyday life. An elderly lady offers a young woman a piece of cake….
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Peirene Now! No. 1Add to basketbreach
£12.00 Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes‘The Jungle is like a laboratory.’ In the refugee camp known as The Jungle, an illusion is being disrupted: that…
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Peirene No. 20Add to basketHer Father’s Daughter
£12.00 Marie SizunA taut and subtle family drama from France. A little girl lives happily with her mother in war-torn Paris. She…
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Peirene No. 19Add to basketThe Man I Became
£12.00 Peter VerhelstAn impressively entertaining tale about the frailty of our civilization by the leading Flemish writer Peter Verhelst, now for the…
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Peirene Series No. 6Add to basketChance Encounter
£28.00Our Chance Encounter series, containing three novels investigating what happens when we allow strangers into our lives: A stunning Finnish…
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Add to basketCollection: Stories of Refuge
£36.00A collection of three incredible books about the refugee experience – including new release Peirene Now! No. 3 Shatila Stories. Our…
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Our 2019 series is here!
‘There Be Monsters’ explores the fear of the unknown, cave creatures, shattered memories and the secret lives of rural communities.
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BookBlast Tour – Inside Out: Voices of the Diaspora
We’re taking part in a very special BookBlast tour this Autumn. The tour runs from the 11th of September to the 15th of November all around England!
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