by Georgina Harding (2012)
Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Ann Patchett
As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle. Charged with finding her former mentor Dr. Annick Swenson, a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug, she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darkness.
Andrea Levy
This tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.
Milan Kundera
Lo scherzo is a celebrated work by Milan Kundera (Jerusalem Prize), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
James Kelman
"The novel is set in an unnamed territory or country that appears to be under military rule. It is narrated in the first person, but the narrators remain anonymous, as do most of the other characters. The language used is an atypical English form, but akin to the basic translation that might appear within a department of an overseas 'foreign office'. Perhaps someone transcribed first-hand accounts of certain incidents, events and states of mind, as narrated by participants in the struggle and then passed on the transcriptions for translation; or perhaps the accounts were simply translated first hand into English and edited later. In either case the results were dispatched to a more senior civil servant who later handed them over to an appropriate state agency."--Jacket.