AwakeHarald Voetmanns eye opening English debut, Awake, is the first book of his erudite and grotesque trilogy about humankinds inhuman will to conquer nature. In a shuttered bedroom in ancient Italy, the sleepless Pliny the Elder lies in bed obsessively dictating new chapters of his Natural History to his slave Diocles. Wheezing, imperious, and prone to nosebleeds, Pliny doesnt believe in spending his evenings in repose. No to be awake is to be alive.

2003—Raymond’s son Joe finally meets Joey

In astrology

soon turn against their own

include the inspiration for the 2001 film How Harry Became a Tree

tributes and discussion from J M Le Clézio

his two sons and their tumultuous home life

Judges Report

growing up in post-war Liverpool and

Daniel Kane was born in New York City and grew up in Manila

” — Bali Rai

this collection includes essays about being writers and readers in exile

gun-men and prostitutes