| Two More Exciting Pre-order Opportunities |
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| This autumn is looking wildly exciting already. Our last newsletter featured Intermezzo, the new novel by Sally Rooney, which is published this September. We now have two further enticing pre-order opportunities to announce. |
The City and its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami |
| The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84. A novel about the porous boundary between the real and shadow worlds. After losing his beloved as a teenager, the narrator finds his way to the Town, a mysterious place where he finds work as a Dream Reader in the library.
Back in the real world as an adult he tries to recapture his time in the Town by taking a job as a librarian in a remote location in Fukushima province, where he takes over the job from a ghost. When a boy, M, who visits the library every day, vanishes, the boundaries between spatial and temporal realities, and between individuals, seems to have been breached. A novel about the barriers, imaginary and real, that we put up between and within ourselves. |
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The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk |
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| In September 1913, Mieczyslaw Wojnicz, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess over money and status, and to discuss the great issues of the day: Will there be war? Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women inherently inferior? Meanwhile, disturbing things are beginning to happen in the guesthouse and its surroundings. As stories of shocking events in the nearby highlands reach the men, a sense of dread builds.
Someone – or something – seems to be watching them and attempting to infiltrate their world. Little does Mieczyslaw realize, as he attempts to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, blending horror story, comedy, folklore and feminist parable with brilliant storytelling. |
| Either of these books can be pre-ordered for collection in the shop, or home delivery.
If you would like to collect your copy in the shop, you are also very welcome just to drop us an email and ask us to place a pre-order for you.
We are at hello@gloucesterroadbooks.com or you can just reply to this email. |
Ready your saliva glands,
the new Anna Jones is out now. |
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| ‘For when it’s 8pm, you’re starving and you want a Tuesday night triumph. An easy, honest, delicious win’ – Yotam Ottolenghi
‘Clever, delicious, heartfelt and wholesome’ – Jamie Oliver
A brand new and essential book from award-winning and bestselling cook Anna Jones. Jones gives her golden rules for easy wins in the kitchen with super-simple recipes that are bursting with flavour and kind to the planet.
Anna takes 12 hero ingredients that are guaranteed to make your food taste great, with chapters on lemons, olive oil, mustard, tahini and more. She gives 125 all-new dishes that you will want to cook on repeat, like Double Lemon Pilaf with Buttery Almonds, Traybake Lemon Dhal, Miso Rarebit, and Cherry and Chocolate Peanut Butter Sundae. And there’s practical advice on how to season and flavour, plus plenty of ideas for invaluable vegetarian swaps.
EASY WINS will become your go-to for the most flavourful dishes that come together quickly and promise daily moments of triumph. ere. |
| New Paperbacks
We are absolutely flooded with excellent new paperbacks at the moment. Leah has winkled out a few she is most excited about. |
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Translated by Polly Barton
A cult Japanese bestseller inspired by a true story. Manako Kajii is a gourmet cook convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen whom she seduces with her home cooking. A journalist intent on getting the steely Kajii to speak to the press hopes the subject of her cooking might work as a strategy to get her talking. The two begin exchanges over cooking demo, and the food takes effect on the journalist in unexpected ways. |
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| Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, Western Lane is a subtly powerful novel on grief and the immigrant experience. A coming of age tale, eleven year-old Gopi plays squash and after the death of her mother is enlisted onto a demanding training regime by her father. The intensity of the training sees her grow apart from her sisters, forging her own identity and new relationships through the sport. Glowing reviews for this novel report a deeply moving and masterfully handled narrative. |
| One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya
We were very lucky to have Santanu speak with us when One Small Voice first came out, so it’s a delight to see it again in paperback. His much-acclaimed debut novel written with wonderfully rich and alive characters is set in modern India and tells the story of Shabby. It is a coming of age story set against the political unrest of Lucknow and Mumbai at the turn of the century. |
| Spent Light by Lara Pawson
This one is next on Leah’s to-be-read book-mountain. Spent Light follows a woman’s contemplation of certain objects in her home, tracing their lineage to both the violence of resource extraction and traditions of care and skill as well her own personal memory. It is published by the very interesting small press CB Editions. |
About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler
Translated by Jordan Stump
Uncle shares his house with his niece and nephew who look after him and see him through his bouts of drinking, gorging, and occasional disappearances down to the toilet. This slim novel looks to be a unique take on the dynamics of care within a family, taking in both tender affection and grotesque excursions! Published by the excellent Peirene Press. |
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