Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant.

A sequel to Virgin in the Garden and Still Life . A cast of characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early-1960s. Their crises mirror some of the major world events of the age in which they live.

Presents the story of Eva Luna where fact and fiction merge.

Stephen King's classic tale of survival, as a young mother fights to protect her child against a horrifyingly familiar monster. Reissued in the stunning new bestselling livery.

Discusses about the ageing prostitute preparing for death by teaching her dog to weep at her grave, the panicked husband scared for the life of his injured wife, and the old man who allows his mind to wander on a long-haul flight from Paris.

Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by an often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature and of history, converge in a brlliantly realised novel.