Spontaneous ActsThe highly anticipated new novel from award winning, critically acclaimed novelist Yoko Tawada. Patrik is a literary researcher living in Berlin, a city just coming back to life after lockdown. Though his beloved opera houses are open again, Patrik cannot leave the house and hardly manages to get out of bed. He is supposed to give a paper at a conference in Paris, on the poetry collection Threadsuns by Paul Celan, but he can't get past the first

marked by incompetence and corruption

and a unique-to-you journey through her magical and mysterious astrological cycle

had her first one-night stand

he can't remember how he came to be on a battlefield in Belgium

not what other people think I ought to want' Roy Clark insists to all those who attempt to help him: to the psychiatrist at the mental hospital in which he briefly finds himself

the police call

This is a complete taxonomical guide to the history development and style of identity design

Her diabolical plan to give herself ever-lasting life requires Jenna's compliance

it takes you on a thrilling adventure through the lower reaches of Kumaon to the snowy wastes of Tibet

He captures the heart of the Palestinian experience in image after unforgettable image

taking readers on an intimate tour of their lives

and the best part of themselves