Winner of two major European prizes, this funny, quirky chronicle of a family of Dutch clockmakers is a bestseller in the Netherlands.
Sixty-year-old Nathan Hollander is stranded in a winter blizzard with his young niece, Nina, in the deserted house of his late Uncle Herman. As they wait for the weather to improve, Nathan tells Nina the story of their forefathers – a family of clockmakers who came to the Netherlands from Eastern Europe and then emigrated to America before WWII. An extraordinary and rich family history emerges.
An epic family saga, a Gothic novel gone haywire, a very human story and a chronicle of the twentieth century, In Babylon is already set to be a classic European novel. A piece of very solid, traditional storytelling combined with a very funny, sensual magical realism. A brilliant merging of the lightness of popular American writing and the depth of European literature.

In Babylon

Literature & Fiction

Möring, Marcel

Humor & Satire

Flamingo

A magnificently ambitious and enthralling novel that confirms Moring’s place as one of the most significant European novelists now at work.
At the end of the Second World War, Jacob Noah emerges from the hole in the ground where he has been hiding for the past three years, and cycles madly back to his home town to find that his parents and brother have perished at the hands of the Nazis. Setting himself up as a shoemaker in the Dutch town of Assen, Noah patiently expands his business until he has become the most influential entrepreneur in the city.
But however wealthy he becomes, nothing can console him for the loss of his family and the tragedy of history.
In June 1980, on the eve of Assen's annual TT races, a despairing Noah sets off on a journey into the depths of his soul. Guided by a shabby, supernatural pedlar calling himself the 'Jew of Assen', he descends into the smoky heart of the town, a man-made hell modelled on Dis, the city in Dante's Inferno. In a rich and varied explosion of styles, fantasy and philosophical speculations, Marcel Möring leads us on a voyage through the dark heart of the twentieth century, and through a vivid exploration of loss and guilt.

In A Dark Wood

Literary

Fourth Estate

A journey of self-discovery finds Sam van Dijk searching for the answers behind his memory loss after the violent death of his parents and seeking grounding from two equally troubled siblings

The Great Longing: A Novel

Contemporary

Harpercollins

When he was 12, Sam van Dijk's parents were killed in a mysterious car accident, and since then he has lost all memory of his childhood. Now in his 30s, alienated from society and adrift in life, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery -- one that takes him through the gritty, and sometimes violent landscape of a Dutch city and the tantalizing, ethereal fabric of his memory. With his restless brother and twin sister as his only links to the world of his childhood, he gradually pieces together the haunting shards of his past and retrieves the missing story of his life. In the course of a moving, emotional voyage, he solves a mystery and discovers his own voice -- and with it, a longing for love and human connection. 
 In a masterful translation that captures the subtle voice, wry humor, visionary power and hypnotic readability of the original, The Great Longing is a rich, evocative novel that introduces America to a gifted writer whose work has already won impressive kudos abroad.

The Great Longing: Novel, A

Genre Fiction

Harper-perennial

Set in the 1960's, The Dream Room is the story of a family's dissolution as witnessed through the eyes of twelve-year-old David. An only child fascinated by the culinary arts, he is content to spend time with his mother and father, an unemployed ex-World War II pilot. One rainy summer, the family works together building model airplanes for a toy shop -- their only means of survival. Times are difficult, but David has never felt so secure. But his peace is soon shattered by an old family friend, whose appearance will destroy everything David holds most dear.Intelligent and philosophical, The Dream Room is an entrancing family history, love story, and fairy tale to be savored.

The Dream Room

Set in the 1960s, The Dream Room is the story of a family's dissolution, as witnessed through the eyes of twelve-year-old David. An only child, he is fascinated by the culinary arts -- making the family's dinner nightly and reading cookbooks as if they were novels and novels as if they were cookbooks -- content to simply spend time with his mother and father, a pilot during World War II who is now an unemployed engineer. One long, rainy summer, they work together building model airplanes for the toy shop beneath their apartment to support themselves -- their only means of survival. But although times are difficult, David is happy, for his family has never been so close and life has never felt so secure. But his peace is shattered by an old family friend, whose appearance will destroy everything David holds most dear and irrevocably alter the course of his life.
Intelligent and philosophical, The Dream Room is at once an entrancing family history, love story, and fairy tale that confirms Marcel Möring's reputation as one of the great literary talents of his generation.

United States

William Morrow

“Demanding and magnificent.” — London Times 
An enormously compelling and ambitious novel from the author of The Dream Room, The Great Longing, and In Babylon, In a Dark Wood explores the guilt, fear, and loss suffered by Europeans, and in particular the Jewish people, during and after the Holocaust. Drawing on epic sources including Dante’s Inferno, Greek mythology, Arthurian romance, Homer, and James Joyce, In a Dark Wood cements Marcel Möring’s reputation as one of the most significant and enthralling novelists of contemporary European fiction.

In a Dark Wood: A Novel

Harper

The Holocaust: A Novella About a True Miracle in the Holocaust

History

World

Newcastle Books

After the Storm

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &#9679; From the author of The Holocaust &#9679; Based on a true WWII story 1941. Nazi-occupied Bosnia. A Jewish family manages to escape the transport to Auschwitz. With nowhere to hide, they resort to a Muslim woman whom the family knew before the war. At night, the frightened gaunt figures knock on the woman's door. Will she take them in? For how long? Based on a true story of the life of Zaynab Hardaga, recognized by the Holocaust Muesuem of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations. The story covers seven decades of history, ending with the Bosnian Wars of the 1990's. With Bosnia bombarded, it is time for Israel to pay back its dues to the woman who defied the Nazis. Will Israel step up to its promise to help all Righteous Among the Nations who endangered their lives to save Jews? Even if the family in question is Muslim? "This unusually eloquent story is about the fragile relationships between mothers and daughters, men and their countries, humans and their gods... Loyalty and compassion are the ties that bind these stories into one of the most lyrical, moving and unexpected plot you'll ever read."-The New York Times "A marvelous historical novel... the story of a young Bosnian girl in Sarajevo and her incredible upbringing. An old-fashioned kind of novel that really sweeps you away."-O, The Oprah Magazine "After the Storm is an ambitious work. Like Moring's previous novels, the setting is WWII Europe, but this time the author covers eighty years of tumultuous history of war and oppression and tells it on an intimate scale, through the life of one couragious woman."-Daily Telegraph * * * *

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

My India: A Novel About India

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ● From the bestselling author of The Holocaust, a riveting novel offering a wealth of unforgettable lessons from one of the greatest teachers who ever lived1948. India, British troops having just left its shores, is in turmoil. So is newly founded Israel. Death tolls are rising. The world is holding its breath. A young writer from the Holy Land decides to travel to India and meet Mahatma Gandhi, asking for the 78-year-old sage's advice.Gandhi finds solace in speaking to the young stranger. His advice to the young man to seek forgiveness, choose love over fear, and to search for peace inside first, echo ever so loudly as Gandhi is shot by an assassin. The young man goes back to the Holy Land to establish the first village for both Arabs and Jews, "Oasis of Peace."BASED ON A TRUE STORY, with an appendix including authentic documents."This novel shows Gandhi at his best: a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, colonialism. But above all, the novel successfully portrays Gandhi as a human being, and there lies its greatness." −Daily Telegraph"A stunning historical novel that will keep you up late, hoping the enchanting story never ends." −Huffington Post"A highly original and stirring novel on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments. A riveting read." −Publishers Weekly* * * *BOOK EXCERPT © All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission:CHAPTER ONEDAY 1−JANUARY 24TH, 1948Finally I could see them down the hall, the old man, leaning on his niece, walking toward the room where I had set up the heavy Cine-Kodak movie camera in advance. His niece helped him into the room. I was extremely nervous. He sat down on the white mattress in front of me and exclaimed, "Let us do it!"I tried smiling.His niece walked out of the room and Gandhi looked at me. "Should I look at you or directly at the camera?""At me," I said, "please do not look at the camera.""Oh," he said, "very well." He smiled at me. "But before we begin, do tell me a little about yourself, young man."I looked at him and gulped. "I..." I mumbled. I didn't expect to be talking about myself... "I have read your autobiography, Sir −"Gandhi shook his head, "No 'Sir' here, my young friend! Please call me Mohandas."I nodded.He continued, "So, you've read My Experiments with Truth?" He leaned over, examining me with his eyes. "All of it?"I smiled. His autobiography was 500 pages long. "Yes," I said."Well," he grinned, "then it means that we almost know one another!" He looked at the camera. "Now, what is your intention with this film?"I hesitated. What was my intention? I was afraid to disappoint him with my answer. I bit my tongue, but knew I had better speak, fast.* * * *END OF EXCERPT (To read further click on the book cover, where you can read more using the Look Inside Feature!)

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In Babylon

In A Dark Wood

The Great Longing: A Novel

The Great Longing: Novel, A

The Dream Room

The Dream Room

In a Dark Wood: A Novel

The Holocaust: A Novella About a True Miracle in the Holocaust

After the Storm

My India: A Novel About India