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As ever, our books this year are inspired by our bookshops. Readers can find count- less guidebooks in our shops but they will also encounter an array of writers and perspectives to accompany them on their travels, real or imaginary. The authors on our list, whether classic or contemporary, writing in English or brought to us in translation, use individual lives to reveal untold stories, uncover hidden histories and illuminate our understanding of the world, in places big and small, from tiny islands to whole continents.

Sujatha Gidla’s memoir Ants Among Elephants tells the story of modern India from the bottom up. Secrets are uncovered on the Danish island of Møn in Tomorrow and, in A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid confronts Antigua’s colonial past. In essays ranging across Italy and London, The Little Virtues introduces Natalia Ginzburg’s distinctive voice; her novel Family Lexicon transports us to a lively family home in Turin. In the Distance takes us on a journey across 19th century America while John McPhee leads us deep into the vast forests of New Jersey in The Pine Barrens. Finally, in Consider the Oyster, M.F.K. Fisher jumps off land and under water to explore the eternal allure of the delicious oyster.

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Contents

4 Tomorrow Elisabeth Russell Taylor 5 A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid 6-7 The Little Virtues Natalia Ginzburg 8-9 Ants Among Elephants Sujatha Gidla 10 In the Distance Hernan Diaz 11 Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg 12 The Pine Barrens John McPhee 13 Consider the Oyster M.F.K. Fisher 14 A Cat, a Man, and Two Women Junichiro Tanizaki 16-17 Limited Edition Short Story Series 18-26 Backlist 27 Contact Information 28 About Daunt Books Publishing FRONTLIST 4 BCN ex.Can Fiction eISBN: ISBN: B formatpaperback 168 pages £9.99 – February 2018 PUBLICATION DATE

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978-1-911547-13-6 with anintroduction by Alison Moore Russell TaylorElisabeth Tomorrow power oflove.’ – ‘A haunting,beautifullywrittenlamentfortheisolating • • • KEY POINTS – Observer tions andunexpectedlines.Acompellingbookwithasurpriseending.’ writteninunshowy‘Winningly butgracefulprose,- fullofprecise observa PRAISE ELISABETH RUSSELLTAYLOR from allthe others… the promise, andshehasnoreason tosuspect thisyear will beanydifferent meet againinMøn aftertheirseparationduringthewar. Only shefulfilled Elisabeth’s ofalong-standingfamilypromise to annualpilgrimageispart Eberhardt –herbeloved cousin. pieceofpaperonwhichiswrittenher name andthatofDaniel crumbling the localmuseum;sheunscrews thepanelofanoldbathtubtoretrieve the home. Elisabeth stays inthesameroom andwalksfamiliarpaths.She visits a week atThe Tamarisks, alavishhotelwhichwasonceherfamily’s second Every year Elisabeth Danziger travels totheDanish islandofMøn tospend for children, andfive works ofnon-fiction. award-winning authorofsixnovels, collections,fourbooks three short-story Reveals ofJews theuntoldstory inDenmark during WWII literature tion tocontemporary of thepost-warperiod;thisreissue is achancetoreassess hercontribu - Elisabeth Russell Taylor English novelists isoneofthemostimportant For fansofRose Tremain, Penelope Fitzgerald andJulian Barnes Financial Times Financial was bornin1930London.She isthe 5 FRONTLIST

Jamaica Kincaid is a force: a masterful and award-winning writer, and writer, a masterful Kincaid is a force: and award-winning Jamaica this is her best book colonial Britain’s A modern classic and an unflinching exploration of past Reni Baldwin, James writing at its best: for fans of Non-fiction Dyer and Geoff Eddo-Lodge KEY POINTS • • • PRAISE called torrential that one might have clarity and force of great jeremiad ‘A Rushdie Salman – the language not so finely controlled.’ were Sontag Susan – writer.’ sumptuous, irresistible unaffectedly ‘An of language.’ with compassion, conviction, and a musical sense ‘Written Times – York New So begins Jamaica Kincaid’s powerful portrait that of the damaged paradise powerful Kincaid’s begins Jamaica So - is a magical place of breath home. The island of Antigua was her childhood skies, dazzling blue waters, and majestic taking beauty – with cloudless sunsets. see while What one doesn’t it is also a place of dramatic contrasts. But is the Indies West British island in the visiting this ten-by-twelve-mile corruption,sweeping schools and hospitals and homes, and the dilapidated Kincaid , Jamaica Place A Small past. In the shameful legacy of its colonial palpable the impact of and makes up, she grew candidly appraises where colonisation and tourism. European ‘If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will Antigua as a tourist, this ‘If you go to see…’ A Small Place A Small Kincaid Jamaica the author by preface with a new

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978-1-911547-14-3 978-1-911547-15-0 Smith ‘I reallyloveandadmire with anintroduction byCusk Rachel Natalia Ginzburg Little Virtues The NATALIA GINZBURG nally publishedinthe1960s. andrelevantstyle, theseessaysare aswhentheywere ascontemporary origi- Written andpoeticallyresonant andinawry withthewisdomofasurvivor husband lived inforced exileunderFascist rule. of writing,thehorrors ofBritish food,andtheAbruzzi – where sheandher Ginzburg’s gaze rangesacross thehauntingeffectsof World War II,thecraft meatballs, moneyboxes –andturnsthemintosubjectsofgreat significance. Natalia Ginzburg’s memoir, extraordinary whichtakeslittle things–shoes, butthegreattaught notthelittlevirtues ones.’ So beginsthetitularessayof ‘As farastheeducation ofchildren isconcernedIthinktheyshouldbe Little . Virtues beginning withThe years. In 2018Daunt Bookswillrepublish Ginzburg’s greatest works – butherwork hasremained outofprintinBritaintieth century formany Natalia Ginzburg Italian wasone ofthemostimportant writersofthetwen- • • KEY POINTS parliament from 1983-1987. involved intheItalian inpoliticalactivismthroughout herlife,andserved and Family Lexicon,whichwontheprestigious Strega Prize in1963.She was essays, playsandnovels, includingVoices intheEveningour Yesterdays, All , Lexicon inAutumn 2018 interestnew inherwork. Daunt Bookswillpublish hernovel Family Natalia Ginzburg isamajorItalian writerandthispublication will spark Adichie, andthenovels of Elena Ferrante andJenny Offill For fansofMaggie Nelson, Rebecca Solnit andChimamandaNgozi (1916-1991) wasborninSicily. She wrote dozens of The Little Virtues Little The .’ –Zadie

7 FRONTLIST Maggie Nelson Maggie ‘A punch-you-in-the-stomach-with-grief-and-beauty masterpiece.’ masterpiece.’ punch-you-in-the-stomach-with-grief-and-beauty ‘A FRONTLIST 8 BCN ex.Can Non-fiction eISBN: ISBN: Demy hardback 352 pages £12.99 – May 2018 PUBLICATION DATE Author Photo: Nancy Crampton

978-1-911547-20-4 978-1-911547-21-1 – Behind the Beautiful Forevers Beautiful the Behind ‘The moststrikingworkofnon-fictionsetinIndiasince Sujatha Gidla Making ofModern India An Untouchable Family andthe Ants AmongElephants • • • KEY POINTS SUJATHA GIDLA emancipation through education. uncle’s andhermother’s emergenceasapoetandrevolutionary for struggle Ants Among Elephants tellsGidla’s familystory, extraordinary detailingher touchables andotherpoorpeople,littlechanged.In rich,novelistic prose, possibility. The Independence movement promised freedom. Yet forun- They grew upinaworldmarked by poverty andinjustice,butalsofullof Her motheranduncleswere borninthelastdaysofBritish colonialrule. was. she sawhow –andyettruly extraordinary how typical–herfamilyhistory schools andmove toAmericaattheageoftwenty-six. It was onlythenthat dian missionariesinthe1930s,makingitpossibleforGidla toattendelite While mostuntouchablesare illiterate,herfamilywaseducatedby Cana- Like oneinsixpeopleIndia, Sujatha Gidla wasbornanuntouchable. in New York Cityandworks asaconductoronthesubway. has appeared intheOxford of India Anthology Telugu Dalit Writing. She lives studied physicsattheRegional Engineering College, Warangal. Her writing Economist Street For readers ofBehind theBeautiful Forevers, The andEastReturn West as asubway conductorinNew York City Gidla isanendlesslyfascinatingauthor;whenshe’s notwriting sheworks on India sure togarnermajorpublicityattention Instantly acclaimedonitsUSpublication,thisisalandmark book new was bornanuntouchableinAndhraPradesh, India. She byKatherine Boo.’ 9 FRONTLIST

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‘Unsentimental and deeply poignant… Gidla writes with quiet, fierce writes with quiet, fierce and deeply poignant… Gidla ‘Unsentimental ‘Outstanding in the intensity and scale of its revelations… Gidla’s book Gidla’s in the intensity and scale of its revelations… ‘Outstanding FRONTLIST 10 BCN ex.Can Fiction B formatpaperback 272 pages £9.99 – June 2018 PUBLICATION DATE Author Photo: Jason Fulford eISBN: ISBN:

978-1-911547-23-5 978-1-911547-24-2 wonder A lyricalwesternaboutloneliness,companionshipand Hernan Diaz In the Distance History andEternityHistory . Thisishisfirst novel. panic Institute atColumbiaUniversity. He istheauthorofBorges,Between • • KEY POINTS school western.’ –Publishers Weekly Booksofthe Year memorable immigrationnarrative, andacannyreinvention oftheold- ‘Brilliant… This suspensefulnovel isa potent depictionofloneliness,a ocean.’ –The Nation ‘It’s asifHerman Melville had navigatedtheAmerican West, insteadofthe PRAISE HERNAN DIAZ and thehopeofcompanionship, inthedistance. and devastating loneliness–allthewhilekeepingimageofhisbrother, and mountains,heatice,heisthrown between thethreat ofviolence vast landscapeinconfusion,fearandwonder. AsHåkan confronts desert land,lookingoutontothe ofastrangerinstrangenew This isthestory betrayal ofitsdream. plorers andearlyscientists,witnessing theformationofAmericaand the Gold Rush anditseffects,encounteringcapitalists colonialists,ex- sets outonajourneyeast,moving againstthetideofhistory, experiencing instead onashipboundforCalifornia.Determined tofindLinus, Håkan York. In heisseparatedfrom Linusandfindshimself thechaosofport, sent from Gothenburg inNew withhisbrother Linus,toseektheirfortunes But Asayoung manheis behindthismythisataleoflongingandsurvival. moured tobebloodthirstyandfearless,heisknown simplyas‘the Hawk’. Håkan Söderström isamanwhohasbecome alegend.Giant- insize, ru For readers ofEleanor Catton, Sebastian andAnnie Proulx Barry praise from theUS andunexpecteddebut novelAn extraordinary arriving withunanimous lives inNew York, where heisassociatedirector oftheHis- 11 FRONTLIST Part of Daunt Books’ major reissue of the work of Natalia Ginzburg Ginzburg of Natalia of the work major reissue Books’ of Daunt Part and Anne Enright Smith Zadie Ferrante, Elena of readers For in a beautiful and contemporarycement its status package to Published as a modern classic KEY POINTS • • • PRAISE book is a masterpiece.’ is perhaps best to say straight off that the ‘It Yorker – New of London Review Parks, Tim – life.’ commentary profound on Italian ‘A Books Lee entrancing classic.' – Hermione small, ‘A Family Family winning novel Prize masterful, her wrote Strega Ginzburg Natalia noisy for her big, London in the 1960s. Homesick Lexicon while living in is a cel- in the pages of this book, which she summoned them family, Italian insults and arguments rituals, and routines jokes, and phrases the of ebration up every sayings that make all, the repeated family. and, above and a mania for his work scientist, consumed by Levi is a Jewish Giuseppe - is constantly at odds with his impres and intractable, he hiking. Impatient As their five he cannot be without her. – yet sionable and wistful wife Lidia - the Levi house Italy, of Mussolini’s the backdrop up against grow children against fas- – but a stronghold than just a home hold must become more cism. about memory, Lexicon is a novel enchanting and comedic, Family Intimate, all of us. over of family language, and the lasting power ‘The places, events and people are all real. I have events and people are ‘The places, invented nothing.’ Family Lexicon Family Ginzburg Natalia

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978-1-911547-16-7 978-1-911547-17-4 ‘McPhee canwriteaboutanything.’ –Robert Macfarlane John McPhee The Pine Barrens 1999 forAnnals oftheFormer World. writer since1963.He isafour-timefinalistforthe Pulitzer Prize, winningin New first appeared inthepagesofThe Yorker, where hehasbeenastaff • • KEY POINTS Newworld, especiallytheplacesmostofusoverlook.’ York – Times ‘His mindispure curiosity:It aspires toflow lastcornerofthe intoevery ‘McPhee isagrandmasterofnarrative non-fiction.’ –Guardian PRAISE JOHN MCPHEE and thegreeting ‘Comein.Comeonthehellin.’ knock onhisdoorwithapork chopinonehand,arawoniontheother, ly densewoodsby sheermemory, andanother whoresponds toMcPhee’s folklore –whocallithome.Including onewhocannavigatetheimmense- oftheregion andtodescribethepeople–theirdistinctive the history The Pine In Barrens, McPhee useshisuncannyskillsasajournalisttoexplore been known asthePine sincethe seventeenth Barrens. century the stateliesavast wilderness–largerthanmostnationalparks –which has dustrial corridorthatsitsjustwest ofNew York City. But inthecentre of Most peoplethinkoftheAmericanstateNew Jersey asasuburban-in- Laird , Orangesalso publishesComingintotheCountry andThe Crofter andthe McPhee isoneofthegreatest living non-fictionwriters. Daunt Books readers ofRobert Macfarlane, Helen Macdonald andGeoff Dyer Offers usarare glimpseintoasecret landscapeandpeople;willappealto has publishedmore books and muchofhiswork thanthirty 13 FRONTLIST (1908-1992) was one of the greatest American writers of the (1908-1992) was one of the greatest A short, witty and elegant book on the world’s most luxurious food, A short, elegant book on the world’s witty and published in a beautiful edition in time for Christmas defined modern food writing; and gastronomy blend of memoir Fisher’s Lawson and Nigella Slater Nigel David, for fans of Elizabeth acclaim and Me to great Gastronomical Books published The Daunt sales in 2017 strong twentieth century. She is the suthor of 27 books of food, memoir and travel. is the suthor of 27 books of food, memoir and She century. twentieth KEY POINTS • • • PRAISE – Rachel full stop.’ writer, a great is She food writer. is not just a great ‘She Cooke, Observer Times – Financial mouth water.’ writing makes your ‘Her M.F.K. FISHER M.F.K. The celebrated American food writer M.F.K. Fisher pays tribute to that most Fisher pays tribute American food writer M.F.K. The celebrated found in stews tells of oysters She of foods: the oyster. delicate and enigmatic – naturel or au à la Rockefeller baked, fried, prepared and soups, roasted, each dish, Fisher As she describes therein. and of the pearls sometimes found of raw oysters cold succulence’ initiation into the ‘strange her own recalls both the bivalve's and explores and Dijon, woman in Marseille as a young - pow properties and its equally notorious gut-wrenching famed aphrodisiac ers. invites readers Fisher life of the oyster, but exciting’ the ‘dreadful Plumbing in the comforts and evokes, and delights that this delicate edible to share her characteristically wise and witty prose. enchants us along the way with ‘An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.’ but exciting oyster leads a dreadful ‘An Consider the Oyster the Consider Fisher M.F.K.

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978-1-911547-03-7 978-1-911547-04-4 greatest Japanese writerofthetwentieth century. Prefer Nettles, andIn Praise ofShadows, andiswidelyconsidered tobethe JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI one littlecatinreturn?’ ‘Considering allI’vesacrificed,isittoomuchtoaskfor Junichiro Tanizaki and TwoWomen A Cat,aMan, strangeness.’ –David Mitchell ‘A really great writer. Tanizaki hasgotthis warmticklishnesstohis ‘One ofthefinestpiecesliterature concerning catsever written.’ –Choice ‘ PRAISE the onlyreal rival isfeline. society andmanners,anoddballcomedyaboutalove triangleinwhich A smallmasterpiece,Cat, aMan, and Two Women isastudyofJapanese the oneheloves most. with thecatreveals affections,andthelengthshe’ll histrue gotohold onto her husband.AsShinako pleadsforLily’s return, Shozo’s reluctance topart only thingshelongsforisLily, catsheshared theeleganttortoiseshell with younger lover Fukuko. She’s lostherhome,status,andrespectability, butthe Shinako hasbeenousted from hermarriageby herhusbandShozo and his • • • KEY POINTS A tourdeforce –catnip.’ –New York Times Published inabeautifulpackage forcatandliterature lovers alike For readers wholoved The Guest Cat andStrange WeatherTokyoin Updike, Murakami Haruki andDavid Mitchell A little-known novel by oneofJapan’s greatest writers,admired by John RECENT BACKLIST (1886-1965) istheauthorofThe Makioka Sisters , Some Daunt Books Backlist 16

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