Canongate Books

Rebecca Miller, Tochter des Schriftstellers Arthur Miller und der Fotografin Inge Morath, hat sich bereits als Regisseurin, Schauspielerin, Bildhauerin und Malerin einen Namen gemacht, bevor mit "Als sie seine Schuhe sah, wusste sie, dass sie ihren Mann verlassen w#252;rde" ihr hoch gelobtes Deb#252;t als Schriftstellerin erschien. Die Verfilmung...

An easy read of quality is exactly how Miller's poignant, funny and wise novel could be described ....

In this brilliant debut novel, Noe's family - his wife, sons and daughters-in-law - tell what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while struggling against events that cannot be controlled or explained. For when Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from, just that God will provide. When he sends...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013Within the pages of this book lies the diary of a girl called Nao. Riding the waves of a tsunami, it is making its way across the ocean. It will change the life of the person who finds it.  It might just change yours, too....

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. OR IS THERE? After an 'incident' one wet Friday night where Professor Andrew Martin is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, he is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst a crazy...

Shortlisted for the 2013 National Book Awards UK Author of the Year.  One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is...