Autumn 2010 - Hill of Content Bookshop

Fiction
Alone in Berlin
Hans Fallada
PB $26.95
This never-beforetranslated
masterpiece is
based on a true story. It
presents a richly
detailed portrait of life
in Berlin under the
Nazis and tells the
sweeping saga of one
working-class couple
who decides to take a
stand when their only son is killed at the front.
“The greatest book ever written about German
resistance to the Nazis.” – Primo Levi
Trespass
Rose Tremain
PB $32.95
In an isolated stone
farmhouse lives Aramon
Lunel, an alcoholic so
haunted by his violent past
that he’s become
incapable of all meaningful
action, letting his hunting
dogs starve and his land go
to ruin. Meanwhile, his
sister, Audrun, alone in her
modern bungalow, dreams of exacting retribution for
the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life.
Trespass is a thrilling novel about disputed territory,
sibling love and devastating revenge.
Beatrice and Virgil
Yann Martel
PB $32.95
When Henry receives a
letter from an elderly
taxidermist, it poses a
puzzle that he cannot
resist. As he is pulled
further into the world of
this strange and
calculating man, Henry
becomes increasingly
involved with the lives of
a donkey and a howler
monkey – named Beatrice and Virgil – and the epic
journey they undertake together. This brilliant new
novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey.
Solar
Ian McEwan
PB $32.95
Michael Beard is a Nobel
prize-winning physicist
whose best work is behind
him. Trading on his
reputation, he speaks for
enormous fees and lends
his name to the letterheads
of renowned scientific
institutions. When Beard’s
professional and personal
worlds collide in a freak
accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to
extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate
his career and save the world from environmental
disaster.
Point Omega
Don Delillo
PB $29.99
Richard Elster was a
scholar when he was
called to a meeting with
government war planners,
asked to apply ideas and
principles to such matters
as troop deployment and
counterinsurgency. Now at
the end of his service
Elster has retreated to the
desert, “somewhere south of nowhere,” in search of
space and time. There he is joined by a filmmaker, Jim
Finley, intent on documenting his experience.
Both Ways is the
Only Way I Want It
Maile Meloy
PB $27.95
Caught between
opposing forces –
fidelity and desire,
impulse and security,
innocence and
experience – Meloy’s
unforgettable characters
have each reached a fork
in the road. But what
kind of fool wants it only
one way? These eleven stories are funny, sly and
sparkling with energy. Both Ways is the Only Way I
Want It is a joyous read.