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'De Michelangelo van Coney Island' vertelt het verhaal van Cy Parks, vanaf zijn kinderjaren die hij samen met zijn moeder Reeda doorbrengt in haar pension voor tbc-patiënten aan de Britse kust, via zijn opleiding tot tatoeagekunstenaar door de markante stadsgenoot Eliot Riley tot aan zijn belevenissen als tatoeëerder op Coney Island. Zijn honger naar avontuur doet hem besluiten zijn boeltje te pakken en de grote oversteek te maken naar het land der beloften, Amerika, waar hij op het onstuimige Coney Island zijn eigen tattooshop De Elektrische Michelangelo begint. Cy wordt verliefd op de geheimzinnige Oost-Europese Grace, die hem vraagt om haar lichaam volledig te bedekken met tatoeages van ogen. 'De Michelangelo van Coney Island' is een indrukwekkend liefdesverhaal met prachtige sfeerbeschrijvingen. Sarah Hall weet de lezer op schitterende wijze de fascinerende wereld van tatoeagekunstenaars in te trekken. Het is tevens een exotisch portret van twee kustplaatsjes aan weerszijden van de Atlantische Oceaan ten tijde van de twee wereldoorlogen.

For almost a decade Rachel Caine has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the eccentric Earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the Grey Wolf to the English countryside, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District.The earl's project harks back to an ancient idyll of untamed British wilderness - though Rachel must contend with modern-day concessions to health and safety, public outrage and political gain - and the return of the Grey after hundreds of years coincides with her own regeneration: impending motherhood, and reconciliation with her estranged family.The Wolf Border investigates the fundamental nature of wilderness and wildness, both animal and human. It seeks to understand the most obsessive aspects of humanity: sex, love, and conflict; the desire to find answers to the question of our existence; those complex systems that govern the most superior creature on earth.

Awarded the prestigious Portico Prize, this book captivates readers with its compelling narrative and rich character development. It explores profound themes that resonate deeply with the human experience, weaving together intricate plots that challenge societal norms. The author skillfully combines emotional depth with thought-provoking insights, making it a standout work in contemporary literature. Engaging and beautifully written, it invites readers to reflect on their own lives and the world around them.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009, a luminous and searching novel from the author of the Booker-shortlisted The Electric Michelangelo.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018Madame Zero is a remarkable collection of dark, sensuous stories set in sometimes conflicting landscapes - rural, industrial, psychological - all of which are hauntingly resonant with dread.

An electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show-stopping genius' (Guardian). 'Dark and brilliant.' SARAH MOSS 'A masterpience.' DAISY JOHNSON 'Extraordinary.' SARAH PERRY 'Hall has set a bar . . . Finely wrought, intellecutally brave and emotionally honest.' THE SCOTSMAN In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. The symptoms are well known: her life will draw to an end in the coming days. Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought Halit. The lover she barely knew. A presence from another culture. A doorway into a new and feverish world. 'Sarah Hall makes language shimmer and burn . . . One of the finest writers at work today.' DAMON GALGUT 'Wonderful . . . The writing goes down smoking hot onto the page.' ANDREW MILLER 'I can think of no other British writer whose talent so consistently thrills, surprises and staggers . . . With Burntcoat she has solidified her status as the literary shining light we lesser souls aspire to.' BENJAMIN MYERS

Set in England's Lake District in 1936, the winner of the UK's Commonwealth prize, "Haweswater" is from "a writer of show-stopping genius: everyone should read this novel" ("The Guardian").

LONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE'No one writes stories the way Hall does and quite possibly no one ever will.

Walking ahead of him on the heath, his wife turns to look at him over her shoulder, 'Topaz eyes glinting. Scorched face. Vixen.'In language harvested from nature, Sarah Hall tells a story of metamorphosis, of wildness and fecundity, and of a man reaching for reason, who cannot let go of the creature he loves.

A Handmaid's Tale for our times, this exhilarating novel pits political oppression against the will to survive, in a nightmarishly believable vision of Britain in the near future. Following its union with the United States and a series of disastrous foreign wars, Britain is in the grip of a severe crisis; the country is now under the control of The Authority. But up in the far north of Cumbria, Jackie and a group of fellow rebel women have escaped The Authority's repressive regime and formed their own militia. Sister, brought to breaking point by the restrictions imposed on her own life, decides to join them. Though her journey is frightening and dangerous, she believes her struggle will soon be over. But Jackie's single-minded vision for the army means that Sister must decide all over again what freedom is, and whether she is willing to fight for it.