The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States, addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, as well as the nature of beauty.
Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax.
Authors at J.K. Rowling's literary agency quit over company's refusal to speak out on transgender rights.
Sander Kollaard has won the prestigious Libris prize for literature 2020, the Libris organisation for independent book sellers has announced.