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The Wind That Lays Waste
Selva Almada
‘Leni’s last image of her mother is from the rear window of the car.’
The Scream
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
‘That supremacist is the idea, in those brothers and sisters of mine, of shyness (which no one understands) being an encumbrance that they should purge as they try to find in their interaction with the world a perfect mixture of disdain, meekness and expansiveness.’
The Unknown Known
Martin Amis
A satire on fundamentalism in this extract from an unpublished manuscript.
Time’s Arrow (Part Two)
Martin Amis
‘Nine nights later we woke up in the small hours and lay there coldly. “Shtib,” he grunted.’
Time’s Arrow
Martin Amis
‘I came rushing upward out of the blackest sleep to find myself surrounded by doctors.’
The Time Sickness
Martin Amis
‘Before me through the restraining bars, the sunset sprawls in its polluted pomp, full of genies, cloaked ghosts, crimson demons of the middle sky.’
Money
Martin Amis
‘How did I get like this? It can’t just be the booze and all the junk food I put away. I must have been booked in for this a long time ago.’
The Murderee
Martin Amis
‘This is a true story, but I can’t believe it’s really happening. It’s a murder story, too. I can't believe my luck.’
The Coincidence of the Arts
Martin Amis
‘Round about, a thousand conversations missed a beat, gulped, and then hungrily resumed.’
Author, Author
Martin Amis
‘Cities at night, I feel, contain men who cry in their sleep and then say Nothing.’
