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• The Chimes

  Smaill, Anna, 1979-

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  Simon is trying to keep hold of his memories in dystopian future London, where the world is controlled and manipulated by music. Intriguing structure and musically inspired style will keep you guessing to the very end!

• Travelling Light

  Jansson, Tove, 1914-2001

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  No one can sense and capture the world in a light and style like Tove Jansson does. A collection of short stories on travel will evoke all possible feelings that come with being elsewhere.

• The Garden of Evening Mists

  Eng, Tan Twan, 1972-

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  Man Booker Prize nominee in 2012. Themes of war, belonging, remembering and forgetting are revealed in the story of retired judge, who retreats to the mountains of Malaya to learn the art of Japanese gardens.

• The Age of Magic

  Okri, Ben, 1959-

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  This book, set in Swiss Alps, offers a different way of seeing the world and time. It also includes one of the most beautifully written erotic scene I have ever come across.

• The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

  the Complete First Edition

  Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863

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  The latest and probably the most adequate translation of original brothers Grimm's collection of folk tales.

• The Singing Bones

  Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales

  Tan, Shaun, 1974-

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  Shaun Tan's retelling of Grimms' Fairy Tales through sculpture is another masterpiece of this genius illustrator. My type of coffee table book.

• Codex Seraphinianus

  Serafini, Luigi

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  Mr. Serafini imagined how a kid who can't yet read must feel while browsing a book. He ended up with this pictured encyclopedia masterpiece.