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THE STRANGER

Author: Albert Camus
Genre:Novel, Absurdist fiction, Philosophical fiction, Crime Fiction, Adventure fiction, Existential Fiction

Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

Format: Paperback/ Hardcover
Price: 200 taka

THE SONG OF ACHILLES

Author: Madeline Miller
Genre: Romance, fantasy

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.

Format: Hardcover
Price: 380 taka

LETTERS TO MILENA

Author: Franz Kafka
Genre: Letters

Letters to Milena is a book collecting some of Franz Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenská from 1920 to 1923.

Format: Paperback/ Hardcover
Price: 290 taka