My Mother: Demonology

by Kathy Acker

“What makes this book powerful is the archetypal punch behind each image, a punch that comes from an unknown assailant dressed in red wearing…

My Mother’s Lovers

by Christopher Hope

“A brilliant send-up of the ‘white tribe’ in Africa, featuring a larger-than-life Beryl Markham-like figure . . . and the son who can’t flee…

by Pedro Lemebel

“Lemebel crafts a wonderful snapshot of this period of Chile’s history. . . . Lemebel’s tender story of a time of great unrest provides…

by Banana Yoshimoto

“[An] ethereally mesmerizing . . . novel of Japan’s Generation X.” —Martin Brady, Chicago Sun-Times

by Samuel Beckett

“The humor and tragedy of Murphy’s search for his own self has been set down in the brilliant, highly individual style that also distinguishes…

by Ivan Klíma

“Klíma has endured as a writer, endured as a human being, writing of the great themes of freedom, honesty, and love and politics, and…

by Robert Antoni

“It’s magical stuff, outrageous and scatological, sharpened to a fine, funny point, and an entirely charming read.” –The Hartford Courant

by Will Self

“For intelligence and ambition . . . inventive comedy, heartbreak and levity . . . Will Self belongs in the company of Nabokov, Pynchon,…

by Gregory David Roberts

In this highly anticipated sequel to the contemporary classic Shantaram, Lin continues to search for love and faith in a changing Bombay.

by Robert Olen Butler

“A novel of surprising poignance . . . Amusingly quirky . . . [Portrays] a human world that’s both in thrall to a tabloid…