World of the Buddha

“Lucien Stryk does here for Buddhism as a whole what he did earlier with Zen. . . . The best available translations have been used. All in all, this is…

Had a Good Time

“All of these stories are told in the first person, but Butler rarely settles for impressing us with his range of vocal effects. He favors strong plots and strong twists….

The Hidden War

“[A] remarkable book . . . Borovik manages to convey an intimate sense of the war in Afghanistan with the novelist’s eye for the telling image. . . . Borovik…

Last Night in Nuuk

The highly acclaimed debut from an author profiled by the New Yorker as her country’s “unlikely literary star,” Last Night in Nuuk follows the lives of five young Greenlanders exploring…

A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich

“For a long time hardly anyone was aware of just how courageous and determined Fritz Kolbe was in resisting the Nazi regime. . . . [A Spy at the Heart…

Tales of the New World

In her first collection of stories since her PEN/Faulkner-winning The Caprices, Sabina Murray delves into the singular minds of history’s greatest explorers and reimagines the most pivotal and private moments…

The Anniversary

Longlisted for the Stella Prize For fans of Lisa Halliday and Susan Choi, The Anniversary is a simmering page-turner about an ascendant writer, the unresolved death of her husband, and…

The Lion’s Grave

“Vital, eminently readable. . . . Anderson is a good, plain writer with an eye for detail.” –Wally Hammond, Time Out London (UK)…

Essays in Zen Buddhism

Black Folktales

…a tribute to the universality of these tales–and to Lester’s ability to see it–that we are thus presented with old truths dressed for today.” –The New York Times Book Review…