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The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satires
by Mirra Ginsburg“A fascinating panorama of a paradoxical society. All of the stories, whether lightly spoofing rattlebrained bureaucracy or heavily laden with sarcasm, are well-written and entertaining.” —St. Petersburg Times…
Daughter of the River
by Hong Ying…of a childhood spent on the banks of the Yangtze River . . . explores the depths of personal and civil repression with an almost brutal grace.” –The New Yorker…
Deafening
by Frances Itani…when to whisper and when to shout. . . . Hers is a fiction of quiet but steady revelation. . . . Itani’s writing is merely breathtaking.” –Dan Cryer, Newsday…
Elvis Presley Boulevard
by Mark WinegardenerElvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we’ve all taken — or wanted to take — into the country that confounds its admirers and delights even its critics….
Fobbit
by David Abrams“Fobbit is hilarious, but the subject matter is deadly serious. It is the rare writer–indeed, the rare person–who can step outside of himself and see with cold clarity the humor…
A Lily of the Field
by John LawtonSet in Vienna, London, and the United States, and spanning 1934 to 1948, John Lawton’s brilliant novel A Lily of the Field follows the loosely parallel lives of cellist Meret…
A Little White Death
by John Lawton…. . Meticulous artistry . . . The Chekhovian echo brilliantly captures the end-of-days significance of every sordid indictment in this sprawling story.” —Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review…
The Middle East and Islamic World Reader
by Marvin GettlemanA broad-ranging survey of the Muslim world, newly revised and expanded to include the dramatic events of the Arab Spring.
Ninety Degrees North
by Fergus Fleming“[A] superb history of the conquest of the North Pole. . . . In Fleming’s vivid prose, their suffering becomes a fable of men driven to extremes by the lust…
Snowblind
by Robert Sabbag“A flat-out ballbuster. It moves like a threshing machine with a fuel tank full of ether. . . . Sabbag is a whip-song writer.” —Hunter S. Thompson…
