The Translator

“Abouela has a talent for expressing the simple wonders of unbroken faith. Just as deftly, she uncovers the intricacies of how such faith can be challenged–suddenly, subtly.” – Kaiama L….

The Yellow House

A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East.

Triangle

“[An] outstanding history. . . . [Von Drehle] has written what is sure to become the definitive account of the fire. . . . Triangle is social history at its…

Jungle of the Cities and Other Plays

The three plays gathered in this volume are among Bertolt Brecht’s most remarkable….

Surreal Lives

“Surrealism is now associated more with whimsy than with the lacerating and uncanny effects first sought by the French poets who first formulated its principles . . . [Surreal Lives…

Black Cloud Rising

…Black Cloud Rising is a compelling and important historical novel that takes us back to an extraordinary moment when enslaved men and women were shedding their bonds and embracing freedom…

Cockpit

“A dazzling succession of . . . erotic episodes . . . Cockpit defines itself (as Kosinski does his hero) by the suicidal chances it takes . . . brilliantly…

Gilgamesh

“At once a very Australian dream and a universal one, the dream of exotic, talismanic places beyond the horizon. . . . [Gilgamesh is] a pleasure to read, [London’s] prose…

Cold Mountain

“Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task–and has done extraordinarily well by it… a Whitmanesque foray into America: into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul.” —James…

Levi’s Children