The Natural Order of Things

“The Natural Order of Things . . . reads like William Faulkner or Céline . . . gorgeous . . . bedeviled [and] lyrical . . . a remarkable writer.”…

Native

With his unique perspective as an Israeli Palestinian, Sayed Kashua’s collection of personal essays is a frank, irreverent, thought-provoking exploration of discovering one’s identity, bridging cultural divides, and following creative…

Nadja

My Mother’s Lovers

“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 from her shadow fast enough.” —Vanity…

More Pricks Than Kicks

“It is in the vaudeville aspect that his exuberance gleams, and it is his exuberance – even the exuberance of his despair – that endears an author to us, far…

The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez

“A gritty picture of life on the cusp . . . vividly rendered.” —Kirkus Reviews…

The Middleman and Other Stories

“Bharati Mukherjee, in this astonishing second book of short stories, zeroes in on uneasy terrain that no one has looked at with quite so clear an eye since approximately World…

The Middle of Nowhere

“Sloan knows New York and New Yorkers right down to their socks, and his novels . . . hum with the brutal vitality of the city. . . . His…

Mexico City Blues

“A great masterpiece, a singing religious poem.”—Michael McClure

Meantime

A beautifully wrought, emotionally riveting novel about two fiercely independent sisters drawn together in the wake of life-changing events as they reimagine their futures and redefine their beliefs in family.