An Italian Education

Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas

“We have political theater and we have comic theater. But the astonishing thing about Dario Fo is that he manages to combine the two . . . deeply subversive.” –The…

Lizard

“Banana Yoshimoto is a clear genius who revels in her own absurdity and whose strange thoughts are at once unbridled and perfectly crafted. Her stories spiral from melancholy to revelation…

Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck

‘must-reading for anyone who wants or who needs to understand what the film business is really all about.” –Martin A. Grove, The Hollywood Reporter…

Modern Japanese Literature

A collection plays, essays, poetry, and reportage reflects the scope and vigor of modern Japanese literature.

Monkey

This classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic is probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East.

My Life and Loves

“Extraordinary entertainment. . . . We are given a scope of significant experience on a history-making level that is like nothing else conceived during this period.” –Seymour Krim, Book Week…

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

“An amazing achievement . . . Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids has much in common with both The Lord of the Flies and The Plague.” –The New York Times…

On the Missionary Trail

“On the Missionary Trail . . . illuminate[s] the struggles of the nineteenth-century men and women who risked–and often lost–their lives to bring Christianity and civilization to the remotest corners…

Parade’s End

Parade’s End is a major BBC/HBO television drama written by Tom Stoppard—this official tie-in edition features the scripts of the series, an introductory essay, bonus scenes that were not broadcast,…