This inspired novel is narrated by the as yet unborn first child to be born on October 12, 1992, the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America; his conception and birth bracket the novel. A playfully savage...
Chromos is one of the true masterpieces of post-World War II fiction. Written in the 1940s but left unpublished until 1990, it anticipated the fictional inventiveness of the writers who were to come along — Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Sorrentino, and...
The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies.
Chase Insteadman, a handsome, inoffensive...
"Chronicle in Stone"…is epic in its simplicity; the history of a young Albanian and a primitive Albania awakening into the modern world."-Michael Dregni, Minneapolis Star...
At the very edge of its many interlocking worlds, the city of Bombay conceals a near invisible community of Parsi corpse bearers, whose job it is to carry bodies of the deceased to the Towers of Silence. Segregated and shunned from society, often...
A young Egyptian woman chronicles her personal and political coming of age in this debut novel.
Cairo, 1984. A blisteringly hot summer. A young girl in a sprawling family house. Her days pass quietly: listening to a mother’s phone...
Wznowienie legendarnej książki Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego (1932-2007) z 1975 roku. "Chrystus z karabinem na ramieniu" zaraz po wydaniu został okrzyknięty przez magazyn "Nowe Książki" tytułem...
Luis Fiore, obrero metalúrgico, asesina a su mujer en la noche de un 1ª de mayo. El episodio sirve de base a las cuatro historias que integran esta novela de Juan José Saer, publicada originalmente en 1969. Una interrogación sobre el...
Autentyczny zapis notatek i dyskusji prowadzonych na blogu założonym przez 17-letnią dziewczynę. Mieszkanka stolicy, uczennica dobrego liceum, wychowująca się w zamożnej i szczęśliwej rodzinie...
Cuando tras décadas de ausencia Framboise Simon regresa a su pequeño pueblo en la campiña francesa, los habitantes no la reconocen como la hija de la mal afamada Mirabelle Dartigan,la mujer que aún consideran responsable de la...