Heather O'Neill's distinctive style and voice fill these charming, sometimes dark, always beguiling stories.
From “The Robot Baby,” in which we discover what happens when a robot feels emotion for the very first time, to “Heaven," about a...
From the acclaimed Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, a story that reveals the devastating effects of mistaking silence for peace and feeling shame for inevitable circumstances.
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together....
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. In Rawi Hage's unforgettable novel, winner of the 2008 IMPAC Prize, this famous quote by Camus becomes a touchstone for two young men caught in Lebanon's civil war. Bassam...
Cuenta la historia de un pequeño pueblo embrujado sobre el cual ha recaído una extraña maldición: la desaparición de todos los animales… Ni un perro, ni un gato, ni siquiera una mosca o un grillo. Algo debe de haber...
«En cuestión de pocos meses, fui testigo de dos de los acontecimientos que más temo en la vida: la muerte de un hijo para sus padres y la muerte de una mujer joven para sus hijos y su marido. Alguien me dijo entonces: eres escritor,...
"It's transfixing — At first it's funny. It teases, exaggerates, deliberates. Then it becomes ferocious, stricken, moving." — The Times
Blitzed on uppers, downers, blue movies and bellinis, the bacchanalia bent bon-vivants ensconced at...