“Dowlatabadi draws a detailed, realist picture of Iranian life. . . in language that is complex and lyrical.” —The Financial Times
In the midst of the Iran — Iraq War, an Iraqi journalist is given a ...
After reverently lambasting the most cherished rites and credos of virtually every one of the world's major religions in his transcendently hilarious novel Lamb, the one and only Christopher Moore returns with a wild look at interspecies...
Monkey King tells the story of twenty-eight-year-old Sally Wang, a young Chinese-American woman whose mental breakdown and sojourn in a hospital set her firmly on the path of memory. Her recovery takes place against a rich tapestry of culture and...
Carolyn Ives Gilman’s Exile’s End is a complex, sometimes uncomfortable examination of artifact repatriation and cultural appropriation.
An artifact of indescribable and irreplaceable beauty created by an “extinct” culture has been the...
In ten provocative stories, Ethan Chatagnier presents us with characters in crisis, people grappling with their own and others’ darkness as they search for glimmers to carry them through difficult times, untenable tasks, uncertain futures. The...
This cult classic of working class life in post-war Nottingham follows the exploits of rebellious factory worker Arthur Seaton and is introduced by Richard Bradford.
Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the...