Literary
I Am Forbidden
Editors' choice
In Anouk Markovits’s outstanding novel, the title words could apply to many scenarios within its pages: cultures, relationships, and expectations…
Daughter of Silence
Should you be looking for a short and intelligent novel of meditative prose poetry about torture, silence, and totalitarianism, Daughter…
HHhH
HHhH (“Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich,” that is, “Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich”) tells the thrilling story of Slovak Jozef Gabćik…
A Mind of Winter
Oscar Harcourt is an enigmatic English art collector living on an opulent estate on Long Island, six years and thousands…
Titanic Ashes
Titanic Ashes is a slim novel that takes place entirely over the course of a dinner at a fine restaurant…
Miss Fuller
Annie, the narrator of Miss Fuller, a fictitious adopted sister of Henry David Thoreau, explains, “All other destinations were known…
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
This early novel by Saramago, available in translation in the U.S. for the first time, is the perfect companion publication…
City of Women
Editors' choice
City of Women takes a chilling look at the unspeakable limits reached by the women of WWII Berlin and the…
Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul
This novel opens in 1920 Istanbul, during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. The events unfold through the experiences…
Macbeth: A Novel
Few readers will come to this novel without at least a sketchy memory of the Shakespeare play, whether it was…
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