W.W. Norton
White Truffles in Winter
Editors' choice
Famed French chef Auguste Escoffier loves his wife Delphine, despite being separated for the majority of their marriage. Whether Escoffier…
Childish Loves
A writer sits down to write poetry or a novel. The thoughts and emotions swirling through this process are actually…
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Hysteria was a very real fear up until the late 19th century, and never studied more than at the Salpêtrière…
An American Type
The Great Depression was no help to poor, New York Jewish ghetto novelist Ira Stigman, who loathed his current dependence…
All Other Nights
Editors' choice
The title to this brilliant and thought-provoking novel comes from a question asked to the youngest participant at a Passover…
The Seventh Well
Editors' choice
The Seventh Well was originally published in East Germany in 1971, but not until its reissue in 2006 did…
Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande
So much of the history of the American West is represented in Texas. From the struggles of Davy Crockett and…
Ophelia’s Fan
Ophelia’s Fan is an enjoyable novelization of the life of Harriet Smithson (1800-1854), the Irish-born actress who rose to fame…
A Rare and Curious Gift
The life of female painter Artemisia Gentileschi serves as inspiration for one of two central storylines in Pauline Holdstock’s richly-textured,…
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