Farrar Straus & Giroux
The Dead
This is a dark, atmospheric novel, set at the end of the Weimar Republic in both Europe and Japan. Emil…
Graffiti Palace
This visceral, often hallucinatory debut novel unfolds in August 1965, as Americo Monk, a seeker of codes and secret wisdom…
The Removes
In the late 19th century, General Armstrong Custer embodied the mixed feelings of Manifest Destiny in the United States, and…
My German Brother
In 1960s Sao Paulo, Brazil, Ciccio is a troubled teenager: he and his friends steal cars, sleep with girls, and…
Woman of the Ashes
The introduction to this tale of the end of independence for the country then called Gaza (now Mozambique) is emblematic…
Theory of Shadows
On March 24, 1946, current world chess champion, Alexandre Alekhine, is supposed to be getting ready to defend his title…
The Kingdom of This World
Originally published in Spanish in 1949 and translated soon after, this second English translation offers a new edition of the…
King Zeno
New Orleans comes alive in 1918: the Great War is over; the musical sound of jazz is heard in many…
Like a Fading Shadow
In April 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray. Ray was not caught immediately, instead escaping…
To Die in Spring
The Spring referred to in the title is the Spring of 1945. Germany has manifestly lost the war, but the…
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