Josep Pla (1897-1981), one of the most influential and controversial Catalan authors of the twentieth century, has a sensibility he declared to have been “notoriously... Read More

Observations and memories juxtapose tributes to beauty with the gracelessness of aging. A timeless work from Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal becomes accessible to English-speaking... Read More

Magdalena Tulli’s new literary novel reads like poetry, replete with metaphor, unique syntax, and intriguing images. The author’s inventive and graceful language lends this... Read More

“All the evil in the world is from envy,” says Szymek, the hero of Wiesław Mykśliwski’s novel "Stone Upon Stone". “If you look around the world you see mountains... Read More

In "White Masks", Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury takes up the gauntlet laid down by José Saramago in the last great novel of the twentieth century, Blindness. As a character in... Read More

This is the steel of working-class, Mid-Western America described by a poet. What the story lacks in hope is counteracted by the beauty of the author’s narrative, which... Read More