A dark and comic family drama, Ronit Matalon’s "And the Bride Closed the Door" takes place in Tel Aviv and begins with Margie making a big announcement through her bedroom... Read More

The questions of love, marriage, and mortality come to life in Margriet de Moor’s poignant novel Sleepless Night. Suffering from insomnia, a woman wakes in the middle of the... Read More

Among the strands that shape a person’s identity, family may be one of the most influential. Sergei Lebedev delves into one such family in "The Goose Fritz", an impressive... Read More

Beautifully reconstructing three days in Paris, Ersi Sotiropoulos traverses the complex hallways of the poet Constantine Cavafy’s mind in What’s Left of the Night. A... Read More

Franzosini’s novel is an ode to a tragic artist who captured the dignity of animals. Edgardo Franzosini’s "The Animal Gazer" is a captivating character study of a mysterious... Read More

Sketching out a cross-time search for a meaningful connection, "The Madeleine Project" is a sweet, respectful ode to an ordinary life. In a time when platforms like Twitter seem... Read More

Adua is a memorable, affecting tale of postcolonial Africa. Igiaba Scego’s spare "Adua" brings the decolonialization of Africa to life through the stories of Zoppe and his... Read More

An egregious murder in a beloved church initiates a compelling whodunit in this energetic and original crime novel. How do you catch a killer in one of the world’s most... Read More

With its vibrant, sophisticated prose style, this is a necessary historical novel in Gulag literature. Sergei Lebedev’s "Oblivion", translated by Antonina W. Bouis, creates a... Read More

Sultry, seductive Alexandria is filled with secrets, seething resentments, and hidden tensions, and the Egyptian Jews who live there, though enamored of the city’s charms, are... Read More

This minimalist narrative exquisitely conveys themes of connections within the Japanese culture. "I Called Him Necktie" is an elegant and moving story about two very different... Read More

This thrilling, fresh, and surprising novel ought to draw the eyes of the literati back to Israel. Filmmaker Shemi Zarhin’s emotionally expansive and beautiful debut centers... Read More