In Mariana Dimópulos’s novel "Imminence", a woman fears the resurgence of her aimless, unhappy past. Though she’s been pressured to marry, have children, and behave in subservient, restrictive ways, the narrator doesn’t fit the... Read More

Inspired by Korean folklore, this bedtime story uses cutout ink characters within detailed dioramas to depict a magical summer night, when it is so hot that the moon begins to melt. A quick-thinking grandmother wolf catches the drops in... Read More

"Ere the Cock Crows" is a thoughtful and affecting novel about the psychological impacts of Nazism. Two men wrestle with the complexities of morality, ethics, and duty in Jens Bjørneboe’s novel "Ere the Cock Crows". This first English... Read More

Gerald J. Davis’s translation of the epic poem "The Divine Comedy" is faithful to the themes of its source material. Gerald J. Davis’s translation of "The Divine Comedy" is a sentimental revival of Dante Alighieri’s classic poem... Read More

Subcultures clash with tragic results in Zülfü Livaneli’s impactful novel "Disquiet". Ibrahim lives and works as a newspaper reporter in Istanbul, a contemporary metropolis where the East mixes with the West. But he is drawn back to... Read More

Maryse Condé’s novel "Waiting for the Waters to Rise" addresses immigration, nationalism, friendship, colorism, and political power through the intersecting lives of three friends. Babakar, a handsome obstetrician in Guadeloupe, is... Read More

Eto Mori’s novel "Colorful" is a warm and compassionate tale about personal growth and second chances. Prapura is an angel who informs the narrator, who has just died, that he has won a lottery. His prize is a “do-over”: he gets to... Read More

A nose-tap to every grownup who’s ever been wheedled into reading “just one more!” bedtime story, this is a funny collection whose reluctant narrator warns that his stories are rooted in his severe sleepiness. In them, similarly... Read More