Soft brushstrokes and ink wash illustrations follow a creature from Chinese folklore on a blustery adventure in this mythical tale. Inspired by a classical Chinese poem of the same name, the book follows a young Treeling (a childlike... Read More

Éliette Abécassis’s taut and poignant novel uses reverse chronology to explore significant moments in the lives of a Parisian couple. Jules and Alice meet in the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1955, when Alice is eighteen and Jules is... Read More

A surreal neon dream, this picture book is an ode to the sea, to connection, and to weathering the storm. Neon pinks, yellows, greens, and blues leap out from dark backdrops, depicting the lighthouse keeper’s ever-growing beard of... Read More

In Mariana Travacio’s compact and lyrical novel "All That Dies in April", a woman leaves the parched landscape of her village above the Argentinian pampas to search for the sea. For fourteen years, Lina begged her husband Relicario to... Read More

In Jacqueline Harpman’s riveting novel "I Who Have Never Known Men", a girl emerges from dehumanizing confinement into a troubled and deserted landscape. Following a terrifying event called “the disaster,” thirty-nine women are... Read More

In Hiromi Kawakami’s transfixing novel "The Third Love", a Tokyo woman evades unhappy realities through her complex, sensual dreams. Even as a child, Riko was drawn to charming Naa-chan. While the “enfolding warmth” that she felt... Read More

A bereaved composer keeps the memory of his late wife alive by unusual means in Anne Sénès’s mesmerizing novel "Double Room". In the late 1990s, Stan receives an offer to compose music for a theatrical production. He travels from... Read More

An unsolved disappearance and Croatia’s independence overlap in Jurica Pavičić’s expansive novel "Red Water". In 1989, Silva disappears near Split, then part of Yugoslavia. A lengthy hunt ensues, continuing decades after the... Read More