A family flees from Castro’s Cuba, in this gritty, humorous novel about a young boy’s coming of age. Raul Ramos Y Sanchez’s "The Skinny Years" is a complex, humorous, and utterly absorbing coming-of-age tale set in the 1960s. With... Read More

Subtle hints of German folklore run through this layered family saga. "Almost Everything Very Fast", German novelist Christopher Kloeble’s first book to appear in English, begins with a young man’s search to learn the identity of his... Read More

Immigrants participate in antiapartheid efforts, in this compassionate novel about family, bravery, and loss. Anthony Schneider’s "Repercussions" is a much-needed addition to the canon of South African antiapartheid literature. The... 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 searing historical narrative that begins in a dacha and ends... Read More

Weiner’s book requires the abandonment of expectations and the willingness to delve into the lines between reality and unreality. As Czech Modernist writer Richard Weiner would have it in his provocative and existential exploration... Read More

Internationally acclaimed short stories delve into contradictions in Mexican culture, mythology, trust, and forgiveness. Prominent Mexican writer Juan Villoro, who has yet to be celebrated, much less discovered, in the United States, has... Read More

This fascinating book tells the little-known story of the Belgian resistance during World War I. The year 2014 marks the centennial anniversary of World War I, and the publishing industry has unleashed a plethora of historical and... Read More

Cannon’s testimony details Marxist philosophy on war and what socialists can take from it to counter the American capitalist majority. "Socialism on Trial", by James P. Cannon, offers explanations to those who question the efficacy of... Read More