A woman relives her traumatic sexual assault in Tatiana Salem Levy’s epistolary novel "Vista Chinesa". Júlia went for her daily run to Vista Chinesa, a lookout point in Rio de Janeiro, on an ordinary afternoon. While she was... Read More

Musicians converge on a single stage for a contest that will separate technical skill from true genius in "Honeybees and Distant Thunder", a novel that cements Riku Onda as a virtuosic talent. How does music make you feel? For one... Read More

An aging Israeli academic reckons with his family’s crimes—and his own—in Agur Schiff’s novel Professor Schiff’s Guilt. Professor Schiff is in no way proud of the fact that his ancestor made his fortune as a slave trader. But... Read More

In Pirkko Saisio’s autobiographical novel "The Red Book of Farewells", a Finnish woman navigates being a lesbian in a time when homosexuality was outlawed and when the currents of communism pervaded every aspect of life. Death opens... Read More

In Nathacha Appanah’s luminous novel "The Sky above the Roof", a teenager’s impulsive, confused actions lead to his imprisonment. Formidable, intense Phoenix was forced to be a child entertainer. Doll-like, she sang for adoring... Read More

In N. Prabhakaran’s postmodern short story collection "Diary of a Malayali Madman", people are touched by madness and constrained by the traditions and politics of their Indian societies. A man finds himself pressed into service as a... Read More

In Ronya Othmann’s captivating novel "The Summers", a German Yazidi girl comes of age in a time of political crisis. Syria is “found on maps, globes, and official documents,” but Leyla, who spends summers there with her... Read More

A secret between a husband and a wife threatens their existence in Marijke Schermer’s novel "Breakwater". Bruch is in love with Emilia. Everything about her is right. But without explanation, Emilia stops taking his calls. Her brother... Read More