A prodigal son comes home in the wake of tragedy in Jabbour Douaihy’s compelling novel "The King of India". After several years and a storied life abroad, Zakariya returns to Lebanon. Surrounded by an air of melancholy, he interacts... Read More

In Lina Wolff’s psychological thriller "Carnality", a writer arrives in Madrid and sets out to become a new person. The writer observes a married couple, Santiago and Miranda. He has dementia; she cares for him. Enchanted by their... Read More

Breaking up is never easy, but when you suspect your partner of murder, it becomes a safety issue. In Riku Onda’s atmospheric novel "Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight", a couple spends one last night together, each determined to get... Read More

The comics anthology "Voices That Count" features nine stories that illuminate the challenges of being a woman in today’s world. This is an English translation of a Spanish publication. While the women involved in writing and drawing... Read More

Kim Hyun’s collection "Glory Hole" exists in a liminal space, defying neat categorization. It’s a mix of poetry and prose that blurs the lines between stories and essays. The moment a form or pattern emerges, the pieces shift.... Read More

Jacqueline Harpman’s "I Who Have Never Known Men" is a brilliant, spare science fiction novel in which a curious girl asks what remains after everything has been stripped away. In the beginning, the girl is caged with thirty-nine women... Read More

The wounds of a friend group break open following a chance discovery in Valerie Perrin’s gripping novel "Three". When they were children, it seemed that Adrien, Nina, and Etienne would always be inseparable. Those outside of their trio... Read More

A wronged, bitter young man welcomes his fate in Natalia García Freire’s novel "This World Does Not Belong to Us". Lucas was just a child when his father sold him to another farmer as a laborer. Years later, Lucas returns, full of... Read More