Self-consciously “phantasmagoric and allegorical,” this ambitious novel revels in a wide-eyed traveler’s surreal trek across all of Africa’s nations. Acquiescing to the outlandish is obligatory in Areg Azatyan’s epic adventure... Read More
In Christophe Bernard’s novel "The Hollow Beast", a patriarch’s fervent pursuit of revenge has intergenerational consequences with the emergence of a mysterious beast that haunts one of his descendants decades later. During a fateful... Read More
Louis Timagène Houat’s harrowing, hopeful abolition novel "The Maroons" introduces a crucial Black narrative to the English canon. A maroon, a term used during the Indian Ocean slave trade, is defined as a fugitive, a Black person who... Read More
Cultures and generations clash in Maya Arad’s insightful novella collection "The Hebrew Teacher", which follows three storylines whose flows are sometimes concentric. Ilana is a Hebrew professor. She’s been at her school for “forty... Read More
In Pascale Robert-Diard’s novel "The Little Liar", a weary small-town lawyer takes a professionally and emotionally challenging case. When Alice agrees to represent Lisa, a woman who was raped as a minor, the case seems cut-and-dried.... Read More
First published in Korean, this translated picture book uses bright illustrations and simple, flowing language to convey the resilience and potential within every child. Some seeds are shy, others have thorns, but they develop into proud... Read More
Going beyond headlines of war and strife, Artem Chapeye’s "The Ukraine" parts the veil to offer an earthy, humane look at the people and places of Ukraine. Chapeye is a Ukranian native and traveling journalist, and his compendium of... Read More
Ivana Sajko’s "Love Novel" plunges into the difficulties that occur after a couple without means gives in to desire. The story is told from the points-of-view of an unnamed man and woman living in an unnamed city and country. The man,... Read More