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An award-winning, lyrically written, beautifully haunting saga of a Haitian family's fight against a curse spanning four generations.

A mysterious actress turned wanderer shares her story with a nameless emigrant "chorus" in this novel exploring memory and personhood

The dark final volume in former Reykjavik mayor's childhood memoir-trilogy delves into the brutal, relentless despair of his late teens

A multilayered, magical story of love and fate as two modern city-dwellers grapple with traditional family expectations to find happiness.

Debut from Mexico20-nominated author examines humanity's dark side in fatalistic satire of consumer society and the cult of the individual.

A tour-de-force in automatic writing from South Korea's eccentric, award-winning contemporary master delves into subconscious worlds blending reality and imagination.

This work presents Juan Rulfo's cinematic second novel in English for the first time ever alongside several stories never before translated.

"e;Meruane's prose has great literary force: it emerges from the hammer blows of conscience, but also from the ungraspable, and from pain."e;Roberto BolaoThis powerful, profound autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke, leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, illness, science, and human relationships.Lina Meruane (b. 1970), considered the best woman author of Chile today, has won numerous prestigious international prizes, and lives in New York, where she teaches at NYU.

The literary debut of a promising young Russian author from an unknown country, a tale of politics and religion colliding

The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "e;favorite mayor on Earth."e;

The first English-language collection of short stories by Russia's greatest contemporary author, Mikhail Shishkin, the only author to win all three of Russia's most prestigious literary awards. Often included in discussions of Nobel Prize contenders, Shishkin is a master prose writer in the breathtakingly beautiful style of the greatest Russian authors, known for complex, allusive novels about universal and emotional themes. Shishkin's stories read like modern versions of the eternal literature written by his greatest inspirations: Boris Pasternak, Ivan Bunin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Shishkin's short fiction is the perfect introduction to his breathtaking oeuvre, his stories touch on the same big themes as his novels, spanning discussions of love and loss, death and eternal life, emigration and exile. Calligraphy Lesson spans Shishkin's entire writing career, including his first published story, the 1993 Debut Prizewinning "e;Calligraphy Lesson,"e; and his most recent story "e;Nabokov's Inkblot,"e; which was written for a dramatic adaptation performed in Zurich in 2013. Mikhail Shishkin (b. 1961 in Moscow) is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature. A former interpreter for refugees in Switzerland, Shishkin divides his time between Moscow, Switzerland, and Germany.

"e;Mexico's greatest woman writer."e;Roberto Bolao"e;A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful spinner of the fantastic"e;Miami HeraldAn imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen Boullosa shows herself to be at the height of her powers with her latest novel. Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse charactersMexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girlsmakes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing.Shedding important historical light on current battles over the MexicanAmerican frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation, Texas marks the welcome return of a major writer who has previously captivated American audiences and is poised to do so again.Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954) is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. Author of seventeen novels, her books have been translated into numerous world languages. Recipient of numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Boullosa is currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York.Samantha Schnee is founding editor and chairman of the board of Words Without Borders. She has also been a senior editor with Zoetrope, and her translations have appeared in the Guardian, Granta, and the New York Times.

"e;Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel Garca Mrquez."e;Kirkus ReviewsA passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the Night is an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of King Lear, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. Target in the Night, a masterpiece, won every major literary prize in the Spanish language in 2011.Ricardo Piglia (b. 1941), widely considered the greatest living Argentine novelist, has taught for decades in American universities, including most recently at Princeton.

"e;A story that genuinely touches the reader."e;Frettabladid"e;Enormously powerful and particularly heartfelt."e;MorgunbladidThe second book in a trilogy chronicling the troubled childhood of international sensation Jn Gnarr, The Pirate revisits his teenage years with sincere compassion and great humor: bullied relentlessly, Jn receives rebellious inner strength through the Sex Pistols and Prince Kropotkinpunk rock and anarchy offer the promise of a better and more exciting life. Jn Gnarr, the most famous comedic actor in Iceland, founded the Best Party and served as mayor of Reykjavik 2010-2014. Rumors say he will run for President of Iceland in 2016.

A landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.