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New Poetry New Fiction
Concerto al-QudsAdonisTranslated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
From the man revered as the greatest living Arabic poet, this deeply felt poem is a hymn to the troubled city of Jerusalem/Al-Quds, embattled by the conflict-ing demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. “A monumental work.”—Jessica Hagedorn, author of Dogeaters
Hardcover 2017 96 pp. 978-0-300-19764-8 $25.00/£18.99
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Exemplary NovelsMiguel de CervantesTranslated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
Edited by Roberto González Echevarría
“These twelve novellas, newly translated by the virtuosic Edith Grossman, are a revelation to us. They are a feast for Cervantes’ admirers, and stand truly by themselves—witty, naughty, trenchant, smart, widely ranging, thoroughly modern and readable.”—Richard Ford
Available January 2018Paper 2018 448 pp. 978-0-300-23053-6 $20.00/£12.99
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The Walnut MansionMiljenko JergovicTranslated by Stephen M. Dickey, with Janja Pavetic-Dickey
An epic novel of twentieth-century Balkan life. “This multigenerational saga . . . amounts to a microcosm of the Balkan experience, in which everyday lives are punctured by history.”—New Yorker
Paper 2017 456 pp. 978-0-300-22698-0 $22.00/£12.99
The Influence PeddlersHédi KaddourTranslated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan
The eagerly awaited English translation of Kaddour’s award-winning novel of clashing cultures during the French colonial years.
Flapped paperback 2017 344 pp. 978-0-300-22288-3 $18.00/£14.99
New Fiction
BlamelessClaudio MagrisTranslated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel
From one of Europe’s most revered authors, a tale of one man’s obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity’s darkest atrocities in order to oppose them. “[A] remarkable novel.”—New Yorker
Hardcover 2017 368 pp. 978-0-300-21848-0 $26.00/£16.99
The Mountains of ParnassusCzeslaw MiloszTranslated from the Polish by Stanley Bill
Nobel laureate Milosz’s only work of science fiction available in English, this deliberately unfinished novel is set in a dystopian future where hierarchy, patri-archy, and religion no longer exist. “These aphoristic, hallucinatory shards are the slightly mismatched contents of a time capsule sent to us in the present.” —Cynthia Haven, Times Literary Supplement
Hardcover 2017 184 pp. 978-0-300-21425-3 $25.00/£12.99
Little JewelPatrick ModianoTranslated from the French by Penny Hueston
This luminous and haunting novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick Modiano addresses the struggles of a young woman adrift, imprisoned in an imperfectly remembered past. “A simple story . . . that grows richer with each reading.”—J.P. Smith, The Millions
Flapped paperback 2016 168 pp. 978-0-300-22182-4 $16.00/£11.50
Such Fine BoysPatrick ModianoTranslated from the French by Mark Polizzotti Foreword by J. M. G. Le Clézio
“Gently indicts the duplicity and futility of an entire generation. . . . Le Clézio . . . says it best in his foreword: ‘This is at once the clearest, the purest, and the most complex’ of Modiano’s novels.”—Michael Autrey, Booklist (starred review)
Flapped paperback 2017 208 pp. 978-0-300-22334-7 $16.00/£12.99
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New Fiction New Fiction
The Valley of the FallenCarlos RojasTranslated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
This historical novel by one of Spain’s most celebrated writers imagines Francisco de Goya during his fraught years as official royal artist to the Spanish court in the early nineteenth century, and again during Franco’s Fascist era of the twentieth century.
Available March 2018Hardcover 2018 320 pp. 978-0-300-21796-4 $26.00 /£20.00
OrthokostáA Novel
Thanassis ValtinosTranslated from the Greek by Jane Assimakopoulos and Stavros Deligiorgis; Foreword by Stathis N. Kalyvas
A preeminent work of modern Greek literature, this provocative novel poses difficult questions about the nation’s Nazi occupation and early Civil War years. “[A] chilling, arresting novel.”—Publishers Weekly
Cloth 2016 304 pp. 2 b/w maps 978-0-300-20999-0 $27.00/£16.99
The Book of WhispersVarujan VosganianTranslated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth
A harrowing account of the Armenian Genocide documented through the stories of those who managed to survive and de-scendants who refuse to forget. “Through family recollections, public accounts and factual reports, Varujan Vosganian has built an extraordinary novel that is also a memory machine.”—Alberto Manguel, author of The Library at Night
Hardcover 2017 360 pp. 978-0-300-22346-0 $26.00/£18.99
At Twilight They ReturnA Novel in Ten Tales
Zyranna ZateliTranslated from the Greek by David Connolly
This award-winning classic of contempo-rary Greek literature draws from classical mythology and ethnic folklore to tell the multigenerational story of a remarkable, doomed family. “As years go by, this book will be compared to the masterpieces of world literature.”—Dinos Siotis, Diavazo
Hardcover 2016 528 pp. 978-0-300-20071-3 $35.00/£18.99
Sundays in AugustPatrick ModianoTranslated from the French by Damion Searls
“Nobel Prize–winner Modiano does more with less in this subtle and haunting noir. . . . Modiano makes the reader work to put the puzzle pieces in order, while maintain-ing a convincing atmosphere of tension and dread.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Flapped paperback 2017 168 pp. 978-0-300-22333-0 $16.00/£12.99
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The Dirty DustCré na Cille
Máirtín Ó CadhainTranslated from the Irish by Alan Titley
This lilting translation of Máirtin Ó Cadhain’s internationally admired satiric novel is full of the brio and guts of the Irish author’s original. “Never mind that all of the characters are dead, The Dirty Dust is full of life.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Paper 2016 328 pp. 978-0-300-21982-1 $16.00/£8.99
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Graveyard ClayCré na Cille
Máirtín Ó CadhainTranslated from the Irish by Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson
This brilliant new translation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s masterpiece Cré na Cille, meant to spark debate and comparison with Alan Titley’s translation. “A rollicking recreation of a comic classic and a damn good read.”—Philip O’Leary, Dublin Review of Books
Paper 2017 368 pp. 6 b/w illus. 978-0-300-22706-2 $16.00/£10.99
France, Story of a ChildhoodZahia RahmaniTranslated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
A heartbreaking autobiographical novel of an Algerian Muslim family’s unwelcom-ing reception in France. “With its appeal to humanity in the face of the politics of exclusion, this beautiful translation could not be more timely.”—Mark Sussman, Hunter College
Flapped paperback 2016 216 pp. 978-0-300-21210-5 $16.00/£10..99
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New Fiction New Nonfiction and Memoir
MelancholyLászló F. FöldényiTranslated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson; Foreword by Alberto Manguel
“An astounding work: Földényi, a most learned man, brilliantly imaginative, illuminates the mysteries of melancholy by analyzing how great thinkers of the past pondered it. A major work of cultural history.”—Fritz Stern, University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
Cloth 2016 360 pp. 978-0-300-16748-1 $35.00/£20.00
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The Book of BeginningsFrançois JullienTranslated by Jody Gladding
A capstone work from a renowned philosopher who explores how Western cultural biases may be challenged by classic texts in order to enter another way of thinking. “An encouraging, lively, and aspirational narrative offering an illumination in virtually every sentence.” —Ron Slate, On the Seawall
Paper 2016 152 pp. 978-0-300-22356-9 $17.00/£12.99
JourneyingClaudio MagrisTranslated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel
A world-celebrated travel writer reinvents the form itself in this inviting account of journeys to Spain, Iran, Norway, Vietnam, Australia, and beyond. Seeking the kind of experience “that occurs when you abandon yourself to [the gentle current of time] and to whatever life brings,” he demonstrates that wandering is equal part wondering.
Available March 2018Hardcover 2018 320 pp. 978-0-300-21851-0 $25.00/£16.99
The Hatred of MusicPascal QuignardTranslated from the French by Matthew Amos and Fredrik Rönnbäck
This provocative book explores the history of music, from prehistoric chants to the Holocaust and beyond, and exposes the disturbing power of music to manipulate and mesmerize. “Just about any reader will be perversely thrilled by the intersec-tions Quignard unearths between the mind and the world of sound.”—Jeanne Bonner, Three Percent
Cloth 2016 216 pp. 978-0-300-21138-2 $26.00s/£16.99
MesopotamiaSerhiy ZhadanProse translated from the Ukrainian by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler; poetry translated from the Ukranian by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps
A unique work of fiction from the trou-bled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation’s post-independence years.
Available May 2018Flapped paperback 2018 320 pp. 978-0-300-22335-4 $16.00/£12.99
New Nonfiction and Memoir
FibrilsThe Rules of the Game, Volume 3
Michel LeirisTranslated from the French by Lydia Davis
This much-anticipated translation brings the third volume of Michel Leiris’s acclaimed autobiographical essay to English-language readers for the first time. Lévi-Strauss proclaimed Leiris “incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century,” and his thirty-five-year autobiographical project is considered by many to be a primary document of artistic life in the twentieth century.
Hardcover 2017 256 pp. 978-0-300-21239-6 $30.00/£20.00
Now available in paperback
ScratchesThe Rules of the Game, Volume 1Michel LeirisTranslated from the French by Lydia Davis
“For me [Leiris’s] work is not only a docu-ment that enriches our knowledge of man, but also a personal testament that touches me deeply.”—Francis Bacon
Flapped paperback 2017 272 pp.
978-0-300-21237-2 $18.00/£12.99
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ScrapsThe Rules of the Game, Volume 2Michel LeirisTranslated from the French by Lydia Davis
“I read with fervor the literary works of Michel Leiris. . . . He is incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century.” —Claude Lévi-StraussFlapped paperback 2017 248 pp. 978-0-300-21238-9 $18.00/£12.99
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Fiction
GlobetrotterDavid AlbahariTranslated by Ellen Elias-BursacFlapped paperback 2014 216 pp. 978-0-300-20132-1 $15.00s/£9.99
The Corpse WasherSinan AntoonTranslated from the Arabic by the authorPaper 2014 200 pp. 978-0-300-20564-0 $13.00/£8.99
CelestinaFernando de RojasTranslated by Margaret Sayers Peden; Edited and with an Introduc-tion by Roberto González EchevarríaFlapped paperback 2012 288 pp. 978-0-300-14199-3 $13.95x/£9.99
FuenteovejunaLope de VegaTranslated by G. J. Racz; With an Introduction by Roberto González EchevarríaFlapped paperback 2012 136 pp. 978-0-300-18152-4 $13.95x/£9.99
Walpurgis Night, or the Steps of the CommanderVenedikt ErofeevTranslated by Marian Schwartz; With an Introduction by Karen RyanFlapped paperback 2014 152 pp. 978-0-300-15986-8 $18.00s/£14.99
La Vida DobleA NovelArturo FontaineTranslated by Megan McDowellFlapped paperback 2014 312 pp. 978-0-300-20576-3 $15.00s/£9.99
FerdydurkeWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Danuta Borchardt; Foreword by Susan SontagFlapped paperback 2012 320 pp. 978-0-300-18167-8 $16.00s For sale in North America, US territories and dependencies only
Trans-AtlantykAn Alternate TranslationWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Danuta BorchardtFlapped paperback 2014 192 pp. 978-0-300-17530-1 $17.00s/£12.99
Please Talk to MeSelected StoriesLiliana HekerTranslated by Alberto Manguel and Miranda FranceFlapped paperback 2015 224 pp. 978-0-300-19804-1 $16.00s/£8.99
The Last Days of MankindThe Complete TextKarl KrausTranslated by Fred Bridgham and Edward TimmsCloth 2015 672 pp. 8 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20767-5 $40.00s/£25.00
BlindlyClaudio MagrisTranslated by Anne Milano AppelFlapped paperback 2012 400 pp. 978-0-300-18536-2 $18.00x/£14.00
The Black EnvelopeNorman ManeaTranslated by Patrick CamillerFlapped paperback 2012 336 pp. 978-0-300-18294-1 $16.50x/£13.00
Compulsory HappinessNorman ManeaTranslated by Linda CoverdaleFlapped paperback 2012 272 pp. 978-0-300-18295-8 $16.50x/£13.00
The LairNorman ManeaTranslated by Oana Sânziana MarianFlapped paperback 2013 256 pp. 978-0-300-19879-9 $16.00x/£9.99
CyclopsRanko MarinkovicTranslated by Vlada Stojiljkovic; Edited by Ellen Elias-BursacFlapped paperback 2012 576 pp. 978-0-300-18172-2 $20.00x/£14.99
The Roar of MorningTip MaruggTranslated by Paul VincentFlapped paperback 2015 144 pp. 978-0-300-20764-4 $16.00/£10.99
Masters and ServantsPierre MichonTranslated, Illustrated, and with a New Introduction by Wyatt MasonFlapped paperback 2013 192 pp. 978-0-300-18069-5 $15.00x/£9.99
The Origin of the WorldPierre MichonTranslated and with a New Introduction by Wyatt Mason; With an Afterword by Roger ShattuckFlapped paperback 2013 112 pp. 978-0-300-18070-1 $13.00x/£9.99
Winter Mythologies and AbbotsPierre MichonTranslated by Ann JeffersonFlapped paperback 2014 128 pp. 978-0-300-17906-4 $13.00x/£9.99
After the CircusA NovelPatrick ModianoTranslated by Mark PolizzottiFlapped paperback 2015 216 pp. 978-0-300-21589-2 $16.00/£10.99
Paris NocturnePatrick ModianoTranslated by Phoebe Weston-EvansFlapped paperback 2015 160 pp. 978-0-300-21588-5 $16.00For sale in USA and Canada only
Suspended SentencesThree NovellasPatrick ModianoTranslated by Mark PolizzottiFlapped paperback 2014 232 pp. 978-0-300-19805-8 $16.00/£12.99
The Girl with the Golden ParasolUday PrakashTranslated by Jason GrunebaumFlapped paperback 2013 224 pp. 978-0-300-19054-0 $15.00x/£10.99
The African ShoreRodrigo Rey RosaTranslated by Jeffrey GrayFlapped paperback 2013 160 pp. 978-0-300-19610-8 $13.00x/£9.99
Severina Rodrigo Rey RosaTranslated by Chris AndrewsFlapped paperback 2014 112 pp. 978-0-300-19609-2 $13.00x/£8.99
The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to HellCarlos RojasTranslated by Edith GrossmanFlapped paperback 2014 224 pp. 978-0-300-20586-2 $13.00s/£8.99
Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyTranslated by Marian Schwartz; Edited and with an Introduction by Gary Saul MorsonPaper 2015 792 pp. 978-0-300-21682-0 $20.00/£12.99
Five Spice StreetCan XueTranslated by Karen Gernant and Chen ZepingFlapped paperback 2012 352 pp. 978-0-300-16796-2 $12.00s/£9.99
The Last LoverCan XueTranslated by Annelise Finegan WasmoenFlapped paperback 2014 336 pp. 978-0-300-15332-3 $19.00s/£9.99
Nonfiction and Memoir
AdonisSelected PoemsAdonisTranslated by Khaled MattawaFlapped paperback 2012 432 pp. 978-0-300-18125-8 $20.00/£15.99
Second SimplicityNew Poetry and Prose, 1991–2011Yves BonnefoyTranslated by Hoyt RogersFlapped paperback 2013 320 pp. 978-0-300-19818-8 $25.00x/£19.00
The Poetry of KabbalahMystical Verse from the Jewish TraditionTranslated and Annotated by Peter ColeCo-edited and with an Afterword by Aminadav DykmanFlapped paperback 2014 544 pp. 978-0-300-20569-5 $20.00/£14.99
NotturnoGabriele D’AnnunzioTranslated and Annotated by Stephen Sartarelli; Preface by Virginia JewissCloth 2012 344 pp. 978-0-300-15542-6 $30.00x/£23.00
The Brazen PlagiaristSelected PoemsKiki DimoulaTranslated by Cecile Inglessis Margellos and Rika LesserFlapped paperback 2014 392 pp. 978-0-300-20573-2 $20.00x/£10.99
OpenworkPoetry and ProseAndré du BouchetSelected, Translated, and Presented by Paul Auster and Hoyt RogersCloth 2014 368 pp. 978-0-300-19763-1 $26.00s/£16.99
DiaryWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Lillian ValleeFlapped paperback 2012 800 pp. 978-0-300-11806-3 $23.00x/£16.99
The Hooligan’s ReturnA MemoirNorman ManeaTranslated by Angela JianuFlapped paperback 2013 400 pp. 978-0-300-19780-8 $20.00x/£15.00
Selected LyricsThéophile GautierTranslated by Norman R. ShapiroFlapped paperback 2012 552 pp. 978-0-300-18155-5 $20.00x/£15.00
Tales of a Severed HeadRachida MadaniTranslated by Marilyn HackerFlapped paperback 2012 176 pp. 978-0-300-17628-5 $18.00s/£9.99
Selected PoemsSeán Ó RíordáinEdited by Frank SewellCloth 2014 288 pp. 978-0-300-19058-8 $24.00x/£16.99
SongbookThe Selected Poems of Umberto SabaUmberto SabaTranslated by George Hochfield and Leonard Nathan; Introduction, Notes, and Commentary by George HochfieldFlapped paperback 2012 592 pp. 978-0-300-18175-3 $25.00x/£16.99
Mozart’s Third BrainGöran SonneviTranslation, Preface, and Notes by Rika Lesser; Foreword by Rosanna WarrenFlapped paperback 2012 240 pp. 978-0-300-18182-1 $15.00x/£10.99
Like a Straw Bird It Follows MeAnd Other PoemsGhassan ZaqtanTranslated by Fady JoudahFlapped paperback 2013 144 pp. 978-0-300-19840-9 $18.00/£9.99
SketchbooksFrance 1940–1944Andrzej BobkowskiTranslated from the Polish by Grazyna Drabik and Laura Engelstein
La République des LettresMarc FumaroliTranslated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
Desirable BodyHubert HaddadTranslated from the French by Alyson Waters
WardaSonallah IbrahimTranslated from the Arabic by Hosam Aboul-Ela
Part Time DragonsMaria MitsoraTranslated from the Greek by Jacob Moe
Sentence to HopeThe Sa’dallah Wannous ReaderSa’dallah WannousTranslated from the Arabic by Robert Myers and Nada A. Saab
Love in the New MillenniumCan XueTranslated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen MinutesWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Benjamin IvryFlapped paperback 2012 120 pp. 978-0-300-18168-5 $9.95x For sale in North America only
PassionsGiacomo LeopardiTranslated by Tim ParksCloth 2014 232 pp. 978-0-300-18633-8 $26.00s/£12.99
The Fifth ImpossibilityEssays on Exile and LanguageNorman ManeaFlapped paperback 2012 368 pp. 978-0-300-17995-8 $16.50x/£13.00
Rimbaud the SonPierre Michon Translated by Jody Gladding and Elizabeth DeshaysFlapped paperback 2013 96 pp. 978-0-300-17265-2 $15.00x/£9.99
Poetry Forthcoming —Available Fall 2018
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