Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. In three beautifully wrought meditations on the import of Rene Descartes' legacy from a poet's perspective, Durs Grunbein pr
Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy. "Sedulously argued, this thoughtful book attempts nothing less than a revalorization of prejudice--its meaning, the way it manifests itself, and its effect on individu
Drama. On his sixtieth birthday, Monsieur Lebordin, a world-renowned scholar and antiquities expert, suffers a heart attack while alone in his one room apartment in Paris, and is visited by the myster
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Disability Studies. Self-help. Philosophy & Spirituality. Essay. Theater. Translated from the French by Michael Eskin. Foreword by Matthieu Ricard. Alexandre Jollien, who
Drama. Translated from the Hungarian by Agnes Walder. Arguably the most significant modern Hungarian poet, Lajos Walder was born in 1913 and died in 1945 in the Gunskirchen concentration camp, on the
Literary Nonfiction. Translated from the German by Michael Eskin. "The way we live now is by making war on human—and humane—time. Historians will record that we were complicit in the dictatorship of s
Fiction. Intrigue, romance, reversals of fortune, and the question of the good life are at the heart of SPANISH LIGHT, Stephen Grant's enthralling new novel about the 2008 global economic crisis and i
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Linguistics. Literary Criticism. Poetics. Translated from the Russian by Michael Eskin. Written between 1916 and 1931 and available in English for the first time, Yakubins
Literary Nonfiction. Essay. Philosophy. Personal Growth. Spirituality. A sheer delight to read and think along with, these aphorisms and philosophical miniatures will astound, enliven, and inspire any
Drama. Set in a remote radio outpost in northern Quebec in 1942, BELOW ZERO is a study in obsession, duplicity, aversion, infidelity, and psychological abuse to the point of murder... people stuck tog
Drama. Translated from the Hungarian by Agnes Walder. Written in the early 1940s under the Nazi reign of terror and set in ancient Sparta during the Second Messenean War in the 7th century BCE, TYRTAE
Nonfiction. Philosophy. Linguistics. Published in 1923, ON DIALOGIC SPEECH is the first study devoted entirely to the concrete ways in which we interact and communicate with each other through languag
