The farcical, tragic reminiscences of Tom Collins, philosopher and rogue. Joseph Furphy's great work of Australian literature combines a genius for storytelling with a wry wit and a deep love for the
Patrick White's 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific washerwoman, and a childlike heiress are each b
First time in PaperbackThe Family Mashber is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an
In the first century a.d., Ovid, author of the groundbreaking epic poem Metamorphoses, came under severe criticism for The Art of Love, which playfully instructed women in the art of seduction and men
