Iconic short stories from the Russian master of satire, in a strikingly modern translation"The most morally complete ...

This book is the first survey of the art and practice of Art+Positive, a significant affinity group of ACT UP New Yor...

The life of the German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) is a veritable allegory of ...

“A well-written, deeply personal saga that acknowledges the resonance of historical identity, art, and literature in ...

In the aftermath of a national disaster, a couple look back on their marriage and what it cost them in this groundbre...

“An incredibly moving and gripping novel . . . so sure-footed, clear, vibrating, like chiffon or a cigarette.” — Olga...

A haunting and powerful portrait of a young French girl, and her desire to escape the world in which she is born, wit...

Essays consider the temporality and the aesthetics of “standstill.”"Standstill” could be the name for the kind of exp...

Jean Rhys's Good Morning Midnight is an unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair ...

His biggest book since Oblivion, Héctor Abad’s humane voice buoys the spirit and reminds us of the value of human con...

Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerf...

A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all time Published just years before the French Revolution,...

Best Translated Novel of the Decade – Lit HubA New York Times Notable Book of 2015 — Michiko Kakutani, The Top Books ...

"Every line we succeed in publishing today...is a victory wrested from the powers of darkness." So wrote Walter Benja...

Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot—of the triumvirate that dominated French letters in the eighteenth century, Diderot was u...

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French...

Edmund de Waal’s art speaks to his enduring fascination with the nature of objects and the attendant history of their...

An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career—new and collected poetry from one of Canada’s most honoured ...

White Resin is an ethereal love story of the almost-impossible reconciliation between the manufactured world and the ...

Gloriously translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Adam and Eve in Paradise by Eça de Queirósis not the rosy prelapsarian ...

Sally Mara’s Intimate Diary, dating from 1950, is exceptional; a salacious, black humorous and meaningful story by t...

A moving, evocative exploration of heartbreak and healing in Paris, told through words and images in this stunning co...