Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for Freud – such are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds...

Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for Freud – such are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds...

This spare, unforgettable novel is Pierre Michon's luminous exploration of the mysteries of desire. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and sleepless nights, he falls under the spell of a to...

T. , an acclaimed but ageing actor, and Efina, a passionate theatergoer, are engaged in an obsessive love affair that careens from attraction to repulsion. They compulsively write letters – often to express their intense dislike of one another – whic...

Roman Myths gathers eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one beautiful abridged collection, rewritten for third and fourth graders who cant quite tackle the originals and older children at lower reading levels. This high interest/low vocabulary...

Homers The Iliad is the perfect way for young readers to become familiar with the epic tale of the Trojan War. Rewritten for third and fourth graders who cant quite tackle the original and older children at lower reading levels, this high interest/lo...

One hundred years have passed since Marcel Proust published the first volume of what was to become a seven-volume masterpiece, "In Search of Lost Time". In the intervening century his famously compelling novel has never been out of print and has been...

Set in New York City in the months preceding 9/11, Norman Manea's novel introduces us to the protagonist who, like the author himself, is a Romanian professor in exile and who struggles with loneliness, dislocation, the desire to hide. Yet his diffic...

"Rimbaud the Son", widely celebrated upon its publication in France, investigates the life of a writer, the writing life, and the art of life-writing. Pierre Michon in his groundbreaking work examines the storied life of the French poet Arthur Rimbau...

Gottfried Benn ranks among the most significant German poets of the twentieth century. His early work, with its shockingly graphic depictions of human suffering and degradation, was associated with the Expressionist movement; the overriding theme of...