Literature
Birds of Paradise: A Novel
Paperback
“A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at [Abu-Jaber’s] table.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post
The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
Paperback
"A book the many fans of Heaney's Beowulf might take home and dip into, almost at random, for years." —Publishers Weekly
Lifespan of a Fact
Paperback
Now a Broadway Play.
An innovative essayist and his fact-checker do battle about the use of truth and the definition of nonfiction.
The Walk
Paperback
Robert Walser's preferred alternate version of his classic tale. In a new translation by Susan Bernofsky, The Walk is an elegant consideration of walking and the philosophical musings it engenders.
News from the World: Stories and Essays
Paperback
“Not only can Fox see, she can hear, she can feel.”—Zadie Smith, Harper’s