Literature
Oscar Wilde: Criticism
Subsequent
Paperback
Edouard Roditi's critical study of Oscar Wilde, originally published in 1947 in New Directions' Makers of Modern Literature Series, was a...
The Famous Magician
Hardback
A writer is offered a devil’s bargain: will he give up reading books in exchange for total world domination?
The English Understand Wool
Hardback
Maman was exigeante—there is no English word—and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified.
Three Streets
Hardback
Yoko Tawada—winner of the National Book Award—presents three terrific new ghost stories, each named after a street in Berlin
Spadework for a Palace
Hardback
WINNER OF THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZE
A joyful ode—in a single soaring, crazy sentence—to the interconnectedness of great (and mad) minds