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  • Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Paperback

    Winner of the Nobel Prize: “For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” —Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation

  • The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri, Clive James

    Paperback

    “Under James’s uncanny touch, seven long centuries drop away, and the great poem is startlingly fresh and new.”—Stephen Greenblatt

  • Inferno

    Dante Alighieri, Clive James

    Paperback

    Dante's immortal vision of Hell shines "as it never did before in English verse" (Edward Mendelson) in Clive James's new translation of Inferno.

  • Genesis: Translation and Commentary

    Robert Alter

    Paperback

    "[Here is] the Genesis for our generation and beyond."—Robert Fagles

  • The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

    Robert Alter

    Paperback

    "A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999