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Fathomless HeartThe Spiritual and Philosophical Reflections of an English Poet-SageWritten by Lewis Thompson, Edited by Richard Lannoy, Foreword by William Stranger, Introduction by Richard LannoyPrice: $19.95Trade PaperbackLewis Thompson (1909–1949) was primarily a poet, a man of letters influenced by Eastern spiritualism and the poets Rimbaud and Rilke. As Richard Lannoy, the editor of Fathomless Heart, writes, Thompson, who rejected traditional literature after experiencing a spiritual crisis as a teenager, wrote “solely as a form of spiritual exercise...
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Forbidden BreadWritten by Erica Johnson DebeljakPrice: $15.95Trade PaperbackForbidden Bread is an unusual love story that covers great territory, both geographically and emotionally. The author leaves behind a successful career as an American financial analyst to pursue Ales Debeljak, a womanizing Slovenian poet who catches her attention at a cocktail party. The story begins in New York City, but...
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The Feline PlagueWritten by Maja Novak, Translated by Maja Visenjak-LimonPrice: $15.95Trade PaperbackA deftly written novel brimming with magical realist touches, The Feline Plague tells the story of Ira, a Slovenian child who discovers early the cruelty of the adult world—particularly the mistreatment of animals. Ira struggles to reconcile her life with a world in which people are small-minded, the chances for happiness...
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Bringing Tony HomeWritten by Tissa AbeysekaraPrice: $14.95Trade PaperbackSet in the 1940s and 1960s, Bringing Tony Home is a masterful modern example of a timeless genre, the bildungsroman. In the title novella, a boy returns to his old home to find Tony, his beloved dog who was abandoned when economic circumstances forced the family to leave. “Bringing Tony Home”...
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The OdysseyWritten by Homer, Translated by Charles SteinPrice: $22.95Trade PaperbackMost translations of The Odyssey are in the kind of standard verse form believed typical of high-serious composition in the ancient world. Yet some scholars believe the epic was originally composed in a less formal, phrase-by-phrase prosody. Charles Stein employs the latter approach in this dramatic, and in some ways truer...
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BelongingNew Poetry by Iranians Around the WorldEdited by Niloufar TalebiPrice: $18.95Trade PaperbackRecent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Western readers may have some awareness of the Iranian novel thanks to a few breakout successes like Reading Lolita in Tehran...
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Guarding HannaWritten by Miha MazziniPrice: $15.95Trade PaperbackAbandoned at birth because he has the face of a “prize boar,” the unnamed narrator of Guarding Hanna knows only a local Berlin gang as family. Patriarch Maestro acts as surrogate father, employing him to collect debts and perform thuggish tasks. Except for brief moments interacting with the gang, “the beast”...
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Angels Beneath the SurfaceA Selection of Contemporary Slovene FictionEdited by Mitja Cander and Tom Priestly, Introduction by Ales StegerPrice: $15.95Trade PaperbackWith a per capita publishing rate of more that three times that of the United States, Slovenia has a long and storied literary history, from the legendary 9th-century Freising Manuscripts to postmodern masterpieces by Igor Bratoz. Continuing that tradition, Angels Beneath the Surface, the first collection of Slovene fiction to...
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AlamutWritten by Vladimir BartolPrice: $16.95Trade PaperbackAlamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with...
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Al-Naqba (The Catastrophe)A Novel About the Palestinian-Israeli ConflictWritten by Barbara GoldscheiderPrice: $14.95Trade PaperbackBased on events, organizations, and locations that Barbara Goldscheider experienced while working on army bases throughout Israel, Al-Naqba, The Catastrophe follows the parallel stories of an elite Palestinian Arab and an officer of the Israeli Defense Forces. Asa Ibrahimi’s infatuation with the daughter of a desert sheikh is brutally ended when...
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