In Shokoofeh Azar’s intricate fabulistic novel "The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen", an Iranian girl comes of age in a time of war. When a gowkaran tree—likened... Read More

An ambitious reconstruction of a hidden personal life, "Gabriële" is Anne and Claire Berest’s biographical novel about their formidable great-grandmother. At twenty-seven,... Read More

Set in the 1960s and 1970s in a city where World War II still reverberates, Robert Seethaler’s tender novel "The Café with No Name" is about a Viennese restaurateur’s... Read More

In a remote Italian town, an unassuming cobbler is drawn into helping partisans fight against fascists and Nazis in Sacha Naspini’s novel "The Bishop’s Villa". Despite... Read More

The first tome in an epic series set to cover the span of human history, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s riveting novel "Paradises Lost" introduces an immortal who’s grown weary of... Read More

Atsuhiro Yoshida’s novel "Goodnight Tokyo" delves into the nighttime activities of a disparate group of Tokyoites. For her latest assignment as a prop procurer for film sets,... Read More

A determined, empathetic woman works to preserve the stories that others dismiss in Valérie Perrin’s scintillating novel "Forgotten on Sunday". Orphaned as a toddler and... Read More

A lonely girl peeks beyond the veil, ensuring a childhood of wonder and silence, in Su Bristow’s enchanting novel "The Fair Folk". Felicity’s earliest memories are of... Read More

In Savyon Leibrecht’s novel "The Bridesman", an Iranian Israeli family is changed by the arrival of a new bride. Micha was just nine years old when his elders embarked on an... Read More

Two friends share their dreams and troubles in Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri’s graphic novel adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s "My Brilliant Friend". Elena and Lila have known... Read More

Guzel Yakhina’s spellbinding, fabulistic novel "A Volga Tale" views the Russian Revolution from within a small agrarian settlement. In the pastoral time before the Revolution,... Read More

Mysterious mail initiates a family’s search for their buried truths in Anne Berest’s elegiac novel "The Postcard", which vivifies and honors the dead. At her first Seder... Read More