A potent story of a diaspora coming-of-age, Denis Hirson’s memoir troubles the distance between inheritance and the lives we make for ourselves. In Hirson’s Johannesburg... Read More

Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on... Read More

J. S. Margot’s memoir "Mazel Tov" is the unvarnished account of how two clashing cultures led to lasting friendship. In her student days, Margot answered an ad to be a tutor.... Read More

French Azerbaijani writer Banine’s memoir of her childhood, Days of the Caucasus, is an entertaining early twentieth-century account. Banine was born in 1905 to parents of new... Read More

Featuring more than a hundred entries spanning every continent and thousands of years, Heart of a Stranger is a varied, compelling, and expansive view of the universal... Read More

In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, many Russians fled the country and ensconced themselves in interwar Europe. Irina Odoevtseva’s novel "Isolde" speaks to the sense of... Read More

In 1902, at twenty-six, Rainer Maria Rilke visited Paris for the first time, drawn by his perception—he was not alone—of France as the consummate home of the artist. He... Read More

We cannot know war––the terror, gore, long-lasting psychological derangement—if we haven’t marched into battle. Nothing imitated in Hollywood or imagined can approximate... Read More

Illusions and ghosts populate Sara Gallardo’s stories, collected here in "Land of Smoke". These are tales in which a dream come true—a cozy retirement among the flowers; the... Read More

Christoph Ribbat’s "In the Restaurant" serves up a fascinating buffet of fare and facts with its panoramic yet intimate look at the enduring concept of serving food to... Read More

At the turn of the twentieth century, few Americans were more famous than Buffalo Bill Cody, and his Wild West shows played to huge crowds. But while those shows were popular,... Read More

A misanthropic lead makes this humorous, character-driven novel impossible to forget. Marie-Sabine Roger, author of Soft in the Head and Afternoons with Margueritte, continues... Read More