A fateful lesbian relationship grounds Mariam, It’s Arwa, Areej Gamal’s revealing historical novel about sustenance amid grief. Sent to live with her grandmother in Egypt, Mariam aches to be known. Then, in a metro station amid... Read More

A rootless orphan is adopted into a starving village’s heart in Sandrine Collette’s striking novel "Madelaine Before the Dawn". La Foye sits at the edge of the world, cut off from civilization by a winding river. The peasants who... Read More

A woman maps cultural expectations and desires onto her ailing body in Egana Djabbarova’s singular novel My Dreadful Body. Tackling one body part per chapter, this bildungsroman follows Egana, an Azerbaijani daughter, as she learns... Read More

In Vigdis Hjorth’s taut, emotive novella "Repetition", a Norwegian woman recalls her troubled teenage years and early sexual experiences. While attending a University of Oslo symphony concert, the anonymous narrator observes a tense... Read More

In Keila Vall de la Ville’s incisive novel "Minerva", an aspiring Venezuelan dancer contemplates her artistic future and unusual family background. Minerva is raised in an unconventional manner: by her mother and two fathers in... Read More

An overzealous boy and his cautious cat teach lessons in recognizing and respecting boundaries in this charming picture book. Arthur loves his cat, Zeffo, but Zeffo is less sure about Arthur. When Arthur pushes a situation too far and... Read More

A dreamy boy with an active imagination plays riverside with his mother in this tale about the pleasures of letting your thoughts drift. He floats on an inner tube past dreamscape scenes of children high up in the trees and neighbors... Read More

Love for Kazakhstan and its people proves key to The Wolf Epoch, a decades-spanning, moving poetry collection. Nurlan Orazalin’s stirring poetry collection The Wolf Epoch compiles selections from ten other books of poetry, threading... Read More