Writing to one’s unborn child is reasonably common; it’s the starting point for Karl Ove Knausgaard’s upcoming quartet, for instance. Such a project might suggest romanticized anticipation, but Little Village managing editor Tim... Read More

Adua is a memorable, affecting tale of postcolonial Africa. Igiaba Scego’s spare "Adua" brings the decolonialization of Africa to life through the stories of Zoppe and his estranged daughter, Adua. In the 1930s, Somali native Zoppe is... Read More

Rodoreda’s final work emphasizes imagery and the language of her characters with sincere and beautiful language of her own. Mercè Rodoreda’s novel "War, So Much War", translated here from the Catalan by Maruxa Relano and Martha... Read More

This dystopian retelling of The Little Mermaid integrates ingenious futuristic technology. Can mermaids and genetic engineering coexist? Set three thousand years into the future, with most of Earth under water and the majority of people... Read More

There’s a lot of imagined doggy talk in "The Miracle of Sam", a heartfelt story of a couple in Sedona, Arizona, and the canine companion who renews their lives. As Andy Rooney once quipped, “If dogs could talk it would take a lot of... Read More