Cultures and generations clash in Maya Arad’s insightful novella collection "The Hebrew Teacher", which follows three storylines whose flows are sometimes concentric. Ilana is a Hebrew professor. She’s been at her school for “forty... Read More
In Pascale Robert-Diard’s novel "The Little Liar", a weary small-town lawyer takes a professionally and emotionally challenging case. When Alice agrees to represent Lisa, a woman who was raped as a minor, the case seems cut-and-dried.... Read More
First published in Korean, this translated picture book uses bright illustrations and simple, flowing language to convey the resilience and potential within every child. Some seeds are shy, others have thorns, but they develop into proud... Read More
Going beyond headlines of war and strife, Artem Chapeye’s "The Ukraine" parts the veil to offer an earthy, humane look at the people and places of Ukraine. Chapeye is a Ukranian native and traveling journalist, and his compendium of... Read More
Ivana Sajko’s "Love Novel" plunges into the difficulties that occur after a couple without means gives in to desire. The story is told from the points-of-view of an unnamed man and woman living in an unnamed city and country. The man,... Read More
Dynamic colored-pencil illustrations match the energy of their subject in this story of a green-thumbed grandmother. Feeding her hens and geese, composting, watering, weeding, and harvesting, it’s all in a day’s work for Granny as... Read More
A chance encounter alters the course of a man’s life in Gustave Flaubert’s freshly translated novel "Sentimental Education". Weak-willed, self-centered Frédéric has just graduated from school. On the boat ride home, the sight of a... Read More
In Balsam Karam’s timely novel "The Singularity", the lives of two refugee women intersect with anonymous resonance. In an unnamed coastal city, a mother searches for her seventeen-year-old daughter, handing out flyers and begging for... Read More