NOTA BENES

  • Selected StoriesKjell Askildsen. Seán Kinsella, tr.Dalkey Archive PressKjell Askildsen’s short-story collection is propelled by his masterf…
  • At the Time of PartitionMoniza AlviBloodaxe Books Award-winning British author Moniza Alvi calls upon her family history in this book-lengt…
  • As Flies to Whatless BoysRobert AntoniAkashic BooksA visionary engineer with a utopian goal, John Adolphus Etzler enlists a handful of London citizens to establish a collecti…
  • Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy TalesSibelan Forrester, intro. and tr.University Press of MississippiThis beautiful collection of twenty-nine illustrated f…
  • The Frontier WithinAbe Kōbō. Richard F. Calichman, tr.Columbia University PressSometimes called “the Japanese Kafka,” Abe Kōbō is primarily known for the audience-dazzli…
  • Under the Hawthorn TreeAi Mi. Anna Holmwood, tr.House of Anansi PressAi Mi’s bittersweet love story perfectly intertwines China’s politically volatile Cultural Revolutio…
  • The Contract KillerBenny Andersen. Paul Russell Garrett, tr.Norvik PressThe prolific Benny Andersen turns a failed private investigator into a b…