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A Good and Dignified Life - The Political Advice of Hannah Arendt and Rosa Luxemburg by Joke J. Hermsen; Brendan Monaghan (Translator)
Category: Politics | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A timely and provocative essay about the parallel lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt and their mission for a more humane society "[A] short but moving book . . . Even better, the volume's advice is not only pragmatically political--necessary during a time of threats to democracy and mounting ...Show more
Family Record by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
An enthralling reflection on the ways that family history influences identity, from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature A mix of autobiography and lucid invention, this highly personal work offers a deeply affecting exploration of the meaning of identity and pedigree. With his signature blend of cand ...Show more
I Live in the Slums by Can Can Xue; Karen Gernant (Translator); Zeping Chen (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature Can Xue's stories observe no obvious conventions of plot or characterization. That is the only rule they follow. Instead, they tend to limn a disordered and poetic state given structu ...Show more
Invisible Ink - A Novel by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
Patrick Modiano explores the boundaries of recollection in a "mesmerizing, enigmatic novel" (Publishers Weekly) "Nobel Prize winner Modiano's title smartly ties together the theme, plot, and ambience of his latest book . . . The past overlaps and memories half-emerge in classic Modiano fashion, just as ...Show more
Journeying by Claudio Magris; Anne Milano Appel (Translator)
Category: Travel | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A writer for whom the journey has always mattered reinvents the very form itself in this inviting collection of in-the-moment impressions of his journeys. A writer of enormous erudition and wide-ranging travels, Claudio Magris selects for this volume writings penned during trips and wanderings over the ...Show more
Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux; Alison L. Strayer (Translator)
Category: Biography | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A meditation on the big-box superstore, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux. For half a century, French writer Annie Ernaux has restlessly explored stories and subjects often considered unworthy of artistic reflection. In this exquisite meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the ...Show more
Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue; Annelise Finegan Wasmoen; Eileen Myles
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China todayIn this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community th ...Show more
Mesopotamia by Serhiy Zhadan; Reilly Costigan-Humes (Translator); Wanda Phipps; Virlana Tkacz; Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A l ...Show more
Selected Poems by Seán Ó Ríordáin; Frank Sewell (Editor); Frank Sewell
Category: Gift | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Se n R ord in In the mid-twentieth century, a new generation of poets writing in Irish emerged, led by the young Se n R ord in, among others. R ord in's work has stood the test of time well, and he continues to engage today's ...Show more
Sleep of Memory by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
The newest best-seller by Patrick Modiano is a beautiful tapestry that brings together memory, esoteric encounters, and fragmented sensations Patrick Modiano's first novel since his 2014 Nobel Prize revisits moments of the author's past to produce a spare yet moving reflection on the destructive undersi ...Show more
Snapshots by Claudio Magris; Anne Milano Appel
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A collection of brief, but intimate meditations on life and culture ranging from controversial matters to private moments The internationally acclaimed author Claudio Magris offers a collection of brief "snapshots" reflecting on life and culture from 1999 to 2013 through his very personal lens. Some pie ...Show more
The Book of Whispers by Varujan Vosganian; Alistair Ian Blyth (Translator)
Category: No Category | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A harrowing account of the Armenian Genocide documented through the stories of those who managed to survive and descendants who refuse to forget The grandchild of Armenians who escaped widespread massacres during the Ottoman Empire a century ago, Varujan Vosganian grew up in Romania hearing firsthand ac ...Show more