from Brazil
Very Brazilian Christmas
A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls during the Brazilian summer and the festivities are punctuated by the rhythms of surf and samba. Including works by classic and contemporary authors, this bountiful, surprising anthology features a potent mix of...
from Italy
A Fictional Inquiry
This haunting novel was championed by Italian author Italo Calvino who called it a “very simple book, straightforward to read, but at the same time possessing great depth and extraordinary quality.” First published in 1983 and never before translated into English, A Fictional Inquiry tells...
from Brazil
There’s No Point in Dying
In this kaleidoscopic novel set in a favela of Rio de Janeiro—“in the city of stray bullets, in the land of lost opportunities”—a gang member runs wildly through the streets not knowing he has only seven minutes left to live. Barflies, prostitutes, immigrants, a gay...
from Russia/Azerbaijan
My Dreadful Body
A dazzling debut novel about a young woman’s vexed coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling under the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition. The mysterious affliction leaves her unable to control her muscles, plagued by pain...