NOTA BENES

  • Selected Stories Kjell Askildsen. Seán Kinsella, tr. Dalkey Archive Press Kjell Askildsen’s short-story collection is propelled by his masterful…
  • At the Time of Partition Moniza Alvi Bloodaxe Books  Award-winning British author Moniza Alvi calls upon her family history in this book-length…
  • As Flies to Whatless Boys Robert Antoni Akashic Books A visionary engineer with a utopian goal, John Adolphus Etzler enlists a handful of London citizens to establish a colle…
  • Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales Sibelan Forrester, intro. and tr. University Press of Mississippi This beautiful collection of twenty-nine illustrated fai…
  • The Frontier Within Abe Kōbō. Richard F. Calichman, tr. Columbia University Press Sometimes called “the Japanese Kafka,” Abe Kōbō is primarily known for the audience-dazzling…
  • Under the Hawthorn Tree Ai Mi. Anna Holmwood, tr. House of Anansi Press Ai Mi’s bittersweet love story perfectly intertwines China’s politically volatile Cultural Revolution…
  • The Contract Killer Benny Andersen. Paul Russell Garrett, tr. Norvik Press The prolific Benny Andersen turns a failed private investigator into…