A masterly exploration of the essence of love and the complex mysteries of the human heart, 'Gregorius' explores the final summer of the eponymous character. A response to Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg.
Davide Longo's Last Man Standing is a vivid description of one man's struggle in a post-apocalyptic world to protect his loved ones even as societal norms give way to barbarism and cruelty.GQ (Italy) called Davide Longo, "the most talented and intense Ita
An NYRB Classics Original Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel The Summer Book and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips and books ab
This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left and she must cope with fractious neighbours alone; a holi
The bitch. That's what the crew call me. The bitch. They say it behind my back. But I can hear them. My name's Helen, I was born in Sparta, but I went away for love.They used to say I was the most beautiful woman in the world. The minstrels are already ma
