In 1960, the author was the first black child to integrate into an all-white school in New Orleans. 60 years later, here is an impassioned call for racial equality.
The strange case of a woman in 1990's Prague who claims that Chopin has been dictating compositions to her. A journalist has a hard time trying to prove that she is a fraud. An atmospheric m... read more
A slim volume on life and thought of one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. It ranges over her dramatic life, her love affair with Martin Heidegger, exile, Eich... read more
The author is Faroese-Danish; her novel is about a return to the Faroes by someone who has never been there but "is" Faroese. Considers the idea of home, exile, belonging... We include it be... read more
The first novel by this great Russian author is about buried feelings, early love and youth, approached tangentially by badinage between two old friends.
Berberova was one of the great Russian emigrée writers, best known for her short stories and memoir. This novel - about the experiences of a group of exiles, is its first translation into E... read more
Off-kilter, strange and funny short stories by the wonderful Russian writer and playwright. Her other works published in English (and here we raise our chapka to Pushkin Press) have been one... read more