Charming tale of an architect-mouse whose designs for her friends - Owl, Mole, Caterpillar etc - are the ne plus ultra of imagination and comfort. First published in 1981, this is a happy re... read more
The plight of post-Civil War Madrid is told through the voices of over 300 characters. A new NYRB edition of this raucous, fragmentary novel, first published in 1950.
A memoir of the artist and of the author's friendship with him, part biography, part art criticism. Their friendship and this book cover the latter part of Guston's life, when his late work ... read more
A young woman, abandoned by her family, embarks on a process of emancipation as she moves to more tolerant margins. This partly autobiographical novel was first published in Japan in 1980.
Reprint of a powerful novel about a former prisoner who served as a camp guard. He returns to his Bosnian town after WW2 and lives in fear of former inmates finding him.
Returning to Paris in 1947 after the war, he recorded his meetings with luminaries such as Cocteau and the dour Camus. He also noted his own mysterious practise of barking at night with the ... read more
In a future world that has reverted to chaos akin to the Middle Ages, there is a drug that can induce bliss - but it will kill you if incorrectly administered...
Hannah Arendt's first book was about one of the most important and complicated figures in German romanticism, although her gender and Jewishness set her uneasily amongst her contemporaries.
Includes 'Egyptian Nights', 'Dubrovsky' and 'History of the Village of Goriukhino'; Pushkin's great-grandfather is thought to be the model for Ibrahim, the former slave of the title. A new t... read more