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  If Not, Winter

  Fragments of Sappho

  by Anne Carson, Sappho

  Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho’s fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as... (more)
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  Novels in Three Lines

  by Felix Feneon

  A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL Novels in Three Lines collects more than a thousand items that appeared anonymously in the French newspaper Le Matin in 1906—true stories of murder, mayhem, and everyday life presented with a ruthless economy that provokes laughter even as it shocks. This extraordinary trove, undiscovered until the 1940s and here translated for the first time into English, is the work of the... (more)
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  Set This House in Order

  A Romance of Souls

  by Matt Ruff

  Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . . While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other... (more)
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  The Glass Castle

  by Jeannette Walls

  Jeannette Walls's father always called her "Mountain Goat," and there's perhaps no more apt nickname for a girl who navigated a sheer and towering cliff of childhood both daily and stoically. In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents: Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. To call the elder Walls's childrearing style... (more)
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  Markings

  by Dag Hammarskjöld

  A book of meditations. A revealing spiritual self-portrait by one of the great peacmakers of our times. Maturity: Among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play who takes it for granted that he is at one with his playmates. Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions. The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the... (more)
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  Elimination Dance

  by Michael Ondaatje

  Instructions: An elimination dance begins with a crowded dance floor. At a signal, the band stops playing and the announcer reads an elimination, say, "Any lover who has gone into a flower shop on Valentine's Day and asked for clitoris when he meant clematis." Any dancer answering this description must sit down, and his partner is also disqualified. The process continues (e.g. "Any person who has burst into tears... (more)
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  2666

  by Roberto Bolaño

  Se diría que es la figura de Von Archimboldi, un enigmático escritor alemán, el hilo secreto que cosería entre sí las cinco «partes» de que se compone 2666, sin duda la obra maestra de Roberto Bolaño. Una fecha en cuya perspectiva tan remota debe ordenarse la impresionante maraña de destinos, de personajes, de líneas argumentales y genéricas, una vastísima constelación marcada por el signo de la pérdida y del... (more)
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  Voices

  by Antonio Porchia

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  Stray Birds

  by Sir Rabindranath Tagore

  Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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  Fragments

  by Ayi Kwei Armah

  A member of the African elite groping its way out of the background of slavery and colonialism, Baako see his education as preparation for the lifework of a socially innovative artist. his family, more pragmatic, expects an elite resume to convert into power and wealth in the real world here and now. Unable to harmonize countervailing needs with wider social aspirations, both family and individual drift toward... (more)
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  Encore une journée pourrie

  by Pierre Enckell

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  Fragments

  The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus

  by Heraclitus

  Heraclitus, a contemporary of Siddhartha, Lao-tzu, and Confucius, is the earliest European thinker who still appeals to us. Practically everyone knows his most famous saying, "You cannot step in the same river twice," and modern physics marvels at his anticipation of Einstein's famous equation about matter and energy. All that remains of his words are some 130 snippets gleaned from later Greek and Latin writings,... (more)
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  Pensees

  by Blaise Pascal

  Compiled after his death, Pascals ""pensées"" (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. Pascal analyzes the differences between mathematical and intuitive thinking and attempts to resolve their conflict.
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  A Strange Commonplace

  by Gilbert Sorrentino

  "Sorrentino <is> a writer like no other. He's learned, companionable, ribald, brave, mathematical, at once virtuosic and somehow without ego. Sorrentino's books break free of the routine that inevitably accompanies traditional narrative and through a passionate renunciation shine with an unforgiving, yet cleansing, light."-Jeffrey Eugenides "For decades, Gilbert Sorrentino has remained a unique figure... (more)
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  Simon Serrailler: Book 1

  The Various Haunts of Men

  by Susan Hill

  A woman vanishes in the fog up on "the Hill", an area locally known for its tranquility and peace. The police are not alarmed; people usually disappear for their own reasons. But when a young girl, an old man, and even a dog disappear, no one can deny that something untoward is happening in this quiet cathedral town. Young policewoman Freya Graffham is assigned to the case; she's new to the job,... (more)
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  Simon Serrailler: Book 2

  The Pure in Heart

  by Susan Hill

  The second novel featuring Detective Inspector Simon Serrailler set in the English Cathedral town of Lafferton. A little boy is kidnapped as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for a lift to school. An ex-con finds it impossible to stay straight. A severely handicapped young woman dies in the night — has someone who loves her helped her out of this world? Once again, Susan Hill... (more)