Literature

A scintillatingly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle for freedom

“As the book’s subtitle indicates, Mr. Ziegler uses one of the world’s great rivers as a vehicle to pursue this story—and what a vehicle it is. . . . [He] writes beautifully, and with the fervor of a naturalist.” —The Wall Street Journal

A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder.

A revelatory volume of 2 of the 20th century’s great poetic innovators, Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov, in vibrant new translations by Robert Chandler

A rare portrait of the dystopian reality of Chornobyl, Ukraine, as it was before the Russian occupation of 2022.

The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.

Before the War in the Skies, before the map of Tsaretsvo was sliced in two and divided, birds and humans lived in peace. To save her sister, Olga will need her wits, her cunning—and even her magic. Fantasy fiction for middle grades.

Provocative, witty, and intensely personal, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed cracks open a paradoxical world that through its rejection of capitalism and commoditization ends up fetishizing both.

Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm a village of fools. Here are seven magical folktales spun by a master storyteller, that speak of fools, devils, schlemiels, and even heroes—like Zlateh the goat.

A riveting history and maritime adventure about priceless masterpieces originally destined for Catherine the Great.

A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus and The Aviator

A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov’s life and works—notably Pale Fire and Lolita—bringing new insight into one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic authors.