Belonging
New Poetry by Iranians Around the World
Edited by Niloufar Talebi
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books
Recent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Western readers may have some awareness of the Iranian novel thanks to a few breakout successes like Reading Lolita in Tehran...
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Guarding Hanna
Written by Miha Mazzini
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
Abandoned at birth because he has the face of a “prize boar,” the unnamed narrator of Guarding Hanna knows only a local Berlin gang as family. Patriarch Maestro acts as surrogate father, employing him to collect debts and perform thuggish tasks. Except for brief moments interacting with the gang, “the beast”...
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Angels Beneath the Surface
A Selection of Contemporary Slovene Fiction
Edited by Mitja Cander and Tom Priestly, Introduction by Ales Steger
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
With a per capita publishing rate of more that three times that of the United States, Slovenia has a long and storied literary history, from the legendary 9th-century Freising Manuscripts to postmodern masterpieces by Igor Bratoz. Continuing that tradition, Angels Beneath the Surface, the first collection of Slovene fiction to...
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Alamut
Written by Vladimir Bartol
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with...
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