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Amara Lakhous
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
A shrewd mix of social satire and murder mystery. -
Lorcan Roche
The Companion
“[The Companion is] brilliantly achieved... Roche handles his materials well, never losing control over his narrative, keeping his reader’s attention throughout.”—The Irish Times “Masterfully written, and truly wickedly funny.”—Sunday Independent -
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Concerto to the Memory of an Angel
Winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt for the Novella From Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, acclaimed author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World and The Woman with the Bouquet, comes another collection of richly imagined narratives that consolidate his position as a master of the novella. -
James Hamilton-Paterson
Cooking with Fernet Branca
A witty satire of the expat experience in rural Europe and antidote to every “wish-you-were-here” travel memoir, this novel is entertainment in its purest form. -
Richard Francis
Crane Pond
Richard Francis's stunning novel Crane Pond is the story of Samuel Sewall, loving father and husband, anti-slavery advocate, defender of Native American rights, and presiding judge at the Salem Witchcraft trials in 1692, where he sentenced twenty innocent women to death. -
Jane Gardam
Crusoe's Daughter
Crusoe’s Daughter is Jane Gardam’s favorite among her novels, in part because it draws upon her own background. Like Polly Flint, Gardam’s mother was the daughter of a sea captain and grew up with a voracious love of language but no formal education. -
Véronique Olmi
Daughters Beyond Command
An absorbing bildungsroman that tells the story of three sisters amidst France’s rapid transformation in the 1970s -
Alberto Angela
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
Rich in atmosphere and historical information, A Day in Ancient Rome is a voyage into a world both distant to us in time and surprisingly near in its habits, mores, and passions. -
Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment
The shocking story of a woman's descent into desperate loneliness. -
Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment
The shocking story of a woman's descent into desperate loneliness.