An aristocrat named Nobile invites several society friends to his house after the opera. But even as the dinner preparations are underway, servants feel compelled to leave. Despite threats of dismissa
This 296-page volume was originally published as a small 86-page collection by New Directions. Now the great Dutch “Fiftiers” movement is completely representedby poetry, biographies, and bibliographi
Winner in Italy of the highly acclaimed Viareggio Prize, People on the Run (Gente di cora), is a work that explores, through a presentation of multiple voices and character types, the broad makeup of
Recognized as one of the great living poets of Italy, and several times a candidate for the Nobel Prize, Luzi wrote this work in 1994, when he was eighty. In it the poet imagines the last voyage of th
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) was one of the major writers of the 20th century: a poet who turned away from poetry, and a prose writer whose great project remained unfinished at the time of her death
With Peter Altenberg and Hugo von Hofmansthal, Arthur Schnitzler was a major modernist of the period of Viennese intellectual activity from 1890 to 1930. Born in 1862 and trained as a physician, Schni
A collection of nine stories, Nine, Novena represents the turning point in Osman Lins' noted career, as he tells tales that concern the entrapment and search for the self and the mythic aspects of exi
Like many of his previous books, all of which have received considerable attention by readers and critics, Joe Ross takes his readers on a voyage through meaning, and in this work it is a jargon-spout
As in his volumes from 2004, 2005, and 2006, Douglas Messerli brings together pieces on art, dance, music, film, literature, and popular culture to reveal the tempo of world culture in each year since
Celine's fascination with the ballet spans his literary career: three of the pieces in this volume were written around the same time that he published his great novel, Voyage au bout de la nuit, whic
When Stein wrote this alphabet book, originally meant for children, she planned an orderly progression through the alphabet with four names for each letter. But things quickly developed, somewhat spi
Told in the first person and set against the backdrop of contemporary America, the book captures the intertwining lives of an unforgettable group of men and women, each displaced by old loves and mod
