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Contains English translations of four novels by Jewish novelist Ir?ne N?mirovsky, including "David Golder" in which a greedy businessman reevaluates his life after having a heart attack.

"A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami. The eight masterful stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator: a lonely man. Some of them (like "With the Beatles," "Cream," and "On a Stone Pillow" ) are nostalgic looks back at youth. Others are set in adulthood--"Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova," "Carnaval," "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" and the stunning title story. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Haruki himself is present, as in "The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection." Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. The stories all touch beautifully on love and loss, childhood and death . . . all with a signature Murakami twist"--Provided by publisher.

"From ... Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth is a science fiction short story collection featuring the title tale--the basis for the blockbuster international film, now streaming on Netflix. These eleven stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the thoughts on philosophy and the trials of life of ancient Roman writer, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and contains his dialogues "On the Shortness of Life" and "On Tranquility of Mind," his statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance.

Offers translations of three plays by the Greek dramatist Sophocles.

The classical satire that traces the misadventures of Candide who is shipwrecked, robbed, tortured, and separated from his love without losing his will to live a happy life.

Presents twelve short stories set against the backdrop of Argentina's tumultuous history using characters placed in ordinary situations that quickly turn extraordinary.

Compilation of twelve short stories by the author written between 1590 and 1612, including the story of a gypsy girl named Preciosa in "La gitanilla" and the story of a boy who drinks a potion which renders him to think he's made of glass, in "El licenciado Vidriera.".

"... At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. ... Lewis Hyde's new introduction explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. This edition also includes Rilke's later work The Letter from the Young Worker"--Provided by publisher.