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On the eve of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, a retired sports commentator with a secret ability to influence living beings with his voice encounters one of the directors of the Chilean national team--a...

A novel decades ahead of its time, and the only work by Jorge Luis Borges's mentor available in English.Author: Macedonio Fern??dezPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Feb 15, 2010Number of Pages:...

The Pachinko ParlorAuthor: Elisa Shua DusapinPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Sep 27, 2022Number of Pages: 124 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Paperback/FictionISBN-10: 1948830612ISBN-13:...

Anarchism, dissent, poetry, and the avant-garde mix in this playful retelling of the assassination of Bulgaria's greatest poet.Author: Hristo Karastoyanov, Izidora AngelPublisher: Open...

Filled with violent, captivating stories about life in Rio, this is Fonseca's first collection to appear in English.Author: Rubem FonsecaPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Aug 02, 2022Number of...

The Teacher - 9781948830072Author: Michal Ben-NaftaliPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Jan 21, 2020Number of Pages: 138 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948830078ISBN-13:...

A translator's frustrating plight as told by Dostoyevsky or Thomas Bernhard.Author: Joao Reis, Sónia OliveiraPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Aug 20, 2019Number of Pages: 150 pagesLanguage:...

This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-NovelsAuthor: Subimal MisraPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: July 21, 2020Number of Pages: 296 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Sanki Saitō (1900-1962), born Keichoku Saitō in Tsuyama, Japan, was a pioneering short story writer and poet whose bold, modern haiku challenged the conventions of his time. As a key figure...

Longlisted for the 2014 Best Translated Book Award"Grunberg chronicles the mistakes of a morose Dutch bourgeois and constructs a delectable psychological thriller."--Le FigaroJ?rgen Hofmeester once...

Subtly in the vein of Dogville or Coetzee's Disgrace, and invoking the works of Agota Kristof, Un Amor probes ideas of language, alienation, and community through the eyes of a woman who, when...

Thirteen dreamy stories from one of China's most innovative writers.Author: Can XuePublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Sep 13, 2011Number of Pages: 208 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature Tonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon...

This 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha's other two collections that have been translated into English, the critical and commercial successes...

Radical politics and the love-hate of best-friendship are the core of this novel by Greece's leading female writer.Author: Amanda MichalopoulouPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: May 15,...

Why, Why, Why?Author: Quim MonzóPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: October 15, 2019Number of Pages: 114 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948830043ISBN-13: 9781948830041

Wild Animals ProhibitedAuthor: Subimal MisraPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: 7-Sep-21Number of Pages: 282 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948830353ISBN-13: 9781948830355

Winter In SokchoAuthor: Elisa Shua DusapinPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Apr 27, 2021Number of Pages: 160 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948830418ISBN-13: 9781948830416

Hidden family secrets come to light in this poetic novel of motherhood, sisterhood, and ambivalenceAuthor: Lara MorenoPublisher: Open LetterPublication Date: Jul 19, 2022Number of Pages: 272...

Three women--the old mother and her two daughters--contemplate their family life and their bottled-up feelings through the novel's placating yet oddly unnerving prose. Every Year is divided into four...