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“Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.”—New York Times Now in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when an ignoran... Read More about The Old Man Who Read Love Stories: A Novel

A history of bookshops, an autobiography of a reader, a travelogue, a love letter--and, most urgently, a manifesto.... Read More about Against Amazon: And Other Essays (Biblioasis International Translation #30)

A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he's been unknowingly seeing her twin sister. Prince Char... Read More about Why, Why, Why?

A vibrant collection of classic Spanish short stories and hidden gems alike, compiled by celebrated translator Margaret Jull CostaA Penguin ClassicThis exciting collection celebrates the Spanish short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable work being written today... Read More about The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories

A new translation of one of Balzac’s finest novels, this tale of misguided passion centers on a young aristocrat who falls into a cloaked, coded entanglement with an older countess—a relationship that is upended when he becomes involved with a new lover.A story of baffled and irrepressible desire, B... Read More about The Lily in the Valley

The sequel to Joan Sales' great novel of the Spanish Civil War, Uncertain Glory, this follow-up takes a provocative look at post-war Catalonia through the eyes of a chaplain struggling with his faith in the aftermath of brutal destruction.Winds of the Night is the follow-up, published almost thirty ... Read More about Winds of the Night