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Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A new selection and translation, by an acclaimed poet, of Rilke's most essential work – the perfect for the poetry lover. In dazzling new translations of 142 poems by the acclaimed Martyn Crucefix, Rilke beguiles with fresh insight and mystery. Rainer Maria Rilke developed one of the most singular poetic styles of the twentieth century. Visionary yet always anchored in the real world, his poems give profound expression to fundamental questions...
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New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Provocative, hilarious, and tender stories about sex, violence, politics from one of the greatest Russian writers of the post-Soviet era. Red Pyramid is a sort of "greatest hits" collection of short stories from across Vladimir Sorokin's career, beginning with juvenilia like "The Pink Tuber," composed with no expectation of either publication or readership; moving on to scatological conceptual texts like "An Obelisk"; then plunging into the more...
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New Directions
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. The sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis, at the height of which comes one of the most famous and genuinely shocking scenes in Latin American literature. Clarice Lispector wrote that of all of her works this novel was the one that "best corresponded to her demands as a writer."
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New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"In the biographical note accompanying one of her books, Cristina Campo said of herself: "She has written little and would like to have written less". That little is almost all collected in this book and will impose an observation on every perceptive reader: these pages belong to the most beautiful Italian prose has been shown in the last fifty years. Cristina Campo was unforgivable, in the sense that the word has in the essay that gives the title...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history - these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up this Welsh medieval masterpiece.
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New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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""Art dies the moment it acquires authority." So said Japan's quintessential rebel writer Osamu Dazai, who, disgusted with the hypocrisy of every kind of estab- lishment, from the nation's obsolete aristocracy to its posturing, warmongering generals, went his own way, even when that meant his death-and the death of others. Faced with pressure to conform, he declared his individuality to the world-in all its self-involved, self-conscious, and self-hating...
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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
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An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but he eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
10) Return to eden
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Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The celebrated Spanish cartoonist's most ambitious work yet is a touching homage to his mother and a bittersweet depiction of life in post-war Spain. It all starts with a photograph: an ordinary scene of a young woman and her family picnicking at a Valencian beach in 1947. Now in her twilight years, Antonia cherishes this photo dearly; it holds the memories of her upbringing, her family --the key to her Eden. Taking off from this routine family outing,...
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Alice in Borderland volume 9
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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After stumbling on a dealer's bunker, Arisu is even more determined to uncover the terrible truth behind Borderland. But that means he and Usagi will have to abandon their plans to sit out the games and instead seek out the last person who might have the answers--the Queen of Hearts. Will taking on the queen find them a way home, or will it be their final game?
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Superman vs. Meshi volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Clark Kent visits Japan as Superman, traveling the country in pursuit of Meshi! What is Meshi? A new villain? A new ally? None of those! It's all about restaurants and exciting new food as Superman tours culinary delights! As the strongest man on Earth, Superman works hard every day, and one of his favorite things to do is eat lunch in Japan. Some days, he's admonishing the Flash for eating super-fast rather than savoring a wonderful bowl...
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Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet is the first English-language collection of short stories by Cui Zi'en, China's most famous and controversial queer filmmaker, writer, scholar, and LGBTQ rights activist. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in socialist and postsocialist China, Cui presents ten queer coming-of-age stories of young boys and men as they explore their sexuality and desires. From a surreal fairytale depicting a ragtag crew of...
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Invisible Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The work of Tang Dynasty Classical Chinese poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei has long been celebrated in both China and internationally, and various English translations and mistranslations of their work played a pivotal but often unacknowledged role in shaping the emergence and evolution of modern Anglophone poetry. In The Lantern and the Night Moths, Chinese Canadian poet-translator Yilin Wang has selected and translated poems by five of...
16) Home
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"--
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New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The seven stories of You Glow in the Dark unfold in a Latin America wrecked and poisoned by human greed, and yet Colanzi's writing-at once sleek and dense, otherworldly and intensely specific-casts an eerily bright spell over the wreckage. Some stories seem to be set in a near future; all are superbly executed and yet hard to pin down; they often leave the reader wondering: Was that realistic or fantastic? Colanzi draws power from Andean cyberpunk...
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Arsène Lupin is a gentleman and a thief, a world-famous master of disguise and a planner of elaborate heists. His exploits are regularly splashed across newspaper pages, entertaining all of France as Inspector Ganimard of the Paris Police fruitlessly pursues him. Lupin often turns detective himself when it suits him, solving puzzles that have stumped the experts, and occasionally he even matches wits with his rival from England, “Herlock Sholmes.”...
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Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The air as thick as syrup, minutes melt away. The world festival is over, and the sun is setting on the days of humanity. Alpha returns home to her quiet café, richer by a few treasured friends and memories. She wanders with Kokone and they surrender themselves to the syrupy air, letting their time melt and fuse into one. We hope you enjoy chapters 83-111 of this beloved manga classic available in English for the first time. Please come again!
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Who made me a princess volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"With her Debutante Ball successfully behind her, Athanasia’s social obligations are suddenly overflowing. As correspondence and tea parties fill up her plate, she almost doesn’t miss Master Sorcerer Lucas, who is off in search of the World Tree. However, when one gathering goes terribly wrong and Athanasia’s powers once again threaten her life, Lucas isn’t there to save her--instead, inexplicably, it is Claude who rushes...
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