In Hitler's Munich by Michael Brenner
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A new study of the harrowing rise of the Nazis in the cultured city of Munich.
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Captain Ni'mat's Last Battle by Mohamed Leftah
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The late Mohamed Leftah’s postumous 2008 novel about forbidden love gets an English-language translation.
Read MoreGenesis by Guido Tonelli
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Particle physicist Guido Tonelli writes about the first fraction of a second of our universe.
Read MoreFour Plays by Aristophanes
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Four great comedies by Aristophanes get a lively new translation.
Read MoreHello, Habits by Fumio Sasaki
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A celebrated minimalist describes how to re-wire your brain.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2020: Literature in Translation!
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The opportunities to go exploring in the world through translated literature were nearly endless in 2020.
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Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
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Svetlana Alexievich interviews 100 people who were children during the Second World War and relates their stories.
Read MoreMen of Violence Take It By Force: Philippe Lancon’s “Disturbance”
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Journalist Philippe Lançon’s account of putting his life back together from the inside out.
Read MoreCapital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
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Is famous economist Thomas Piketty right about inequality? David Murphy dissects.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2019: Works in Translation!
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Another entry in the epic Stevereads Best of 2019 series: Works in Translation!
Read MoreParade by Hiromi Kawakami
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You don’t really need to be aware that Parade is a loose sequel to Kawakami’s previous novel, 2017’s Strange Weather in Tokyo.
Read MoreThe Successor by Willemijn Van Dijk
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An account of Tiberius’ life before his reign that is about as full as it can be given the sources we have.
Read MoreBerta Isla by Javier Marías
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The difference between material conservatism (née antiquarianism) and good old-fashioned, the-kids-aren’t-alright cultural conservatism is often hardly a difference at all.
Read MoreProfessor Andersen’s Night by Dag Solstad
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Solstad’s prose is efficient, curlicued with self-reflection, wrapping itself around patches of dry irony with ease.
Read MoreThe Ten Loves of Nishino By Hiromi Kawakami
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The intentionally drab prose throws extra emphasis on the plot.
Read MoreThe Unnamable Present by Roberto Calasso
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A bright book, its insights glyptic and sharp, but obsessed with the obscurities of the past.
Read MoreBirthday by César Aira
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Aira’s lack of a larger schema ultimately makes Birthday an unsatisfying venture.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: We run away from what scares or hurts us--or from what holds us captive
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A skillfully crafted, beautifully written thriller with an unforgettable heroine.
Read MoreThe War for Gaul translated by James O'Donnell
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A fluid, confessional thing unlike any other English-language Caesar.
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