Rather than gods atop Mount Olympus, the engine of dramatic irony may well be the voice of bitter experience.
1,000 Coils of Fear – Olivia Wenzel
The tapestry of voices and episodes in 1,000 Coils of Fear are at home in the beauty and horror of their contradictions, a moving testimony to the power of ambivalence.
Vormorgen: The Collected Poems – Ernst Toller
Mathilda Cullen’s translation of Ernst Toller’s poetry is a labor of love, recovering the all-but-forgotten literary legacy of an enigmatic figure
Dinner Party: A Tragedy – Sarah Gilmartin
Even if Sarah Gilmartin’s debut novel elicits inevitable associations with Irish intellectual and artistic heavyweights, this portrait of mourning and redemption stands on its own.
Kӓsebier Takes Berlin – Gabriele Tergit
In its satirical and often detached portrayal of fame, Kӓsebier Takes Berlin marks an intriguing departure from the intense psychological novels and moody literary montages of its era.
At the Edge of the Night – Friedo Lampe
The Hesperus Press edition of Friedo Lampe’s AT THE EDGE OF THE NIGHT raises the possibility that a lost German classic could well be overshadowed by its author’s extraordinary life story.
Pigeons on the Grass – Wolfgang Koeppen
Capturing a world of postwar American bravado and shaky transatlantic alliances, PIGEONS ON THE GRASS may encompass a bygone cityscape, but its inclusion of a troubled yet triumphant interracial relationship feels resonant to our current moment of international reckoning with racial injustice.