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The Hotel Tito: A Novelby Ivana Bodrožić, translated by Ellen-Elias BursaćWinner of the Prix Ulysee for best debut novel, and many literary awards from the Balkans.

Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, acclaimed poet and novelist Ivana Bodrožić’s The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girl’s coming of age, a reminder that even during times of war—especially during such times—the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.

“When a really great book is written, it is well worth pausing for a moment to celebrate it, and contemplate the arrival

of a magnificent new talent.” —Miljenko Jergovic, author of Sarajevo Marlboro

9781609807955 | $21.95 | Hardcover | 176 pages

The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Storiesby Assia Djebar, translated by Tegan RaleighWinner of the Neustadt Prize and the first Arab woman elected to the Académie Française.

In these short stories, Djebar presents a brutal yet delicate exposition of how warring worlds enact their battles upon women’s lives and bodies.

“That murmur beneath her images soon begins to sound like a roar.” —Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered

9781583227879 | $15.95 | Trade Paperback | 224 pages

The Ages of Lulu: A Novelby Almudena Grandes, translated by Sonia SotoWinner of the Sonrisa Vertical Prize and the basis for a film starring Javier Bardemo.

The lurid and compelling story of the sexual awakening of a girl long fascinated by the thin line sepa-rating decency and morality from perversion, but whose increasingly dangerous sexual forays threaten to engulf her completely.

“Carnality, intimacy, shame, and curiosity have made a triumph of this book which almost gave me a heart attack

when I read it. Disturbing from head to toe.” —El Mundo

9781583226889 | $13.95 | Trade Paperback | 240 pages

Syrian Dust : Reporting from the Heart of the Warby Francesca Borri, translated by Anne Milano AppelWinner of the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for War Reporting.

In moving, powerful prose, Syrian Dust is a record of a freelance war reporter confronting the many-fac-tioned conflict being fought against Bashar al Assad.

“Francesca Borri has done what we, the news organizations, the diplomats, and the aid groups have failed to do.” —Jan Egeland, Norwegian Refugee Council

9781609806613 | $16.95 | Trade Paperback | 224 pages

Natural Historiesby Guadalupe Nettel, translated by J.T. LichtensteinWinner of the Hevalde Novel Prize and the Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize, among many others.

Five dark and delicately written stories by international award-winner Guadalupe Nettel unfold in fragile worlds, where Siamese fighting fish, cockroaches, a cat, a snake, and a strange fungus are mirrors that reflect the unconfessable aspects of human nature we keep hidden.

“Each of the stories in this slim collection takes a wry philosophical look at the relationship between people and the creatures they live with—whether a pair of pet fish or an infestation of cockroaches.” —Jonathan Lee, Electric Literature

9781609806057 | $12.95 |Trade Paperback |128 pages

The Little Communist Who Never Smiled by Lola Lafon, translated by Nick CaistorWinner of several French Literary awards including the Prix Version Femina.

Adored by young girls in the West and appropriated as a political emblem by the Ceauses-cu regime, Comaneci’s life was scrutinized wherever she went, her body seemingly no lon-ger her own. Lafon’s ficitionalized account shows how an extraordinary athlete mesmerizes the world, her fate reverberating across nations.

“This is a fiercely feminist novel. It’s compulsively readable, too, with descriptions of feats of physical daring to stop your heart.” —Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker

9781609806910 | $18.95 | Trade Paperback | 320 pages

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The Yearsby Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. StrayerWinner of the French-American Translation Prize, 2018, and the Strega European Prize, 2016

The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory impressions of past and present—even projections into the future—photos, books, songs, radio, television and decades of advertising, headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and writing notes from six decades.

“The Years is an earnest, fearless book, a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and con-sumerism, for our period of absolute commodity fetishism.”—Edmund White, New York Times Book Review“I admire the form she invented, mixing autobiography, history, sociology.” —Emmanuel Carrère, author of The Kingdom 9781609807870 | $19.95 | Trade Paperback | 240 pages