Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: The Western ...
 Offering a splendid collection of literary masterpieces in the best available translations, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces is a literal library of Western literature in two portable volumes. Most major works, from Homer's Odyssey to Chinua ... [... more]
$68.20
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Masks
What's real--what's hidden--what's love & who's in control This book ought to be turned into a movie. Merchant Ivory could do it --& so could Hollywood...anyway--this is a most readable story--deep in every respect. Who are these women: The ... [... more]
$12.95
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The Valley Nearby (Asian Writers Series (Heinemann))
Written by one of South Korea's most popular authors, The Valley Nearbyis a beautiful tale of a woman attempting to reconcile cultural tradition with her need for individuality and freedom. Living in the isolation of the country, Yun-hee is engaged in a ... [... more]
$14.95
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Shadows on the Hudson
Although Isaac Bashevis Singer emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1935, the circumscribed world of the Polish Jews remained at the heart of his imagination. Beginning with his first major work, Satan in Goray (1935), he used the life of the ... [... more]
$17.00
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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) (Detective ...
Authentic 18th-century Chinese detective novels. Dee and associates solve 3 interlocked cases: The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and The Case of the Poisoned Bride. 9 illustrations. [... more]
$8.95
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The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology (Dover ...
Unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Faubion Bowers provides Foreword and many informative notes to the ... [... more]
$2.00
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The Selected Poetry Of Yehuda Amichai, Newly Revised and ...
Yehuda Amichai is Israel's most popular poet as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this revised and expanded collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved and enduring poems, ... [... more]
$16.95
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Arabesques: A Novel
Available again, Arabesques is a classic, complex novel of identity, memory, and history in the Middle East and points beyond--including Iowa and New York City. Anton Shammas, the first Arab to write a novel in Hebrew, has given us a riveting look at a ... [... more]
$17.95
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Red Poppies
Ambitious, beautifully told, filled with intriguing characters, panoramic settings, and high drama, RED POPPIES opens a window on a unique region of pre-occupation Tibet, dispelling many of the popular myths about a uniformly pacifistic society peopled ... [... more]
$25.00
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Lizard
I shall refer to her as Lizard here, but not because of the small lizard tattoo that I discovered on her inner thigh. The woman has round, black eyes that gaze at you with utter detachment, like the eyes of a reptile. Every bend and curve of her small ... [... more]
$13.95
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Kitchen
Simply kitsch! This novel is charming rather than good, pleasant rather than profound in any way. Is in Japanese chick lit? I don't know.. I know it has reached immense popularity in the author's native Japan, and I did get the feeling that this must be ... [... more]
$13.00
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Walking with the Wind (Voices and Visions in Film)
This bilingual edition of recent verse by the celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (award-winning director of such films as Close-Up and Taste of Cherry) includes English translations of more than two hundred crystalline, haiku-like poems, ... [... more]
$19.95
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