A graceful, humorous tale about the pursuits of a mythical prophetess in East Africa.

A culture-straddling teen struggles to understand who he is.

This absorbing western-like saga is shot through with magical realism.

The multilingual writer talks her Lebanese heritage, “self-xenophobia,” and the work of Jacques Lacan.

The captivating tale of a Jazz Age ingenue.

A Mexican American family navigates change in an exuberant, complicated city brought vividly to life.

On sisterhood, friendship, and the secret lives of our mothers.

Michèle Sarde searches for her family’s Jewish roots.

A fascinating account of four impressive female philosophers.

The German theologian came to New York twice. What he saw appalled him.

The mixed-race son of addicts spends his life struggling to fit in.

Nine timeless lessons for living a calmer, happier life.

A well-researched, accessible treatise on all the ways we experience and absorb words.

Circles of Madness not only introduced me to an extraordinary poet but launched a lifelong literary friendship.

For Rwandan Tutsis forced into exile, hunger, fear, and grief are constant companions.

In the precarious world of early 17th-century Germany, Tyll Ulenspiegel learns life is a tightrope.

The celebrated Romanian novelist and playwright discusses the fiction of protest, experimental theater, and her invincible, positive outlook.

In Braided Memories, Marjorie Agosín pays homage to her great-grandmother, who escaped Nazi-dominated Vienna and made her way to Chile.

These delicate tales of everyday lives in and around Argentina’s capital reflect on the passage of time and small pleasures.

A traveling salesman struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy in this uneven re-imagining of Don Quixote.