“Funny, smart, scary...and above all, completely convincing. Maybe not the way it was, but the way it must have been.”—Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
In The Thursday Night Men, Benacquista gives his readers a variety of unexpected and amusing perspectives on romance, the relationship between the sexes, and friendship between men.
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila.
A witty satire of the expat experience in rural Europe and antidote to every “wish-you-were-here” travel memoir, this novel is entertainment in its purest form.
With echoes of timeless fairy tales and Shakespearean tragedy, masterfully told, THE FROST ON HIS SHOULDERS is a moving and captivating account of the power of human emotions, and also an allegorical depiction of Spain on the eve of the Civil War.
Crusoe’s Daughter is Jane Gardam’s favorite among her novels, in part because it draws upon her own background. Like Polly Flint, Gardam’s mother was the daughter of a sea captain and grew up with a voracious love of language but no formal education.