Preview of Europa's winter 2009 list
(January--TOKYO FIANCEE) We begin the year with Belgian-born one-time enfant terrible and now bona fide literary phenomenon Amélie Nothomb. Since her debut in 1992 with Hygiène de l’assassin, Ms. Nothomb has published roughly a novel a year and is now one of Europe's most acclaimed and commercially successful authors. Her numerous awards include the French Academy’s 1999 Grand Prix for the Novel, the René-Fallet prize, the Alain-Fournier prize, and most recently the Grand Prix Giono for her entire oeuvre.
Tokyo Fiancée, a book Publishers Weekly said “depicts perfectly a nontraditional romance,” foregoes conventions to create a compelling image of love for the contemporary woman, an anti-Prince-Charming story that is an antidote to traditional romantic fables. This is a new kind of love story that pits a woman’s desire for companionship against her strong sense of individual identity.
Amélie Nothomb will be on tour in north America promoting Tokyo Fiancée in early Febraury 2009. Cities include: Boston, Toronto, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York. Dates, times and venues will be announced shortly.
(February--THE JERUSALEM FILE) Joel Stone's The Jerusalem File is a gripping noir set in a land seething with conflict. Retired from the Israeli secutiry services, Levin agrees to follow a friend’s wife in order to discover her secret lover. But as he watches the woman, he begins to assess her as a potential lover might. And when the man her husband believes to be her paramour is murdered and in desperation the woman turns to Levin with an unexpected request, his own moral universe becomes as conflicted as the struggle between Arab and Jew for the fate of the fabled city.
Joel Stone died in 2007 after having written only two novels. The Jerusalem File testifies to the loss of a great literary talent.
(March--FIRST EXECUTION) "Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:17–18) Central to First Execution is one of history’s most enduring philosophical dilemmas: to what extent do we bear the responsibility for actions taken or not taken? Stepping into his own fictional world and transforming First Execution into an exhilirating voyage to that murky terrain where fiction and real life mix, Starnone will discover through an encounter with his novel's protagonist that even a lifetime of commitment to firm principles cannot provide an unassailable answer to this question. Indeed, in this electrifying literary novel, only one thing appears certain: no one is innocent.
(April--THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS). A classic of contemporary Indian literature, Shashi Desphande's The Dark Holds No Terrors is a provocative novel about womanhood, motherhood and the preservation of self. It is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s fight to survive in a world that offers no easy outs.
Shashi Deshpande was born in southern India and educated in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Bangalore. She published her first collection of short stories in 1978 and received the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel That Long Silence. Today, author of four children’s books, six novels, and numerous influential essays, she is a renowned voice in Indian literature.
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Tokyo Fiancée, a book Publishers Weekly said “depicts perfectly a nontraditional romance,” foregoes conventions to create a compelling image of love for the contemporary woman, an anti-Prince-Charming story that is an antidote to traditional romantic fables. This is a new kind of love story that pits a woman’s desire for companionship against her strong sense of individual identity.
Amélie Nothomb will be on tour in north America promoting Tokyo Fiancée in early Febraury 2009. Cities include: Boston, Toronto, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York. Dates, times and venues will be announced shortly.
(February--THE JERUSALEM FILE) Joel Stone's The Jerusalem File is a gripping noir set in a land seething with conflict. Retired from the Israeli secutiry services, Levin agrees to follow a friend’s wife in order to discover her secret lover. But as he watches the woman, he begins to assess her as a potential lover might. And when the man her husband believes to be her paramour is murdered and in desperation the woman turns to Levin with an unexpected request, his own moral universe becomes as conflicted as the struggle between Arab and Jew for the fate of the fabled city.
Joel Stone died in 2007 after having written only two novels. The Jerusalem File testifies to the loss of a great literary talent.
(March--FIRST EXECUTION) "Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:17–18) Central to First Execution is one of history’s most enduring philosophical dilemmas: to what extent do we bear the responsibility for actions taken or not taken? Stepping into his own fictional world and transforming First Execution into an exhilirating voyage to that murky terrain where fiction and real life mix, Starnone will discover through an encounter with his novel's protagonist that even a lifetime of commitment to firm principles cannot provide an unassailable answer to this question. Indeed, in this electrifying literary novel, only one thing appears certain: no one is innocent.
(April--THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS). A classic of contemporary Indian literature, Shashi Desphande's The Dark Holds No Terrors is a provocative novel about womanhood, motherhood and the preservation of self. It is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s fight to survive in a world that offers no easy outs.
Shashi Deshpande was born in southern India and educated in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Bangalore. She published her first collection of short stories in 1978 and received the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel That Long Silence. Today, author of four children’s books, six novels, and numerous influential essays, she is a renowned voice in Indian literature.
Dowloand a pdf (1mb) of the complete Winter 2009 catalog below