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Europa Makes a Mark
from The News & Observer If you ask independent booksellers to name publishers they respect, one name that surfaces is Europa Editions. They publish high-quality literary fiction, primarily European... -
Amazon Readers Reviews: A collection of reader responses from Amazon.com
"Thoughtful, ironic, and often darkly humorous, the novel creates moods which bring the characters vividly to life, even as they are contemplating death and the deepest of life's mysteries."—Mary... -
LA Times on some of our recent titles
In an apartment building of immigrants, one resident is convinced the others don't like him because he hates pizza. You might think New York, but it's Rome, and when an inconvenient corpse shows up, the... -
Time: "Wins over its fans with a life-affirming message...and Barbery's frequently wicked sense of humor."
from TIME Many authors dream of getting their books onto best-seller lists, but few pull it off with the panache of French writer Muriel Barbery. Her second novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, has... -
Hedgehog an IndieBound Notable title
The Elegance of the Hedgehog selected as an IndieBound September Notable title. IndieBound rallies passionate readers around a celebration of independent stores and independent thinking. It’s... -
Hedgehog: #5 in Spain, #1 in Italy, #10 in France, #5 in Germany . . .
1.2 million copies and 90 weeks on the bestseller lists later, Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog is still holding strong to its place on the top ten list in France; in Spain it is now fifth... -
Jane Gardam in line for major short story prize
Adam Thorpe and Jane Gardam head the shortlist for the National Short Story prize, the world's richest single story award, announced earlier today. They are joined on the shortlist for £15,000... -
Thanks Kepler's
Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park (CA) has a whole display of Europa Editions books up this month. Naturally, we're pretty chuffed. Thanks go to store managers and all the booksellers at Kepler's... -
Guardian Book Blog on Translated Fiction
A short but optimistic (ahh!) item by Stuart Evers on the Guardian book blog cites the extraordinary success of Haruki Murakami's books as evidence of a change of heart towards fiction in translation... -
A Podcast interview with Katharina Hacker
A fascinating podcast hosted by Brendan O'Shea with Katharina Hacker, author of the German Book Prize-winning Have-Nots. Listen >>