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How Fire Descends

New and Selected Poems

by Serhiy Zhadan ...

Translated by Virlana Tkacz, Wanda Phipps ...

Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
A searing testament to poetry’s power to define and defy injustice, from iconic writer-activist Serhiy ZhadanSince the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, the Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan has brought international attention to his country’s struggle through his unflinching poetry of witness. In this searing testament to poetry’s power to define and defy injustice, Zhadan honors the memory of the ... Read more

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A searing testament to poetry’s power to define and defy injustice, from iconic writer-activist Serhiy ZhadanSince the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, the Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan has brought international attention to his country’s struggle through his unflinching poetry of witness. In this searing testament to poetry’s power to define and defy injustice, Zhadan honors the memory of the
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Mesopotamia

by Serhiy Zhadan ...

Translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes, Wanda Phipps ...

Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation’s post-independence yearsThis captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan’s ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post†‘independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address ... Read more

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A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation’s post-independence yearsThis captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan’s ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post†‘independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address
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Siberian Shamanism

The Shanar Ritual of the Buryats

by Virlana Tkacz ...

An intimate account of an ancient shamanic ritual of Siberia• Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs throughout• Details the many preparations and ritual objects as well as the struggles of the shamans to complete the ceremony successfullyNear the radiant blue waters of Lake Baikal, in the lands where Mongolia, Siberia, and China meet, live the Buryats, an indigenous people little known to ... Read more

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An intimate account of an ancient shamanic ritual of Siberia• Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs throughout• Details the many preparations and ritual objects as well as the struggles of the shamans to complete the ceremony successfullyNear the radiant blue waters of Lake Baikal, in the lands where Mongolia, Siberia, and China meet, live the Buryats, an indigenous people little known to
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Herstories

An Anthology Of New Ukrainian Women Prose Writers

by Michael M. Naydan ...

Women's prose writing has exploded on the literary scene in Ukraine just prior to and following Ukrainian independence in 1991. Over the past two decades scores of fascinating new women authors have emerged. These authors write in a wide variety of styles and genres including short stories, novels, essays, and new journalism. In the collection you will find: realism, magical realism, surrealism, ... Read more

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Women's prose writing has exploded on the literary scene in Ukraine just prior to and following Ukrainian independence in 1991. Over the past two decades scores of fascinating new women authors have emerged. These authors write in a wide variety of styles and genres including short stories, novels, essays, and new journalism. In the collection you will find: realism, magical realism, surrealism,
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Best European Fiction 2017

by Eileen Battersby ...

This anthology is the essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. In this, the eighth installment of the series, the anthology continues its commitment to uncovering the best prose writing happening across the continent from Ireland to Eastern Europe. Also featuring an erudite prefatory essay written by Eileen Battersby of the Irish Times ... Read more

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This anthology is the essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. In this, the eighth installment of the series, the anthology continues its commitment to uncovering the best prose writing happening across the continent from Ireland to Eastern Europe. Also featuring an erudite prefatory essay written by Eileen Battersby of the Irish Times
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The Lorax

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Series series Classic Seuss
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate nature with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic picture book about sustainability and protecting the environment!I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up and speak up for others. Experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted in ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate nature with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic picture book about sustainability and protecting the environment!I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up and speak up for others. Experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted in
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Voroshilovgrad

by Serhiy Zhadan ...

Translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes, Isaac Wheeler ...

"The power source for Zhadan's writing is in its linguistic passion."—Die Zeit"One of the most important creative forces in modern Ukrainian alternative culture."—KulturSpiegelA city-dwelling executive heads home to take over his brother's gas station after his mysterious disappearance, but all he finds at home are mysteries and ghosts. The bleak industrial landscape of now-war-torn eastern ... Read more

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"The power source for Zhadan's writing is in its linguistic passion."—Die Zeit"One of the most important creative forces in modern Ukrainian alternative culture."—KulturSpiegelA city-dwelling executive heads home to take over his brother's gas station after his mysterious disappearance, but all he finds at home are mysteries and ghosts. The bleak industrial landscape of now-war-torn eastern
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Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: Bookmarked

by Curtis Smith ...

Series Book 2 - Bookmarked
Slaughterhouse-Five is a seminal novel of contemporary literature, a rumination on war, space, time and the meaning of life and death. In Kurt Vonnegut’s existential classic, we meet Billy Pilgrim, a man who has become unmoored in time after being abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a non-linear universe where time has no meaning, we revisit key moments in Pilgrim’s life, in ... Read more

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Slaughterhouse-Five is a seminal novel of contemporary literature, a rumination on war, space, time and the meaning of life and death. In Kurt Vonnegut’s existential classic, we meet Billy Pilgrim, a man who has become unmoored in time after being abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a non-linear universe where time has no meaning, we revisit key moments in Pilgrim’s life, in
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My Cat Yugoslavia

A Novel

by Pajtim Statovci ...

Translated by David Hackston ...

A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her ... Read more

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A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her
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Pro Eto - That's What

by Vladimir Mayakovsky ...

Translated by George Hyde, Larissa Gureyeva ...

Series series Arc Translations
Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post-revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. His fascination with sound and form, linguistic metamorphosis and variation made him a sort of 'poet's poet', the doyen, if not the envy, of his contemporaries, (Pasternak among them). His poetry is strangely akin to modern rock poetry in its ... Read more

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Vladimir Mayakovsky was one of the towering literary figures of pre- and post-revolutionary Russia, speaking as much to the working man as to other poets. His fascination with sound and form, linguistic metamorphosis and variation made him a sort of 'poet's poet', the doyen, if not the envy, of his contemporaries, (Pasternak among them). His poetry is strangely akin to modern rock poetry in its
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You Know How the Story Goes

A Tor.com Original

by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ...

It’s the same old story. Take a chance and pick up a hitchhiker. But only after midnight and only when you need some company. Of course, the hitchhiker will disappear. That’s the way the story goes, right? But this time you are the hitchhiker. And there’s a tunnel up ahead.From the acclaimed Dutch horror author of HEX comes Thomas Olde Heuvelt's chilling short story "You Know How the Story Goes. ... Read more

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It’s the same old story. Take a chance and pick up a hitchhiker. But only after midnight and only when you need some company. Of course, the hitchhiker will disappear. That’s the way the story goes, right? But this time you are the hitchhiker. And there’s a tunnel up ahead.From the acclaimed Dutch horror author of HEX comes Thomas Olde Heuvelt's chilling short story "You Know How the Story Goes.
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Austerity Measures

The New Greek Poetry

by Karen Van Dyck ...

'I remember caresses, kisses, touchingeach other's hair. We had no sense thatanything else existed'- Elena Penga, 'Heads''Nothing, not even the drowning of a childStops the perpetual motion of the world'- Stamatis Polenakis, 'Elegy'Since the crisis hit in 2008, Greece has played host to a cultural renaissance unlike anything seen in the country for over thirty years. Poems of startling depth and ... Read more

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'I remember caresses, kisses, touchingeach other's hair. We had no sense thatanything else existed'- Elena Penga, 'Heads''Nothing, not even the drowning of a childStops the perpetual motion of the world'- Stamatis Polenakis, 'Elegy'Since the crisis hit in 2008, Greece has played host to a cultural renaissance unlike anything seen in the country for over thirty years. Poems of startling depth and
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