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Fables of Ivan Krylov

The Books that Devoured my Father

Elias's father used to read novels at work to transport himself from his boring duties as a book-...

Simplicissimus

It is a violent and often all-too-realistic picaresque, set in war-torn Europe during the 17th-ce...

Marthe

One of the first French novels to deal with prostitution in Paris. First published in 1876, Marth...

Before and During

Fantastical excursions into Russia's past with Tolstoy, de Stael and Stalin

Life of Courage: the notorious whore, thief and vagabond

A companion volume to Simplicissimus: the story of younggirl named Courage, caught up in the turm...

The Devil in Love

Alvaro summons up the devil and gets more than he bargains for. World ex USA, Can

A Box of Dreams

A Jungian box of tricks where nothing is what it seems. The young hero awakes to find himself o...

Autumn and Winter Sonatas

More amorous adventures for the mature marquis in Spain. The scene has shifted from verdant Italy...

The Father of Locks

A tale of murder and espionage in the spirit of the Arabian Nights

Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh

The women of harem are teaching the new sultan how to die through love. "e;From a publisher c...

Market Farm

Market Farm is a Swiftian satire on the untrammelled free market thinking that helped usher in th...