The Black Sheep Dances

consider it a treasure map! Slavko Mihalic, Aleksandar Petrov, and Ferida Durakovic may not be household names in the US, but if you’re...

It's been awhile, so how about a new giveaway?  These are all new releases to keep you busy through fall and winter. The package: Th...

originally published in "The Quivering Pen" 11/7/2012 with link http://davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-discarded-kodak-...

  Translated from the German by Annie Janusch “Personally, I prefer to look on the positive side of life these days. Not just Murde...

Translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken Okay…there’s the unreliable narrator. Annoying but usually enlightening. But what about a ...

Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon Nabokov’s Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov I purchased Love and Obstacles after seeing a bit...

The Haight-Ashbury Edition Foreword and Introduction Commentary by Ben Fong-Torres "GG Bridge       Not the usual angles...

Jean-Baptiste Baratte is a modern man, well-versed in Voltaire and ready to leave his peasant upbringing behind. Eager to display his engi...

"I still ask myself sometimes late at night, about what happened, how it all turned out, about the life I've led, you know. Everyt...

Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan “He pours himself another whiskey, downs it with the grimace of one who has seen through...

"Taking on the role of animating but anonymous power that revitalized Buster Keaton as his eyes grew sadder and (I thought) more disill...

Originally published at The Quivering Pen "Stieg Larsson marries Quentin Tarantino"... .(credit David Abrams with the cool titl...

Translated from the French by Sheila Fischman Supporting the translator, to every means possible, seems to be the theme of this unse...

Calvin Moretti is a jerk.  Despite being in his twenties, he behaves like a teenager, collecting vintage vinyl and sinking further into debt...