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THE WAR THAT kiLLEd ACHiLLESthe true story of Homer’s Iliad and the trojan warcaroline alexander“Alexander has written an invaluable study of theIliad. Profound, learned, and strikingly original, The War That Killed Achilles takes us inside an ancient Middle Eastern war and makes it a chilling mirror of our Middle Eastern wars today....It will change how we read the Iliad, but it will also change how we read thedailynews.”—RussellBanks,authorofThe Sweet Hereafter.A Viking hardcoverOctober•352pp.•978-0-670-02112-3•$26.95
THE CANTERBuRy TALESa retellinggeoFFreY cHaucerTranslated with an Introduction by Peter AckroydThe celebrated novelist and biographer refashions English literature’s greatest poem in contemporary prose that emphasizes the humanity of the charac-ters while evoking the euphonies and harmonies of theoriginalverse.10b/willustrations.A Viking hardcoverNovember•496pp.•978-0-670-02122-2•$35.00
THE ACTuALsaul BellowNew Introduction by Joseph O’Neill“The work of a great master still locked in unequal combat with Eros and Time.”—The New York Times Book Review.A Penguin Classics paperbackDecember•128pp.•978-0-14-310584-8•$13.00
THE PENGuiN Book oF CLASSiCAL MyTHSJennY marcHIn18lapidarychapters(from“Heroes”to“Danger-ous Women”), the renowned classics scholar pro-vides the origins, development, and interpretation ofeachmyth.B/willustrations.A Penguin paperback originalNovember•416pp.•978-0-14-102077-8•$18.00
MEdiTATioNS oN LiviNG, dyiNG ANd LoSSthe essential tibetan Book of the deadAbridged EditionTranslated by Gyurme DorjeIntroductory Commentary by His Holiness the Dalai LamaEdited with an Introduction and Essays by Graham ColemanThe editor of the acclaimed unabridged translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead—the most important TibetanBuddhistwriting—cullsthepassagesmostpertinenttomodernexperience.A Viking hardcoverDecember•224pp.•978-0-670-02128-4•$23.95
THE GoLdEN BoWLHenrY JamesPhilip Horne, series editorEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Ruth Bernard YeazellThe author’s searing portrayal of marriage and adultery is “one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written.” —A. N. Wilson, author of Tolstoy: A Biography.A Penguin Classics paperbackSeptember•560pp.•978-0-14-144127-6•$12.00
WHo WouLd HAvE THouGHT iT?maría amParo ruiz de BurtonEdited with an Introduction by Amelia María de la Luz MontesInthefirstnovelbyaMexican-Americanwoman,ayoung,orphanedMexicangirlisrescuedfromIndiancaptors by a New England doctor.A Penguin Classics paperback originalSeptember•304pp.•978-0-14-310587-9•$15.00
THE SAGA oF GöSTA BERLiNGselma lagerlöFNewly translated by Paul NorlenIntroduction by George C. SchoolfieldThefirstnewEnglishtranslationinmorethan100years of the Swedish Gone with the Wind, written by the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.A Penguin Classics paperback originalOctober•384pp.•978-0-14-310590-9•$16.00
THE NoTEBookS oF MALTE LAuRidS BRiGGErainer maria rilkeNewly translated with an Introduction by Michael HulseThis semi-autobiographical coming of age story is the only novel by the famed German poet.A Penguin Classics paperback originalSeptember•208pp.•978-0-14-118221-6•$14.00
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THE LoST HoNoR oF kATHARiNA BLuMor, How violence develops and where it can leadHeinricH BöllTranslated by Leila VennewitzNew Introduction by Kurt AndersenThe Nobel Laureate’s prescient novel about a young woman terrorized by the media.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•176pp.•978-0-14-310540-4•$14.00
A dEATH iN THE FAMiLyCentennial EditionJames ageeNew Introduction by Steve EarleThis Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel contains one of the most evocative depiction of loss and grief ever written. “The work of a writer whose power with English words can make you gasp.”—Alfred Kazin, author of God and the American Writer.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•320pp.•978-0-14-310571-8•$15.00
JouRNEy To THE CENTRE oF THE EARTHJules verneNewly translated by Frank WynneNew Introduction by Jane SmileyNotes by P. W. CogmanAxel,hisUncleLidenbrock,andsilentHanssetoutfor a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•272pp.•978-0-14-144197-9•$10.00
RoSTAMtales of love and war from the ShahnamehaBolQasem FerdowsiTranslated with an Introduction by Dick Davis“Davis’s wonderful translation will show Western readers why Ferdowsi’s masterpiece is one of the Per-sian world’s most revered and most beloved classics.” —Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner.10b/willustrations.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•320pp.•978-0-14-310589-3•$16.00
THE yELLoW WALL-PAPER, HERLANd, ANd SELECTEd WRiTiNGScHarlotte Perkins gilmanEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Denise D. KnightA ranging collection of fiction and poetry from the landmark American feminist and socialist thinker.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•384pp.•978-0-14-310585-5•$13.00
LAST STEPSthe late writings of leo tolstoyleo tolstoYTranslated by Aylmer Maude and Leo WienerEdited with an Introduction by Jay PariniA profound glimpse of a tortured genius on the eve of death, featuring his autobiographical writing alongside letters from loved ones.A Penguin Classics paperback originalNovember•256pp.•978-0-14-119119-5•$14.00
RESuRRECTioNleo tolstoYNewly translated with an Introduction and Notes by Anthony BriggsA Russian nobleman confronts the sins of his past—in a new translation from the acclaimed translator of War and Peace.A Penguin Classics paperbackNovember•608pp.•978-0-14-042463-8•$16.00
MoBy-diCkor, the whaleDeluxe Edition Herman melvilleForeword by Nathaniel PhilbrickCover by Tony MillionaireThe epic tale of Ahab and his mad pursuit of a crea-ture as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself.A Penguin Classics paperback November•672pp.•978-0-14-310595-4•$17.00
PRidE ANd PREJudiCEDeluxe Edition Jane austenCover by Ruben ToledoIn this comedy of manners, Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.A Penguin Classics paperback September•352pp.•978-0-14-310542-8•$16.00
WuTHERiNG HEiGHTSDeluxe Edition emilY BrontëCover by Ruben ToledoPublished a year before her death at the age of thirty, EmilyBrontë’sonlynoveldepictstherelationshipofCathy and Heathcliff.A Penguin Classics paperback September•352pp.•978-0-14-310543-5•$16.00
THE SCARLET LETTERDeluxe Edition natHaniel HawtHorneCover by Ruben ToledoA stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England.A Penguin Classics paperback September•256pp.•978-0-14-310544-2•$16.00
THE AdvENTuRES oF HuCkLEBERRy FiNNDeluxe Edition mark twainIntroduction by John SeelyeNotes by Guy CardwellCover by Lilli CarréHuck’sandJim’svoyageisstillfresh,anditremainsa major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story, as a coming of age story, and as a classic of American humor.A Penguin Classics paperback November•368pp.•978-0-14-310594-7•$16.00
ETHAN FRoMEDeluxe Edition editH wHartonIntroduction and Notes by Elizabeth AmmonsCover by Jeffrey BrownA tale of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexualundercurrents in the New England countryside.A Penguin Classics paperback November•112pp.•978-0-14-310593-0•$12.00
THE PRiNCEDeluxe Edition niccolò macHiavelliNewly translated with an Introduction by Tim ParksA striking new translation of the original blueprint for realpolitik, which retains its power to instruct and alarm.A Penguin Classics paperbackDecember•160pp.•978-0-14-310586-2•$13.00
THE quR’ANDeluxe Edition Newly translated with an Introduction by Tarif Khalidi“An eloquent and eminently readable translation…muchclosertothewaythefirstMuslimsexperiencedthe Qur’an.”—Reza Aslan, author of No God but God.A Penguin Classics paperbackOctober•560pp.•978-0-14-310588-6•$20.00
THE SHoRT NovELS oF JoHN STEiNBECktortilla Flat, the moon is down, the red Pony, of mice and men, cannery row, the PearlDeluxe Edition JoHn steinBeckHalf a dozen of the author’s most widely read and beloved novels. “Steinbeck shaped a geography of conscience.”—Don DeLillo, author of White Noise.A Penguin Classics paperbackAvailablenow•544pp.•978-0-14-310577-0•$30.00
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STuNG WiTH LovEPoems and FragmentssaPPHoNewly translated by Aaron PoochigianForeword by Carol Ann DuffyCapturing the eros and mystery of the original verse, this translation brings to life the voice of “the tenth Muse,” whose lyric power remains undiminished after2,500years.A Penguin Classics paperback originalNovember•160pp.•978-0-14-045557-1•$14.00
FATHERS ANd SoNSivan turgenevNewly translated by Peter CarsonIntroduction by Rosamund BartlettNew Afterword by Tatiana TolstayaVividlycapturingthepulseofRussiainthemid-19thcentury, Turgenev’s masterpiece comes alive in a bold new translation.A Penguin Classics paperbackDecember•336pp.•978-0-14-144133-7•$13.00
dEAREST CREATuREamY gerstlerThis darkly imaginative collection marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings.A Penguin Poets paperback originalOctober•96pp.•978-0-14-311635-6•$18.00
RoPE alison HawtHorne demingThe poet’s fourth collection culminates in a final long poem, “The Flight,” an epic anticipating the discovery of life beyond Earth.A Penguin Poets paperback originalOctober•96pp.•978-0-14-311636-3•$18.00
BARMy iN WoNdERLANdP. g. wodeHouseBewitchedbydelectableDintyMoore,Barmyinvestshis modest fortune in the stage production of Sacrifice.An Overlook hardcoverNovember•256pp.•978-1-59020-240-1•$18.95
THE MAN WiTH TWo LEFT FEETP. g. wodeHouseA story collection from “the greatest comic writer ever.” —Douglas Adams.An Overlook hardcoverNovember•256pp.•978-1-59020-241-8•$18.95
THoRNToN WiLdERthe Bridge of san luis rey and other novels 1926–1948Edited by J. D. McClatchyFeaturing corrected texts, this edition of Wilder’searly fiction includes his masterpiece, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which earned him the first of his three Pulitzers, along with The Cabala, The Woman of Andros, Heaven’s My Destination, The Ides of March, and Selected Stories and Essays.A Library of America hardcoverSeptember•750pp.•978-1-59853-045-2•$35.00
RAyMoNd CARvERcollected storiesEdited by William L. Stull and Maureen P. CarrollThe first overview of the trailblazing writer’s career features several posthumous works plus the manu-script Beginners, along with the book it became: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.A Library of America hardcoverSeptember•960pp.•978-1-59853-046-9•$40.00
AMERiCAN FANTASTiC TALESvolume one: terror and the uncanny from Poe to the PulpsEdited by Peter StraubIn the tales of Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, and their suc-cessors, the bright prospects of the New World con-front the forces of darkness.A Library of America hardcoverOctober•750pp.•978-1-59853-047-6•$35.00
volume two: terror and the uncanny from the 1940s to nowEdited by Peter StraubFromShirleyJacksonthroughStephenKingtoJoyceCarol Oates, authors continue to push the genre into unexpecteddetoursandhiddenchambers.A Library of America hardcoverOctober•750pp.•978-1-59853-048-3•$35.00A Library of AmericaBoxedSetOctober•1,500pp.•978-1-59853-059-9•$70.00
BECoMiNG AMERiCANSFour centuries of immigrant writingEdited by Ilan StavansForeword by Pete HamillFrom an indentured servant’s letter home from 17th-century Jamestown to Anya Ulinich’s 2008storyofRussianémigrés,nearly100entriespresentthefullrangeoftheimmigrantexperience.A Library of America hardcoverOctober•750pp.•978-1-59853-051-3•$35.00
SELECTEd LyRiCSira gersHwinEdited by Robert KimballFrom “’S Wonderful” to “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” the most memorable lyrics in all their stylish simplicity and colloquial eloquence.A Library of America hardcoverOctober•200pp.•978-1-59853-052-0•$20.00
GouRMET RHAPSodymuriel BarBerYTranslated by Alison AndersonAs the greatest food critic in the world lies dying in the heart of Paris, he yearns for the Flavor par excellence—one last taste. By the New York Times bestelling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog.A Europa Editions paperbackSeptember•160pp.•978-1-933372-95-2•$15.00
THE CHiLLromano BilencHiTranslated by Ann GoldsteinTheclassiccoming-of-agestoryin1920’sTuscany—by the late winner of the prestigious Viareggio Prize.A Europa Editions paperbackNovember•120pp.•978-1-933372-90-7•$15.00
THE MAN iN THE WoodEN HATJane gardamIn this companion to her masterpiece Old Filth, the historyofEddie andBetty’smarriage is told fromthe wife’s perspective.A Europa Editions paperbackNovember•240pp.•978-1-933372-89-1•$15.00
FoR GRACE RECEivEdvaleria ParrellaTranslated by Antony Shugaar“Parrella is the best of our authors. Her books are a (rare)exampleofintellectualmaturityandhonesty.” —Il Giornale (Italy).A Europa Editions paperbackSeptember•144pp.•978-1-933372-94-5•$15.00
THE JEWiSH HuSBANdlia leviTranslated by Antony Shugaar“Levi’s writing, as it nears the central drama, begins to vibrate, and as it does so the story itself vibrates, enveloping the reader and filling him with emotion.” —Corriere della Sera (Italy).A Europa Editions paperbackSeptember•176pp.•978-1-933372-93-8•$15.00
THE GERMAN MuJAHidBoualem sansalTranslated by Frank Wynne“A marvelous, devilishly well-constructed novel….An entire range of sentiments is admirably depicted I this book.”—L’Express (France).A Europa Editions paperbackOctober•240pp.•978-1-933372-92-1•$15.00
PoiSoNviLLEmassimo carlotto and marco videttaTranslated by Antony Shugaar“A black fable that exposes that dark side of thewealth that has been generated over the last few decades.”—Il Mattino (Italy).A Europa Editions paperbackOctober•240pp.•978-1-933372-91-4•$15.00
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