New York Times Bestseller

“Isabel Allende has a message: history repeats itself. The solution turns out to be the kindness of strangers who become family." 

—The New York Times

"A striking meditation on loss and the search for home." 

—Publisher's Weekly

"January is a important read, showing us the lives that young, reluctant mothers can find themselves trapped in. "

—California Reading

"The lack of visual description—usually the bread and butter of fiction—yields deliciously frightening results in stories that dazzle with formal experimentation."

—Kirkus

New York Times Bestseller

“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.” 

—People 

"Bookended by pandemics — the Spanish flu and the Covid crisis — “Violeta” chronicles a feminist awakening amid twin repressive forces, the state and the domestic sphere." 

—The New York Times

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022

"Piñeiro shows the foolishness that arises from misguided conviction, as well as the pain of embodiment in a world where forces beyond our control too often control our bodies." 

—The New York Times

Winner of the English PEN Award 2020

"So much love and empathy was poured into this translation, so that we in the English world could experience Jeftanovic’s writing as purely and perfectly as possible."

—Books and Bao

"The book is a tour de force—I have never read something so disturbingly powerful."

—Bookslut

"Challenging the essentialist conception of transgendered people as “born in the wrong body,” Miquel Missé proposes a sociology of the body that emphasizes the burden of social norms." 

—Books and Ideas

"We were looking for originality, for people who were doing things that were unique and who didn’t seem to be following a trend." 

—The Guardian

"The story of one man’s quest, simply and movingly told. A timeless tale rendered in spare, evocative prose." 

—Kirkus

"Riddle’s agile English performs a delicate balancing act that reflects one of the novel’s underlying themes: making things accessible but not immediately transparent."

—Sam Carter

"It casts stark, intriguing shadows as the narrator, wandering at an almost ashamedly safe remove of one generation, conveys her situation with wry humour." 

—The Stinging Fly

"A rich and original work of feminist theory and practice, this book will appeal to readers concerned about gender based violence in neoliberal contexts and what can be done to resist it." 

—Polity

"Castagnet’s droll humour and clean and precise prose sing in Riddle’s version"    

—Fernando Sdrigotti 

"Perlongher, whose work has been highly influential in the development of Latin American cultural theory and literature, represents an original critical ‘queer’ voice in Latin American thought." 

—Readings