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Romila Thapar
The Present Colonizes the Past

Points of View

Short, rigorous intervention on history-writing in public life.How does the present reshape what a society chooses to remember as its past? Recent interpretations of India's history have replaced careful …

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James Thompson
Humanitarian Performance

Enactments

A groundbreaking lens on humanitarianism, which reframes global humanitarian responses to war and disaster through performance studies, revealing how aid, media, and public attention transform crisis into…

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Sange Dorjee Thongdok
The Lama Who Flew

The India List

Step into the fireside glow of a Himalayan village, where the supernatural feels ordinary and every story is a spell waiting to be cast.The Flying Lama: Tales Around the Hearth invites readers into the en…

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Tzvetan Todorov,
Torture and the War on Terror

Points of View

One of the world's leading intellectuals dismantles the political and ethical justifications for institutional torture.In the aftermath of 9/11, the US government approved interrogation tactics for enemy …

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Krisztina Toth,
Pixel

The Hungarian List

A collection of stories from a Hungarian writer that treats relationships and love in contemporary life.Like stars in the sky, pixels may seem like tiny, individual points. But, when viewed from a distanc…

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Krisztina Tóth,
White Wolf

A powerful collection of sixteen unsettling stories that delve into the hidden traumas of everyday life."Every home is a different story," says one narrator in White Wolf while looking for her o…

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Paolo Virno,
On Impotence

The Italian List

An incisive and urgent book that explores the hidden roots of our contemporary powerlessness.Contemporary life is marked by a paradoxical form of impotence. Whether in love, labor, or political struggle, …

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Paolo Virno,
On Impotence

The Italian List

An incisive and urgent book that explores the hidden roots of our contemporary powerlessness.Contemporary life is marked by a paradoxical form of impotence. Whether in love, labor, or political struggle, …

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Istvan Voros,
Thomas Mann's Overcoat

The Hungarian List

This novel seamlessly blends the intellectual musings of Thomas Mann with a Hungarian folktale exploring the boundaries of reality and fantasy.In this captivating and whimsical novel, the German novelist …

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
Secure the Base

The Africa List

The first comprehensive collection of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's nonfiction, spanning lectures and texts on colonialism, labor and political struggles, and the legacies of slavery. For more than si…

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
The Language of Languages

The Africa List

With clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writings on translation.Through his many critically acclaimed novels, stories, essays, plays, and memoirs…

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Urs Widmer,
MR Adamson

The day is Friday, May 22, 2032. On this day, the day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where he often played during his childhood, and it is here …

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Ghassan Zaqtan,
Strangers in Light Coats

The Arab List

A highly anticipated edition of Zaqtan's work from 2014 to 2020, all in English for the first time. Ghassan Zaqtan is not only one of the most significant Palestinian poets at work today, but one of the…

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Oblivion

In Performance

Showcases influential Iranian plays translated into English for the first time, offering a rich tapestry of Iran's vibrant post-revolutionary theater scene. 'Oblivion' and Other Plays from Post-Revolution…

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Under a Pannonian Sky

The Hungarian List

A ground-breaking anthology showcasing the voices of ten remarkable Hungarian women poets for English-language readers.Under a Pannonian Sky is a landmark anthology that brings the voices of ten extraordi…

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