Books from World Editions
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The Dutch Maiden
By Marente De MoorGermany, 1936.
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The Storyteller
By Pierre JarawanHis only clues are an old photo and the bedtime stories his father used to tell him. The Storyteller follows Samir's turbulent search for Brahim, the father whose heart was always yearning for his homeland, Lebanon.
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Two Blankets Three Sheets
By Rodaan Al GalidiBased on the author's true story, this is the account of Iraqi refugee Samir, who spends nine years in an asylum center in the Netherlands.
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Roxy
By Esther GerritsenTwenty-seven-year-old Roxy is left behind with their daughter, her husband's personal assistant, and their babysitter to come to terms with this shameful end to her marriage.
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Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way
By Amin MaaloufIn Adrift, Maalouf traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future. The United States is losing its moral credibility.
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The Museum of Lost Love
By Gary BarkerSet against alternating backdrops of violent circumstances, this novel is a soulful testament to the resilience of the human heart.
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The Land of Short Sentences
By Stine PilgaardIn this understated and hilarious novel, Stine Pilgaard conjures a tale of venturing into new and uncharted land, of human relationships, dilemmas, and the ways and byways of social intercourse.
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Love, If That's What It Is
By Marijke SchermerMarijke Schermer's Love, If That's What It Is gives a kaleidoscopic view of a divorce, permitting the reader to enter the heads of not only the spouses, but also of the two daughters and the divorcees' new lovers.
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Planet of Clay
By Samar YazbekFirst published as Al Macha'a in 2017 by Dar al-Adab in Lebanon.
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Gliding Flight
By Anne-Gine GoemansA whimsical, fresh and adventurous coming-of-age story-―set against a backdrop of Dutch ingenuity.
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Slaves to Fortune
By Tom Lanoye'An intoxicating novel: relevant, encompassing the entire globe, satirical, and fast-paced. Slaves to Fortune demonstrates with dizzying speed that we Westerners are depressingly interchangeable.
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Game of the Gods
By Paolo MaurensigThis novel has deep historical roots, numerous surprising twists, and contains infinite worlds in which karma provides many sharp turns to existence." ―Gli amanti dei libri
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Salt on My Skin
By Benoîte GroultA classic long-seller that sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide, Salt on my Skin is now re-issued with a new introduction by renowned writer and feminist Fay Weldon
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Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home
By Sisonke MsimangAn intimate story of exile and homecoming by the South African author whose TED Talk touched millions.