• Whenacollegegraduatewithahistoryofhaplessjobs

  (icecreamscooper,giftwrapper,laziesteverpart-timeclerk

  atThePetLibrary)readsRobertLouisStevenson’snovel

  TreasureIsland,sheisdumbstruckbythetimiddesign

  ofherlife.Whenhadsheeverdreameda

  scheme?Whenhadsheeverdoneafoolish,overbold

  act?Whenhadsheever,likeJimHawkins,broken

  fromherfriends,racedforthebeach,stolena

  boat,killedaman,andeliminatedanobstaclethat

  stoodinthewayofhergettingahunk

  ofgold?
  Treasure Island!!!
• Kazuisdead.BorninFukushimain1933,thesame

  yearastheJapaneseEmperor,hislifeistied

  byaseriesofcoincidencestotheImperialfamily

  andhasbeenshapedateveryturnbymodern

  Japanesehistory.Buthislifestoryisalsomarked

  bybadluck,andnow,indeath,heis

  unabletorest,doomedtohaunttheparknear

  UenoStationinTokyo.Kazu'slifeinthecity

  beganandendedinthatpark;hearrivedthere

  toworkasalaborerinthepreparationsfor

  the1964TokyoOlympicsandendedhisdaysliving

  inthevasthomelessvillageinthepark,traumatized

  bythedestructionofthe2011tsunamiandshattered

  bytheannouncementofthe2020Olympics.
  Tokyo Ueno Station
• Tsukiko,thirty–eight,worksinanofficeandlivesalone.One

  night,shehappenstomeetoneofherformer

  highschoolteachers,"Sensei,"inalocalbar.Tsukiko

  hadonlyevercalledhim"Sensei"("Teacher").Heis

  thirtyyearshersenior,retired,andpresumablyawidower.

  Theirrelationshipdevelopsfromaperfunctoryacknowledgmentofeach

  otherastheyeatanddrinkaloneatthe

  bar,toahesitantintimacywhichtiltsawkwardlyand

  poignantlyintolove.AsTsukikoandSenseigrowto

  knowandloveoneanother,time'spassingismarked

  byKawakami'sgentlehintsatthechangingseasons:from

  warmsaketochilledbeer,fromthebudson

  thetreestothebloomingofthecherryblossoms.

  StrangeWeatherinTokyoisamoving,funny,and

  immersivetaleofmodernJapanandold–fashionedromance.
  Strange Weather in Tokyo
• Abreathtakingfreefallintothelong-buried(andfictional)history

  ofautopianerainAmericanlighter-than-airtravel,as

  toldbyitsdeath-defying,aero-acrobaticheroes.ELADATLtellsthe

  storyofthislittle-knownperiodofAmericanairtravel

  inaseriesofoverlappingnarrativestoldbykey

  figures,accompaniedbyanumberofhistoricphotographsand

  recentlydiscoveredartifacts,withappendicesprovidedtofillin

  themissinglinks.Thestoryoftheriseand

  fallofthisill-fatedairshipmovementinvestigatesitslong-buried

  history,repletewithheroes,villains,andmomentsofastonishing

  derring-doandterrifyingdisaster.
  ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines
• Eachdisparateobjectdescribedinthisbook—aCasparDavidFriedrich

  painting,aspeciesoftiger,avillainRome,

  aGreeklovepoem,anislandinthePacific—shares

  acommonfate:itnolongerexists,exceptas

  thedeadendofapapertrail.Recallingthe

  worksofW.G.Sebald,BruceChatwin,andRebecca

  Solnit,AnInventoryofLossesisabeautifulevocation

  oftwelvespecifictreasuresthathavebeenlostto

  theworldforever,andthat,takenasawhole,

  openmesmerizingnewvistasofhowtothinkabout

  extinctionandloss.
  An Inventory of Losses
• Aswelearnthereasonsthateachpersonisattending

  theBigOaklandPowwow—somegenerous,somefearful,somejoyful,

  someviolent—momentumbuildstowardashockingyetinevitableconclusion

  thatchangeseverything.JacquieRedFeatherisnewlysober

  andtryingtomakeitbacktothefamily

  sheleftbehindinshame.DeneOxendeneispulling

  hislifebacktogetherafterhisuncle’sdeathand

  hascometoworkatthepowwowtohonor

  hisuncle’smemory.OpalViolaVictoriaBearShieldhas

  cometowatchhernephewOrvil,whohastaught

  himselftraditionalIndiandancethroughYouTubevideosandwill

  toperforminpublicfortheveryfirsttime.

  Therewillbegloriouscommunion,andaspectacleof

  sacredtraditionandpageantry.Andtherewillbesacrifice,

  andheroism,andloss.
  There There
• Inthepastyear,thenarratorof10:04hasenjoyed

  unexpectedliterarysuccess,beendiagnosedwithapotentiallyfatal

  heartcondition,andbeenaskedbyhisbestfriend

  tohelpherconceiveachild.Now,ina

  NewYorkofincreasinglyfrequentsuperstormsandpoliticalunrest,

  hemustreckonwithhisbiologicalmortality,thepossibility

  ofaliteraryafterlife,andtheprospectof(unconventional)

  fatherhoodinacitythatmightsoonbeunder

  water.Lerner'snewnovelchartsanexhilaratingcoursethrough

  thecontemporarylandscapeofsex,friendship,memory,artand

  politics,andcaptureswhatisliketobealive

  rightnow.
  10:04
• Thisaccountoftheseventeenth-centuryvagabondperformerandtricksterTyll

  Ulenspiegelbeginswhenhesascrawnyboygrowingup

  inaquietvillage.Whenhisfather,amiller

  withasecretinterestinalchemyandmagic,is

  foundoutbythechurch,Tyllisforcedto

  fleewiththebakersdaughter,Nele.Theyfindsafety

  andcompanionshipwithatravelingperformer,whoteachesTyll

  histrade.Andsobeginsajourneyofdiscovery

  andperformanceforTyll,ashetravelsthrougha

  continentdevastatedbytheThirtyYearsWarandencounters

  alongthewayahangman,afraudulentJesuitscholar,

  andtheexiledKingFrederickandQueenElizabethof

  Bohemia.
  Tyll
• ApairofmysteriouscreaturesfromJapanesefolklorebecomea

  younggirlscompanionsduringatryingperiodinKawakamis

  sweetandoriginaltale.Thetenguattachthemselvesto

  Tsukikoandbegintofollowhereverywhere.Wheredid

  theycomefromandwhyaretheyhere?And

  whatotherinvisibleandunacknowledgedforcesareactingupon

  Tsukiko’sseeminglypeacefulworld?
  Parade: A Folktale
• SpaceInvadersisthestoryofagroupofchildhood

  friendswho,inadulthood,arepreoccupiedbyuneasymemories

  andvisionsoftheirclassmateEstrellaGonzálezJepsen.In

  theirdreams,theycatchglimpsesofEstrella’sbraids,hear

  echoesofhervoice,andreadoldlettersthat

  eventually,mysteriously,stoppedarriving.OneoftheleadingLatin

  Americanwritersofhergeneration,NonaFernándezeffortlesslybuilds

  achoralandconstantlyshiftingimageofyounglife

  inthewaningyearsofthedictatorship.
  Space Invaders
• Theworkofamasterfulnovelistandtranslatorcollidein

  thisvisionaryandhilariousdebutfromacclaimedFrenchwriter

  BriceMatthieussent.RevengeoftheTranslatorfollowsTrad,who

  istranslatingamysteriousauthorsbook,TranslatorsRevenge,from

  EnglishtoFrench.Thebookopensasaseries

  offootnotesfromTradashejustifieschangeshe

  makes.Asthenovelprogresses,Tradbeginstotake

  overthewriting,methodicallybreakingdowntheworkof

  theoriginalwriterandchangingthecourseofthe

  text.Thelinesbetweenrealityandfictionstartto

  blurasTradsworldoverlapswiththecharactersin

  TranslatorsRevenge,whoseemtogrowmoreandmore

  independentofTradsincreasinglyderangedstruggletocontrolthe

  plot.
  Revenge of the Translator
• On21June1922,CountAlexanderRostov–recipientof

  theOrderofSaintAndrew,memberoftheJockey

  Club,MasteroftheHunt–isescortedout

  oftheKremlin,acrossRedSquareandthroughthe

  elegantrevolvingdoorsoftheHotelMetropol.
  A Gentleman in Moscow
• AdamGordonisabrilliant,ifhighlyunreliable,youngAmerican

  poetonaprestigiousfellowshipinMadrid,strugglingto

  establishhissenseofselfandhisrelationshipto

  art.
  Leaving the Atocha Station
• GustavoHighwaySánchezisamanwithamission:he

  isplanningtoreplaceeverylastoneofhis

  unsightlyteeth.Hehasafewskillsthatmight

  helphimonhisway:hecanimitateJanis

  Joplinaftertworums,hecaninterpretChinesefortune

  cookies,hecanstandanegguprightona

  table,andhecanfloatonhisback.And,

  ofcourse,heistheworldsbestauctioncaller

  -althoughotherpeoplemightnotrealisethis,because

  heis,bynature,verydiscreet.
  The Story of My Teeth
• TheSwanBookissetinthefuture,withAboriginals

  stilllivingundertheInterventioninthenorth,in

  anenvironmentfundamentallyalteredbyclimatechange.Itfollows

  thelifeofamuteteenagercalledOblivia,the

  victimofgang-rapebypetrol-sniffingyouths,fromthedisplaced

  communitywhereshelivesinahulk,ina

  swampfilledwithrustingboats,andthousandsofblack

  swansdrivenfromotherpartsofthecountry,to

  hermarriagetoWarrenFinch,thefirstAboriginalpresident

  ofAustralia,andherelevationtothepositionof

  FirstLady,confinedtoatowerinaflooded

  andlawlesssoutherncity.
  The Swan Book
• Foxisthestoryofliteraryfootnotesand“minor”characters—unnoticed

  peoplepropelledintotimelessnessthroughthebiographiesandnovels

  ofothers.WithUgresic’scharacteristicwit,Foxtakesus

  fromRussiatoJapan,throughBalkanminefieldsandAmerican

  roadtrips,andfromthe1920stothepresent,

  asitexploresthepowerofstorytellingandliterary

  invention,betrayal,andtherandomnessofhumanlives.
  Fox
• InthemadnessofWorldWarII,adutifulRussian

  soldieriswrongfullyconvictedoftreasonandsentencedto

  tenyearsinaSiberianlaborcamp.Sobegins

  thismasterpieceofmodernRussianfiction,aharrowingaccount

  ofamanwhohasconcededtoallthings

  evilwithdignityandstrength.Firstpublishedin1962,

  OneDayintheLifeofIvanDenisovichis

  consideredoneofthemostsignificantworkseverto

  emergefromSovietRussia.Illuminatingadarkchapterin

  Russianhistory,itisatonceagraphicpicture

  ofworkcamplifeandamovingtributeto

  man’swilltoprevailoverrelentlessdehumanization.
  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich