Fitzcarraldo Sale Suggestions

The great independent press is having a summer sale. Thirty percent off everything. Great books that look cool.

Here is the link: https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/

Here are my favorites, if you’re looking and don’t know where to start:

Suppose A Sentence by Brian Dillon

• For the past few years, a foundational text in my workshops. A nice blend of scholarship and romance.

Septology by Jon Fosse

• A 700-page hypnotic prayer. Almost certainly over-hyped when it first came out, but still one of my favorite books. Artistic madness.

Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi

• While Fitzcarraldo is most known for translating Nobel candidates (and winners) from their native languages into English, they also discover and promote exciting new voices like Onwuemezi. A wonderful debut collection.

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

• Timely! And hilarious. A good send up of academia. Worthwhile winner the Pulitzer Prize.

Counternarratives by John Keene

• The closest thing we, Americans, have to Borges. A must.

The Long Form by Kate Briggs

• A contemplative and exciting journey. Anyone with young kids can walk in and out of it, as I did when Noah was a few months old. Works like brilliant poetry. Perfect for a distracted parent, or anyone.

Quick Hits:

• All books by Mathias Ènard

• All books by Olga Tokarczuk

• All books by Annie Ernaux

• Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

• Macunaíma by Marío de Andrade

• Football by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

• Paradais and Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

• You Have Not Yet Been Defeated by Alaa abd el-Fattah

• Grove and River by Esther Kinsky

Happy shopping!