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NEW TITLES • COMPARATIVE LITERATURE NEW TITLES • COMPARATIVE LITERATURE SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN CHINUA ACHEBE Fever Dream The African Trilogy TRANSLATED BY MEGAN McDOWELL PAID Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease Presort Std U.S. Postage A fresh new voice in Spanish-language fction—translated into English for the frst time. Permit No. 169 PENGUIN CLASSICS DELUXE EDITION Staten Island, NY In this absorbing story about the power of family and love, Argentinian author Schweblin FOREWORD BY KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH creates an aura of psychological menace and otherworldly reality. Te African Trilogy—comprised of Tings Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease— “A perfect marriage of form and subject, in which [the novel’s] narrative instability… is Achebe’s magnum opus. From the arrival of the British to the waning days of empire, he recreates the insecurities of life in the Argentine countryside today.”—Los Angeles Times chronicles an African community’s struggle against colonialism across three generations. RIVERHEAD HARDCOVER • 192 PAGES • 978-0-399-18459-8 • $25.00 PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 576 PAGES • 978-0-14-313134-2 • $25.00 AVAILABLE MAY 2017 RAPHAEL MONTES ~ ~ NGUGI WA THIONG’O Perfect Days TRANSLATED BY ALISON ENTREKIN Devil on the Cross Te celebrated Brazilian writer’s English-language debut is a psychological thriller in the PENGUIN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES vein of Te Talented Mr. Ripley—a journey in the passenger seat with a psychopath, a INTRODUCTION BY NAMWALI SERPELL; CHINUA ACHEBE, SERIES EDITOR medical student who kidnaps the girl of his dreams and sets out on a road trip across Brazil. Tis critique of capitalism tells the story of a young woman who moves to Nairobi, where “Merg[es] literary sensibilities, psychological insight, and breathtaking suspense….Montes she struggles to survive and overcome societal malaise stemming from Western infuences. brings Rio de Janeiro and Brazil to life as few authors could do....Superb.”—Jefery Deaver Profoundly shaping African and post-colonial literature, Devil on the Cross calls for the end PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PAGES • 978-0-14-312999-8 • $16.00 of dictatorship and encourages African writers to work in local dialects. 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Eurocentric view of history....[Tis is] Enrigue’s ffh novel, but only the frst to be translated It is the most poetic translation of this work to date and establishes MacMillan as an into English...and beautifully so by Natasha Wimmer.”—Te New York Times outstanding translator of Japanese poetry.”—Donald Keene, Columbia University RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 272 PAGES • 978-0-7352-1344-9 • $16.00 PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 416 PAGES • 978-0-14-139257-8 • $17.00 AHMET ALTAN LINDA EGENES and KUMUDA REDDY Endgame The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki’s TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER DAWE Ancient Epic—Complete and Comprehensive In this atmospheric Turkish literary noir, an unnamed writer visits a small town and fnds “Beautifully narrated, mingled with thoughtful poetic expressions both original and himself involved in a mystery with existentialist implications. modern….Stays true to the original Valmiki Ramayana, and its exalted execution by Egenes “[An] immersive narrative about love, desire, loneliness, and landscape. 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Te African Trilogy—comprised of Tings Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease— “A perfect marriage of form and subject, in which [the novel’s] narrative instability… is Achebe’s magnum opus. From the arrival of the British to the waning days of empire, he recreates the insecurities of life in the Argentine countryside today.”—Los Angeles Times chronicles an African community’s struggle against colonialism across three generations. RIVERHEAD HARDCOVER • 192 PAGES • 978-0-399-18459-8 • $25.00 PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 576 PAGES • 978-0-14-313134-2 • $25.00 AVAILABLE MAY 2017 RAPHAEL MONTES ~ ~ NGUGI WA THIONG’O Perfect Days TRANSLATED BY ALISON ENTREKIN Devil on the Cross Te celebrated Brazilian writer’s English-language debut is a psychological thriller in the PENGUIN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES vein of Te Talented Mr. Ripley—a journey in the passenger seat with a psychopath, a INTRODUCTION BY NAMWALI SERPELL; CHINUA ACHEBE, SERIES EDITOR medical student who kidnaps the girl of his dreams and sets out on a road trip across Brazil. Tis critique of capitalism tells the story of a young woman who moves to Nairobi, where “Merg[es] literary sensibilities, psychological insight, and breathtaking suspense….Montes she struggles to survive and overcome societal malaise stemming from Western infuences. brings Rio de Janeiro and Brazil to life as few authors could do....Superb.”—Jefery Deaver Profoundly shaping African and post-colonial literature, Devil on the Cross calls for the end PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PAGES • 978-0-14-312999-8 • $16.00 of dictatorship and encourages African writers to work in local dialects. PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 320 PAGES • 978-0-14-310736-1 • $16.00 ÁLVARO ENRIGUE PETER MacMILLAN, translator Sudden Death TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER Tales of Ise PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street NY 10014-3657 New York, Te acclaimed Mexican writer’s frst novel to be translated into English, this postmodern COMMENTARIES BY THE TRANSLATOR; FOREWORD BY DONALD KEENE tale about a 16th-century clash of empires and ideas is told through a tennis match between Tis poem-tale collection from the early Heian period is loosely comprised of stories Italian artist Caravaggio and Spanish poet Quevedo. spanning a man’s youth to his death, ofering deep insight into courtly love in ancient Japan. “Has both great entertainment value and intellectual appeal, especially as a corrective to a “Adds to the treasures of Japanese literature that can now be enjoyed in English translation. Eurocentric view of history....[Tis is] Enrigue’s ffh novel, but only the frst to be translated It is the most poetic translation of this work to date and establishes MacMillan as an into English...and beautifully so by Natasha Wimmer.”—Te New York Times outstanding translator of Japanese poetry.”—Donald Keene, Columbia University RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK • 272 PAGES • 978-0-7352-1344-9 • $16.00 PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 416 PAGES • 978-0-14-139257-8 • $17.00 AHMET ALTAN LINDA EGENES and KUMUDA REDDY Endgame The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki’s TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER DAWE Ancient Epic—Complete and Comprehensive In this atmospheric Turkish literary noir, an unnamed writer visits a small town and fnds “Beautifully narrated, mingled with thoughtful poetic expressions both original and himself involved in a mystery with existentialist implications.