Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues, by Iris Murdoch.
These modern Platonic dialogues portray a fanatical young Plato and a wise old Socrates discussing the problems of the twentieth century.
The Burial at Thebes, by Seamus Heaney.
In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch.
The Dying Animal, by Philip Roth.
David Kepesh is over sixty, and when he meets twenty-four year old, Consuela Castillo, she promptly puts his life into erotic disorder.
The Ghost Writer, by Philip Roth.
This is a story about the tensions between literature and life, artistic truthfulness and conventional decency.
The Path to the Spiders' Nests, by Italo Calvino.
This book tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons. After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans.
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works, by Jonathan Swift.
Treasury of five shorter works by the author of Gulliver's Travels offers ample evidence of the great satirist's inspired lampoonery.
Three Plays, by Ayn Rand.
A collection of three plays by Rand, Night of January 16th, and two unproduced plays, Think Twice and Ideal.
