Classic Fiction and Nonction New translations and reissues from

THE OPEN ROAD

by Jean Giono

Ghosts is Wharton’s own personal selection of her most chilling stories, written between 1902 and 1937.

“What Wharton put out is a bewitching, and frequently terrifying, collection of tales which more often than not fulfill her criterion for a successful ghost story: ‘If it sends a cold shiver down one’s spine, it has done its job and done it well.’” —Anna Russell, The New Yorker

“A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry James, [Wharton] has a lightness of touch that belies the often very grisly tale.” —Kate Mosse, The Guardian Paperback • $16.95

“What makes this novel stand out is the meticulous care that Giono applies to both his narrator’s voice and the ways in which he experiences time . . . . Shifting between lived-in details and a sense of alienation, this novel is frequently hypnotic and always compelling.” —Kirkus, starred review Paperback • $16.95

THE N’GUSTRO AFFAIR

by Jean-Patrick Manchette

GHOSTS

by Edith Wharton

Selected and with a preface by the author

Preface by Jacques Le Gall

Translated from the French by Paul Eprile

THE STONE FACE

by William Gardner Smith

Introduction by Adam Shatz

“The Stone Face explores the shifting nature of cultural identity and social oppression . . . The issues Smith raises in his novel resonate at least as much now as they did six decades ago.” —John Powers, Fresh Air

“Represents the maturing of a voice determined to confound preconceived notions about patriotism, Blackness and sanctuary, and accordingly the story takes no prisoners, so to speak.”

—James Hannaham, The New York Times Book Review Paperback • $16.95

Introduction by Gary Indiana

Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith “The publication of another novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette . . . is a reason to rejoice . . . [In The N’Gustro Affair] the muscular prose is vivid (‘Hate is so tiresome,’ one character opines with devastating effect), and the examination of ideology gone rancid is gutting and powerful.” —Sarah Weinman, The New York Times Book Review Paperback • $15.95

PURGATORIO

by Dante Alighieri

Clifton tells us about the life of an African American family through slavery and hard times and beyond, the death of her father and grandmother, but also all the life and love and triumph that came before and remains even now. “[Generations] is a song of self. All the defiant joy of [Lucille Clifton’s] verse is present in this family history, beginning with the ancestor who walked cross-country only to be sold into slavery at age 8. For those whose histories were stolen through violence, this is a proclamation of power and resistance.”

—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times Paperback • $14.95

A bilingual edition published in the 700th anniversary year of Dante’s death.

“Both in this translation and in his afterword, D.M. Black shows us why Dante matters, and how, 700 years after his death, he can still help us to understand what may give meaning to our own lives.”

—Robert Chandler, Financial Times Paperback • $19.95

by Thomas Mann

GENERATIONS

A MEMOIR

by Lucille Clifton

Introduction by Tracy K. Smith

Preface by Robert Pogue Harrison

Translated from the Italian and with an introduction and commentary by D. M. Black

STORM

by George R. Stewart

Introduction by Nathaniel Rich

“A massive winter storm brings destruction, peril, and death to drought-plagued California . . . . A new introduction by Nathaniel Rich provides historical context for Stewart’s reissued classic, first published in 1941. Pure excitement for eco-fiction fans.” —Kirkus, starred review Paperback • $17.95

REFLECTIONS OF A NONPOLITICAL MAN

Introduction by Mark Lilla

Translated from the German by Walter D. Morris “[Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man] feels not just worthy of our attention but somehow indispensable . . . . The idea that we do damage to life’s most important elements when we use them instrumentally, for political ends, poses a real challenge to our moment, obsessed as it is with the political responsibility of the artist.”

—Christopher Beha, The New York Times Book Review Paperback • $22.95