Kramers Countdown to Indie Bookstore Day
04.09.18
Counting down to Indie Bookstore Day on April 28th, we will be featuring a small press title every day! All books are available in store.
14. The Cookbook Notebook by Magda Joicey (Unicorn, 2017) – “English food isn’t bad. You just haven’t cooked it right… and “V” is for Victory.”
13. The Real Life of the Parthenon by Patricia Vigderman (Mad Creek Books, 2018) – “Architectural history and travelogue that transforms the reader into a native of Greece.”
12. Imaginary Lives by Marcel Schwob (Wakefield Press, 2018) – “A intriguing collection of short, fictional biographies that influenced Jorge Luis Borges and remain as relevant today as when they were published in 1896.”
11. Palaces by Simon Jacobs (Two Dollar Radio, 2017) – “It’s Edgar Allen Poe with a punk rock cast.”
10. Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami (Interlink Books, 2016) – “A magical realistic tale of Syria via the Arabian Nights.”
9. The Ghost of Fear and Others Volume 1, S.T. Joski, ed. (Dark Regions Press, 2016) – “A menacing collection of tales much beloved by H.P. Lovecraft”
8. Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures By Stephan Zweig (Pushkin Press, 2016) – “The bloody fields of Waterloo to frozen wastes of Antarctica brought to life by a master of the novel”
7. Vengeance by Zachary Lazar (Catapult, 2018) – “A timely novel of America’s broken prison system and a mystery of a single man’s guilt or innocence.”
6. The Senator’s Children by Nicholas Montemarano (Tin House Books, 2017) – “Nothing can be more poignant in literature than the destruction of a family…except, maybe, a political campaign.”
5. Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (NYRB, 2008) – “A dark, devil-may-care work that is both a celebration of literary form and the quintessential German novel.”
4. Devil Take the Hindmost by Martin Cathcart Froden (Freight Books, 2016) – “A classic noir story of drugs and bicycles.”
3. Wade in the Water by Tracey K. Smith (Graywold Press, 2018) – “The newest collection from the Poet Laureate of the United States.”
2. Mesopotamia by Serhiy Zhadan (A Margellos, 2018) – “One of Ukraine’s most popular, contemporary writers with cynical realism weaves a tale of hope.”
1. Twist by Harkaitz Cano (Archipelago, 2011) – “A vivid story of love, murder, and terror is Basque country.”
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