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Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American We...

"An enchanting new novel from one of the most distinguished writers of our time, an altogether serious comedy that is the synthesis and culmination of his oeuvre"--Provided by publisher.

"We think of Honore Balzac as the author of long and fully upholstered novels, stitched together into the magnificent visionary document called The Human Comedy. Yet along with the full-length fiction within The Human Comedy stand many shorter works, and it's here that we get som...

Two early nonfiction works from the Franco-Czech novelist looks at the smaller nations of Europe that came under the influence of Soviet communism and struggled to reassert their own post-Cold War identities.

Four friends discuss matters both ridiculous and deeply philosophical amid the cafes, gardens, and museums of Paris. Conversations range from motherhood, death, sex, and Stalin to whether angels have navels. Originally published in French as La fête de l'insignificance. Bestsell...