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DIRECTIONS BOOKS
Fall 2000/Winter 2001
WILLIS BARNSTONE
THE APOCALYPSE.
Tr. by Barnstone.The great epic poetic work of the New Test–
ament rendered In blank verse. remakably translated.
An
ND Bibelot.
$7.00
pbk.
BEIDAO
UNLOCK.
Tr.
by
Weinberger and Man-Cheong.
BUinguaL
New work
by
the inter–
nationally acclaimed dissident Chinese poet-In-exlle.
$13.95
pbk. original.
KAMAU BRATHWAITE
ANCESTORS.
Political
&
powerful African Arner./Carlb. poetry. The single ex–
panded vol. of his trilogy-Mother
Poem.
SWl
Poem.
and
X/Self.
$35.00
pbk. orlg.
ROBERT CREELEY
LIFE
&
DEATH.
New poetry.
"A
marvelous and Important reading of the meanings
of a life." -Forrest Gander,
Bostpn Review.
Now available In paper.
$9.95
pbk.
LASZLO KRASZNAHORKAI
THE MELANCHOLY OF RESISTANCE.
Tr. by Szirtes. Novel about a mysterious circus.
'The universality of its vision rivals that of Gogol's
Dead Souls.'-W.
G. Sebald.$25.95 cl.
DENISE LEVERTOV
THIS GREAT UNKNOWING.
Lut
PoeJDII.
W/note
by
Lacey.
"A
poet of astounding
clarlty."-Poetry
Book
Club/~cademy
of Arner.Poets.
]'low
In
paper.
$9.95
pbk.
STEPHANE MALLARME
MALLARM~
IN PROSE.
Ed.
by
Caws,
var.
trans. Never-before translated prose.
"He himself
was
nothing less than a work of a;t."
-N.
Y.
Ttmes.$14.95
pbk orlg.
JAVIER MARIAS
A HEART SO WHITE,
Tr.
by
Jull Costa. Novel. 'The two protagonists' civilized but
complex marriages recail...Heruy James. Brilliantly done.'
-The Times
(London).
$24.95 cl.
ALL SOULS.
Tr. by Jull Costa. Novel.
A
Spanish lecturer views Oxford
U .
"DeliCiously sly observations.: ---,James Woodall.
An
ND
Classic.
$13.95
pbk.
AMELIE NOTHOMB
LOVING SABOTAGE,
Tr. by Wilson.Fast and furious novel of childhood infatua–
tion and intuited truths."Claw-sharp style.. .scathirlg."-Le
Figaro.
$21.95
cl.
PETER DALE SCOTT
MINDING THE DARKNESS. A
Poemjor
the
Year 2000.
The final vol. of one of the
most exciting trilogies of our time. ..Visionary.. .... -The
Wash. Post.
$21.95
pbk.
MURIEL SPARK
A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON.
Novel set
In
the crazier fringes of
19505
London.
"WIckedly and adroitly executed" -The
N. Y. Times.
An
ND
Classic.
$12.95
pbk.
ELIO VITTORINI
CONVERSATIONS IN SICILY. 1949
Intro.by Ernest Hemingway. New tr.
by
Mason.
Novel about a trip home. "Marvelous."-Pub.
Wkly.
An
ND
Classic.
$13.95
pbk.
ELIOT WEINBERGER
KARMIC TRACES.
Essays as entertaining and engaging
as
fiction. "He has seem–
Ingly read...everythlng on planet Earth."
-Multicultural Rev.
$15.95
pbk. orlg.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
THE SELECTED LETTERS. Vol. I: 1920-1945.
Ed.
by
Devlin and Tischler
wI
photo–
graphs. Full of details, self-deprecating humor, and lyric grace. $37.00 cloth.
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