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In a Strange Room, by Damon Galgut
Man is always double: he who acts, and he who sees himself acting; he who suffers, and he who sees himself suffering; he who feels, and he who observes himself feeling. ––George Seferis In a letter to...
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The Art of Losing, by Rebecca Connell
Writing a novel of any kind involves a necessary bit of deceit; the writer must know more than her audience, judiciously doling out breadcrumbs of information through the pages, so that the reader is...
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Europa Editions celebrates publication of its 100th book
It was an unbridled love fest. And not only because I was there, Tuesday night in New York City, swooning a little to be in the presence of all those Europa-eans. Author Stacy Schiff described Europa’s...
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Character, Then World, Then Plot: An Interview with Alexander Maksik
Alexander Maksik is the author of the novels You Deserve Nothing (Europa Editions, 2011) and A Marker to Measure Drift (Knopf, 2013), which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2013....
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To Name Those Lost, by Rohan Wilson
In To Name Those Lost (Europa Editions), Rohan Wilson sets a personal feud in the midst of a town riot. What starts as pushback against railroad regulations erupts into a firestorm of looting and...
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Tearing Butterfly Wings
Let a butterfly land on your hand. You know that it started out life as a caterpillar, something humbler that could only crawl, and yet now it has wings. You take hold of the wings and tear them off....
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