Two Lines Press Catalog
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About Uncle
Translated from French by Jordan Stump$16.95"Wry and funny and rich in strange new forms of discomfort, About Uncle is a slim volume that cuts deep, revealing the soft ligaments of…Forthcoming -
Cross-Stitch
Translated from by Christina MacSweeney$24.00“Jazmina Barrera has written an astonishing book, one that illuminates the mysterious, intricate, and eternal nature of female friendship.” —Chloé Cooper Jones, author of Easy Beauty …Forthcoming -
So Many People, Mariana
Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa$19.95“A definitive collection of stories by a Portuguese master of the form…united by their quiet intensity, their commitment to internal turmoil, and their enduring interest…Forthcoming -
Elektrik
Translated from French by Multiple Translators$16.95“Elektrik is translation operating as good translation should: as a megaphone for writers who might otherwise remain unheard in the Western canon.” —Barrelhouse These extraordinary… -
Self-Portrait in Green (Anniversary Edition)
Translated from French by Jordan Stump$16.95“One of the most mysterious, spectral, appealing, and uncategorizable books I’ve ever read.” —Amina Cain, author of A Horse at Night “This novel not only… -
Beijing Sprawl
Translated from Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen & Jeremy Tiang$17.95“The protagonists of Beijing Sprawl aren’t running to get ahead; they’re running so they don’t go insane…subtle, swift, and humorous.” —4Columns “Like my favorite fiction,… -
Out of the Sugar Factory
Translated from German by Megan Ewing$16.95“Out of the Sugar Factory is W. G. Sebald meets Agatha Christie, with a remarkable touch all Elmiger's own.” —Jessi Jezewska Stevens, author of The… -
The Red Book of Farewells
Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg$24.95“A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life—Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered… -
No Edges
Translated from Swahili by Multiple Translators & Idza Luhumyo$16.95A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 (Nylon) A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 (Open Country Mag) “An absorbing sampler of the literary feast available in… -
On a Woman’s Madness
Translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott$24.95FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “A stunning tale of love and survival anchored by Noenka’s unflagging honesty and Roemer’s embrace of the contradictions,… -
Days Come and Go
Translated from French by Nchanji Njamnsi$24.95“One of the most powerful books I've read this year.” —Jennifer Martin, Tattered Cover Bookstore “A bold, beautiful, and breathtaking accomplishment of a book.” —Anna… -
Hugs and Cuddles
Translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto$14.95“Wild, singular, and unapologetically original, this is a perfect read for anyone who wants to step off the beaten path into something unfamiliar and unforgettable.”… -
Visible
Translated from Various Languages by Multiple Translators$19.95Brimming with enigmatic photographs, future memes, and mud drawings, Visible showcases six genre-defying works from around the world that raise questions about the relationship between how we… -
Linea Nigra
Translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney$15.95 | $21.95“A strange, slim, hybrid book…disarmingly fresh and provocative’” —New York Review of Books “A beautiful and lucid essay about the journey across motherhood seasons [that]… -
At the Edge of the Woods
Translated from Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter$16.95“An eerie allegory of climate apocalypse and unnatural nature…full of dark laughter, figures that appear and disappear, sounds of violence and gnashing teeth.” —The Millions… -
This Is Us Losing Count
Translated from Russian by Multiple Translators$16.95“The poems in this volume are bold and forthright yet bracingly controlled, vivid in their imagery and visionary in their imaginative reach. Taken together, they… -
The Interim
Translated from German by Isabel Fargo Cole$15.95 | $22.95“Comic and terrifying and profound.” —Rachel Kushner, The Guardian (Best Books 2021) “A genuinely maverick author whose distinctive literary style is marked by visions of oozing, secreting, spilling,… -
Empty Wardrobes
Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa$14.95“Executed as precisely and without sentiment as an autopsy…There is no doubting the authenticity of Carvalho’s vision and the originality and severity of her voice,… -
Cuíer
Translated from Portuguese by Multiple Translators$16.95“A concise and enlightening overview of the last fifty years of LGBTQ literature from South America’s largest country. Spanning Brazil’s regional boundaries and including legends… -
Kaya Days
Translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman$14.95“Kaya Days is a novella designed to be read in one gulp, and Jeffrey Zuckerman’s prose is propulsive enough to make the book nearly impossible… -
Slipping
Translated from Arabic by Robin Moger$16.95“A partly real, partly fantastical depiction of post-revolutionary Cairo and Alexandria as seen through the stories of a struggling journalist, a former exile and a… -
Nancy
Translated from Spanish by Ellen Jones$19.95“This is a gorgeous novel from a writer unafraid to consider the darkness…beyond rewarding. Bleak, beautiful, and incredibly powerful.” —Kirkus (starred review) “An inventory of… -
Elemental
Translated from Various Languages by Multiple Translators$16.95“Stone, earth, water, ice, wind, and burning heat. The stories here dig deep and unexpectedly into life’s fundamentals—the elements and the passions—bringing into English, many… -
Rabbit Island
Translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney$19.95“In this impressionistic, dreamlike collection, Navarro, a Spanish writer, deploys surrealism to comic, haunting effect.” —New York Times “One thing that distinguishes Navarro in this… -
Harmada
Translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto$14.95“Highly erotic…Noll’s novel explores the powerlessness of feeling both disoriented and aroused. The narrator’s ambition—which propels the plot—is nearly always based in desire, though the…
