Two Lines Press Catalog
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Empty Wardrobes
Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa$14.95“Maria Judite de Carvalho will always be at the forefront of Portuguese literature, whether now or in two or three generations' time.” —A Capital “Maria Judite…Forthcoming -
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… -
That Time of Year
Translated from French by Jordan Stump$19.95“What at first appears to be a Kafkaesque fable about insiders and outsiders quickly morphs into a metaphysical horror story about the bonds between the… -
Home
Translated from Arabic by Multiple Translators$16.95Nine contemporary Arabic-language poets from eight different countries explore the intimate world of everyday life “Unbelievably exciting…These are poems to read and reread, repeating the… -
Echo on the Bay
Translated from Japanese by Angus Turvill$16.95Winner of the Mishima Prize "Cross García Márquez and Simenon and set the piece on the Sea of Japan, and you’ll have a feel for… -
On Lighthouses
Translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney$19.95“Precise and erudite, Barrera’s writing is as alluring and arresting as the landscapes and stories it conveys. Each piece is crafted with care, imbued with… -
Lake Like a Mirror
Translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce$16.95“Dreamlike…[Ho Sok Fong] has created a world in these stories that is entirely, and uniquely, her own. Straddling the surreal and the pointedly political, Ho… -
That We May Live
Translated from Chinese by Multiple Translators$16.95“This remarkable anthology of Chinese speculative fiction offers seven tales of societal responsibility and individual freedom. . . . By turns cryptic and revealing, phantasmagorical… -
b, Book, and Me
Translated from Korean by Sunhee Jeong$16.95“At turns raw and piercing, dreamy and surreal, Kim’s latest import…is a pressing indictment of today’s too-often onerous transition toward uncertain adulthood.” —Booklist, Starred Review… -
They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears
Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel$16.95 | $22.95Winner of the 2020 Firecracker Award for Fiction Winner of the August Prize for Best Work of Literary Fiction “[They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears]… -
This Tilting World
Translated from French by Sophie Lewis$16.95“[Fellous] observes the rituals and language that fabricate an identity, focusing on what happens when these things dissolve or become fragmented… This piece of autofiction… -
The Skin Is the Elastic Covering that Encases the Entire Body
Translated from Danish by Martin Aitken$12.95"A feverish combination of stream of conscious, autobiography, collage, and narrative, Skin marks the arrival of a truly original literary voice. Reminiscent of Maggie Nelson’s The… -
Beyond Babylon
Translated from Italian by Aaron Robertson$22.95“[Scego] gives voice to multiple lives, experiences, and emotions either silenced or ignored by history. [Beyond Babylon] resembles no other Italian novel to have migrated… -
Bright
Translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul$16.95"Enchanting . . . [a] melancholy-tinged but still exuberant novel." — Publishers Weekly -
Lord
Translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto$12.95"Noll's daring and original style and sensibility has been brought to life in this expert translation. Lord is a brilliant introduction to a hero of… -
The Females
Translated from German by Isabel Fargo Cole$12.95"Beautiful and grotesque, Wolfgang Hilbig’s The Females is a searing indictment of bureaucracy, sexuality and ultimately language itself. Like Dostoevsky’s underground man, Hilbig’s narrator, in… -
Mina
Translated from Korean by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton$14.95“Shocking and powerful…Sagwa captures all that’s complicated about adolescence in Mina but goes further, portraying a disaffected generation cracking under the pressures of perfection and the drive… -
Tidings of the Trees
Translated from German by Isabel Fargo Cole$12.95"Out of the ugliness of history and the wasted landscape of his home, he has created stories of disconsolate beauty." — the Wall Street Journal -
Lion Cross Point
Translated from Japanese by Angus Turvill$14.95 | $19.95Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award
