New Directions Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mild Vertigo
Mieko KanaiNew Directionsour kind of double feature: Natalia Ginzburgâs THE ROAD TO THE CITY (tr Gini Alhadeff) & Mieko Kanaiâs MILD VERTIGO (tr Polly Barton) are recommended alongside many wonderful titles in @nytimesbooks this week! youâll want to click through to the reviews: https://t.co/pl7cXrYQtl https://t.co/x4v71HZQFE
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nox
Anne CarsonNew DirectionsAn exploration of Anne Carson's visual books: NOX, Trojan Women, and H of H Playbook by @chrisvia! https://t.co/5miigKgoXg
Hardcover, 2010
$55.00$30.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Far Cry from Kensington
Muriel SparkNew DirectionsThe Tanners by Robert Walser Montano's Malady by Enrique Vila-Matas Love Hotel by Jane Unrue Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Professor Andersen's Night by Dag Solstad The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales
Paperback, 2014
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hole
Hiroko OyamadaNew Directions"The Factory, The Hole and Weasels in the Attic...flicker between mirage and deadpan realism, and lurk in the imagination like a haunting." Nathaniel Rich on Hiroko Oyamada https://t.co/40ovmEFyz4
Paperback, 2020
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Water Statues
Fleur JaeggyNew Directions"Jaeggyâs prose is enchanting, precise, penetrating, and punctuated by gorgeous surprises." THE WATER STATUES by Fleur Jaeggy recommended in @NUVOmag https://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/spring-2022/the-books-you-need-on-your-spring-reading-list
Paperback, 2021
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lucky Breaks
Yevgenia BelorusetsNew Directionson LUCKY BREAKS by Yevgenia Belorusets: Rarely do we get the details of what happened to these women in the Donbas; Belorusets smartly conveys the invisibility of their trauma by making it likewise invisible to readers...Spellbinding. @JenLouiseWilson https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/books/review/belorusets-kurkov-lucky-breaks-grey-bees.html?smid=tw-nytbooks&smtyp=cur
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Index Cards: Selected Essays
Moyra DaveyNew DirectionsThe artist Moyra Davey is the author of INDEX CARDS (2020) and has a retrospective at MoMA that we highly recommend you see https://t.co/3kTKz434xy
Paperback, 2020
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Biography of X
Catherine LaceyNew DirectionsHilton Als, Jean Frémon, Fleur Jaeggy, Susan Howe, and Reiner Stach! Who knew we had so many badly behaved biographers on the list. Thanks @_catherinelacey for reminding us. https://t.co/JN9tePahct
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Whereabouts
Jhumpa LahiriNew DirectionsJessica Au's COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW (Feb) gets a âïž from @KirkusReviews "Reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri's Whereabouts or Rachel Cusk's Outline Trilogy...a beautifully observed book, written in precise, elegant prose that contains a wealth of deep feeling." https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jessica-au/cold-enough-for-snow/
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Factory
Hiroko OyamadaNew Directions"The Factory, The Hole and Weasels in the Attic...flicker between mirage and deadpan realism, and lurk in the imagination like a haunting." Nathaniel Rich on Hiroko Oyamada https://t.co/40ovmEFyz4
Paperback, 2019
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book