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uNo schulz<br />

1892 – 1942, polish<br />

“schulz wrote sometimes like Kafka,<br />

sometimes like proust, and at times<br />

succeeded in reaching depths that neither of<br />

them reached.” —isaac bashevis singer<br />

The Street of Crocodiles<br />

Translated by Celina Wieniewski with an<br />

Introduction by Jerzy Ficowski<br />

In the Polish city of Drogobych is a<br />

street of memories and dreams where<br />

recollections of Schulz’s boyhood are<br />

evoked in a startling blend of the real and<br />

the fantastic.<br />

160 pp. 978-0-14-018625-3 $14.00<br />

The Street of Crocodiles and<br />

Other Stories<br />

Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer<br />

Introduction by David A. Goldfarb<br />

Translated by Celina Wieniewska<br />

This volume brings together Schulz’s<br />

complete fiction, beauti<strong>full</strong>y showcasing<br />

the distinctive surrealist vision of one of<br />

the twentieth century’s most gifted and<br />

influential writers.<br />

368 pp. 978-0-14-310514-5 $15.00<br />

“One of the most original imaginations in<br />

modern europe.” —cynthia o z i c k<br />

walter scott<br />

1771 – 1832, scottish<br />

The Bride of Lammermoor<br />

Edited by J. H. Alexander with an<br />

Introduction by Kathryn Sutherland<br />

Less sprawling than most of Scott’s novels<br />

but still boasting Scott’s characteristic<br />

humor and wisdom, The Bride of<br />

Lammermoor brings to vivid life a<br />

historical incident from his own family<br />

lore and from Scotland’s turbulent past.<br />

400 pp. 978-0-14-043656-3 $14.00<br />

Chronicles of the Canongate<br />

Edited with an Introduction by<br />

Claire Lamont<br />

Set within a framing narrative, these<br />

three stories—“The Highland Widow,”<br />

“The Two Drovers,” and “The Surgeon’s<br />

Daughter”—take place in the years<br />

following the Jacobite defeat and feature<br />

characters who are leaving Scotland to<br />

seek their fortunes elsewhere.<br />

400 pp. 978-0-14-043989-2 $16.00<br />

Guy Mannering<br />

Edited by Peter Garside with an<br />

Introduction by Jane Millgate<br />

The skeptical astrologer Guy Mannering<br />

predicts the future of Harry Bertram,<br />

heir to the house of the Bertrams of<br />

Ellengowan, on the night of his birth.<br />

Harry’s subsequent struggles in a plot to<br />

rob him of his inheritance are set amidst<br />

the chaos and upheaval of a socially<br />

fragmented Scotland where everyone is<br />

searching for their rightful place.<br />

624 pp. 978-0-14-043657-0 $16.00<br />

The Heart of Midlothian<br />

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by<br />

Tony Inglis<br />

The inventor and master of the historical<br />

novel tells the story of a determined<br />

heroine’s dramatic confrontation with<br />

the justice system in a trial for infanticide,<br />

mixing historical fact with folklore from<br />

the uneasy, changing world of 1730s<br />

Scotland.<br />

848 pp. 978-0-14-043129-2 $15.00<br />

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