An intellectual comedy set just before the turn of the century in Egypt. A British astronomer, Thayer, high on Darwin and other progressive scientists of the age, has come to believe that beings more highly evolved than Earthlings are alive on... [More...]

The award-winning author of "Thirst" plucks individual lives from a century of Russian history and serves them up in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous.

Playaway is the simplest way to listen to audio on the go. Each Playaway comes with the digital content already pre-loaded on it and a battery to make it play. Simply plug in earbuds and enjoy. Each ultra-portable Playaway weighs only two ounces and comes... [More...]

In this withering satire of American life, Marshall and Joyce are conducting a scorched-earth divorce campaign against each other. On the grim day when New York City is overcome with grief and shock, each thinks the other is dead, and each is visited by an... [More...]

Drawing from his experiences abroad, Kalfus presents alternately hilarious and touching portraits of human beings caught in the cultural shifts that disrupt their lives.

Russia, 1910. Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a remote railway station. Members of the press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public suddenly ravenous for celebrity news. They have been joined by... [More...]

With the publication of his first story collection, "Thirst" — also a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year — Ken Kalfus made "a dazzling debut," emerging as "a major literary talent" (Salon.com). Now, in this eagerly anticipated follow-up... [More...]

In "the story collection of the year" (Paper magazine), Ken Kalfus mines a vast terrain of geography and metaphor to create a stunning series of portraits of people caught in the seismic collision of cultures, be they real, hallucinated, dreamed, or... [More...]