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Title	Author	Description
Chess Story Chess Story	Stefan Zweig Zweig	A new English translation of the international psychological thriller Schachnovelle. Contributors: Peter Gay , Joel Rotenberg
The Post-Office Girl Post-Office Girl	Stefan Zweig Zweig	Zweig's posthumously discovered novel, about the rise and fall of a provincial Austrian girl invited to the Swiss Alps by her wealthy American aunt, is available in English for the first time. Contributors: Joel Rotenberg
Journey Into the Past Journey Into the Past	Stefan Zweig Zweig	Ludwig, an Austrian, is in Mexico when WWI breaks out. Unable to return home, he sets aside an unhappy love affair with the wife of his employer and builds a new life abroad. Years later he returns to Europe to find his beloved a widow. “Journey Into the Past is vintage Stefan Zweig—lucid, tender, powerful and compelling.” —The Independent Contributors: André Aciman , Anthea Bell
Confusion Confusion	Stefan Zweig Zweig	“Confusion is one of [Zweig’s] finest and most exemplary works…a perfect reminder of, or introduction to, Zweig’s economy and subtlety as a writer.” —Robert Macfarlane, The Times Literary Supplement Contributors: George Prochnik , Anthea Bell
Stoner Stoner	John Williams Williams	John Williams’s Stoner is something rarer than a great novel — it is a perfect novel, so well told and beautifully written, so deeply moving, that it takes your breath away. — Morris Dickstein, The New York Times Book Review Contributors: John McGahern
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton New York Stories of Edith Wharton	Edith Wharton Wharton	The first collection to focus on what was perhaps Edith Wharton's greatest and most enduring subject, her native city. Contributors: Roxana Robinson
The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story	Glenway Wescott wescott	A work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner’s The Bear as one of the finest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love. Contributors: Michael Cunningham
On the Edge On the Edge	Markus Werner Werner	A gripping psychological thriller, the story of two men, one woman, and many questions: about truth, about reality, about identity. Contributors: Robert E. Goodwin
Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune	Sylvia Townsend Warner Warner	Mr. Fortune, Sylvia Townsend’s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers. Contributors: Adam Mars-Jones
Berlin Stories Berlin Stories	Robert Walser Walser	Robert Walser lived in Berlin from 1905 to 1913. This newly translated collection brings together his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical sketches of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabarets, painters’ galleries, and literary salons, to the metropolitan street, markets, the Tiergarten, rapid-service restaurants, and the electric tram. Contributors: Jochen Greven , Susan Bernofsky