Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?

The bestselling Turkish classic of love and longing in a changing world, available in English for the first time.'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul.'Passionate but clear . . . Ali's success [is in ] his ability to describe the emergence of a feeling, seemingly straightforward from the outside but swinging back and forth between opposite extremes at its core, revealing the tensions that accompanies such rise and fall.' Atilla Özkirimli, writer and literary historian

Dari balik sel penjara, Firdaus -- yang divonis gantung karena telah membunuh seorang germo -- mengisahkan liku-liku kehidupannya. Dari sejak masa kecilnya di desa, hingga ia menjadi pelacur kelas atas di Kota Kairo. Ia menyambut gembira hukuman gantung itu. Bahkan dengan tegas ia menolak grasi kepada presiden yang diusulkan oleh dokter penjara. Menurut Firdaus, vonis itu justru merupakan satu-satunya jalan menuju kebebasan sejati. Ironis. Lewat pelacur ini, kita justru bisa menguak kebobrokan masyarakat yang didominasi kaum lelaki. Sebuah kritik sosial yang amat pedas! Novel ini didasari pada kisah nyata. Ditulis oleh Nawal el-Saadawi, seorang penulis feminis dari Mesir dengan reputasi Internasional

“Seorang gowok terlatih untuk membantu para pemudadalam mempersiapkan diri memasuki dunia pernikahan. Sebelum mereka bersanding dengan istri mereka kelak, para pemuda yang masih hijau itu harus mendapatkan pelatihan dalam menjalani kehidupan berumah tangga. Pekerjaan kami membantu para cantrik lelaki muda itu dalam tanggung jawab berumah tangga, dari urusan dapur, rumah, sampai ranjang.” Nyi Sadikem merekam kisah hidup Elizabeth van Kirk, seorang perempuan Indo-Belanda yang lahir dari rahim seorang gundik. Kecantikan dirinya menjadi berkat sekaligus kutukan yang melahirkan banyak tragedi. Ritme hidup yang tak pasti mengempaskannya ke dalam sumur kehidupan yang kelam. Korban kekerasan seksual, yang dengan penuh amarah meredam identitas Belandanya untuk menonjolkan kejawaannya, perempuan yang mempertahankan hidup dan martabatnya dengan menjadi pengajar kedewasaan bagi para perjaka…

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white—her guardian angel. Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. And our protagonist just may be that special someone. But the young woman’s initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how it’s portrayed in stories. It isn’t just destiny—it’s work. Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem. Her magic wand . . . is a credit card—which she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isn’t a monster or an intergalactic war. It’s global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too. Park Seolyeon reimagines classic fantasy tropes in a novel that explores real-world challenges that are both deeply personal and universal: the search for meaning and the desire to do good in a world that feels like it’s ending. A fun, fast-paced, and enchanting narrative that sparkles thanks to award-nominated translator Anton Hur, A Magical Girl Retires reminds us that we are all magical girls—that fighting evil by moonlight and winning love by daylight can be anyone's game. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur.

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white—her guardian angel. Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. And our protagonist just may be that special someone. But the young woman’s initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how it’s portrayed in stories. It isn’t just destiny—it’s work. Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem. Her magic wand . . . is a credit card—which she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isn’t a monster or an intergalactic war. It’s global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too. Park Seolyeon reimagines classic fantasy tropes in a novel that explores real-world challenges that are both deeply personal and universal: the search for meaning and the desire to do good in a world that feels like it’s ending. A fun, fast-paced, and enchanting narrative that sparkles thanks to award-nominated translator Anton Hur, A Magical Girl Retires reminds us that we are all magical girls—that fighting evil by moonlight and winning love by daylight can be anyone's game. Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur.

“Seorang gowok terlatih untuk membantu para pemudadalam mempersiapkan diri memasuki dunia pernikahan. Sebelum mereka bersanding dengan istri mereka kelak, para pemuda yang masih hijau itu harus mendapatkan pelatihan dalam menjalani kehidupan berumah tangga. Pekerjaan kami membantu para cantrik lelaki muda itu dalam tanggung jawab berumah tangga, dari urusan dapur, rumah, sampai ranjang.” Nyi Sadikem merekam kisah hidup Elizabeth van Kirk, seorang perempuan Indo-Belanda yang lahir dari rahim seorang gundik. Kecantikan dirinya menjadi berkat sekaligus kutukan yang melahirkan banyak tragedi. Ritme hidup yang tak pasti mengempaskannya ke dalam sumur kehidupan yang kelam. Korban kekerasan seksual, yang dengan penuh amarah meredam identitas Belandanya untuk menonjolkan kejawaannya, perempuan yang mempertahankan hidup dan martabatnya dengan menjadi pengajar kedewasaan bagi para perjaka…

“Seorang gowok terlatih untuk membantu para pemudadalam mempersiapkan diri memasuki dunia pernikahan. Sebelum mereka bersanding dengan istri mereka kelak, para pemuda yang masih hijau itu harus mendapatkan pelatihan dalam menjalani kehidupan berumah tangga. Pekerjaan kami membantu para cantrik lelaki muda itu dalam tanggung jawab berumah tangga, dari urusan dapur, rumah, sampai ranjang.” Nyi Sadikem merekam kisah hidup Elizabeth van Kirk, seorang perempuan Indo-Belanda yang lahir dari rahim seorang gundik. Kecantikan dirinya menjadi berkat sekaligus kutukan yang melahirkan banyak tragedi. Ritme hidup yang tak pasti mengempaskannya ke dalam sumur kehidupan yang kelam. Korban kekerasan seksual, yang dengan penuh amarah meredam identitas Belandanya untuk menonjolkan kejawaannya, perempuan yang mempertahankan hidup dan martabatnya dengan menjadi pengajar kedewasaan bagi para perjaka…