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The first book to celebrate the culturally diverse and delicious cuisine of Romania.

Longlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 and The People's Book Prize 2018.

On the Heights of Despair shows Cioran's first grappling with themes he would return to in his mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence.

Available in English for the first time, Mihail Sebastian’s classic 1934 novel delves into the mind of a Jewish student in Romania during the fraught years preceding World War II.

Based on Cărtărescu's own experience as a teacher, Solenoid submerges us in the mundane details of a diarist's life and spirals into an existential account of history, philosophy and mathematics.

First published in 1897, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" established the ground rules for virtually all vampire fiction written in its wake.

Herta Müller, herself a survivor of Ceausescu's police state, speaks from intimate experience.

Blaga is considered to be one of the most important modernist poets in Romania.

Winner of the Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation The Bridge is Marin Sorescu’s farewell to life.

The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugène Ionesco.

A stunning translation of one of Romania's foremost authors.

Poems revealing the author's concern for the underdog and his yearning for new ideals.

Discover the timeless beauty of Mihai Eminescu’s poetry in this exquisite deluxe bilingual volume.