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2/3 – Julia Nelsen & Enrico Rotelli present Fausta Cialente's A VERY COLD WINTER
2/3 – Julia Nelsen & Enrico Rotelli present Fausta Cialente's A VERY COLD WINTER
A VERY COLD WINTER Un inverno freddissimo by Fausta Cialente Presentation of Julia Nelsen’s English translation In conversation with Enrico Rotelli February 3, 2026 | 6:30 PM Event open to the public | Registration required REGISTER HERE In collaboration with Transit Books and the Leonardo da Vinci Society San Francisco Julia Nelsen, in conversation […]
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"A Very Cold Winter" by Fausta Cialente
"A Very Cold Winter" by Fausta Cialente
Fausta Cialente Translated from the Italian by Julia Nelsen “Cause for celebration .” —Jhumpa Lahiri A novel of secrets and female solidarity set in post-war Milan, by one of Italy’s most significant women writers. Fausta Cialente (1898–1994) was a novelist, journalist, political act
"Sydney Journals" by Antigone Kefala
"Sydney Journals" by Antigone Kefala
Antigone Kefala A thirty-year diary that became a groundbreaking literary project. Antigone Kefala has long been considered one of Australia’s best kept secrets. Born in Romania in 1931, she and her family were forced to flee following the occupation by the Soviet Union, escaping first to refug
"The Abyss" by Jeyamohan
"The Abyss" by Jeyamohan
Jeyamohan Translated from the Tamil by Suchitra Ramachandran Raw, tender, and darkly comic, The Abyss is widely considered a masterpiece from Jeyamohan, a writer whose body of work has shaped modern Tamil literature. Pothivelu Pandaram is known as a su
"Dog Days" by Emily LaBarge
"Dog Days" by Emily LaBarge
Emily LaBarge Dog Days unfolds in the long shadow of freak violence—where language stammers, time loops, and the body remembers what the mind can’t. “An incandescent book, a landmark in how to bring language to bear on the unspeakable. Beautiful, uncompromising, rigorous and totally original.”
"On the Other Side is March" by Sólrún Michelsen
"On the Other Side is March" by Sólrún Michelsen
SÓLRÚN MICHELSEN Translated from the Faroese by Marita Thomsen A poignant and darkly witty portrait of aging, memory, and multigenerational caretaking from the first female Faroese writer to ever appear in English. I’m a woman in my early sixties. Somewhere between late and never. No lo
"We Were Forbidden" by Jacqueline Harpman
"We Were Forbidden" by Jacqueline Harpman
"Slow Elephants of Milan" by Ángel Bonomini
"Slow Elephants of Milan" by Ángel Bonomini
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"Pandora" by Ana Paula Pacheco
"Pandora" by Ana Paula Pacheco
Ana Paula Pacheco Translated from the Portuguese by Julia Sanches Confined to her apartment, a professor falls into an unlikely romance—with a pangolin. Ana, a literature professor, plans her remote classes while confined to her apartment during lockdown. Her lover, Alice, has died
"Vaim" by Jon Fosse
"Vaim" by Jon Fosse
JON FOSSE Translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE' A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025 By Nobel Laureate in Literature Jon Fosse, Vaim begins a trilogy of novels set in a remote Norwegian fishing village. Jatgeir
"Animal Stories" by Kate Zambreno
"Animal Stories" by Kate Zambreno
From a writer who has “invented a new form” (Annie Ernaux), an exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals.
"The Light Room" by Kate Zambreno
"The Light Room" by Kate Zambreno
"I Who Have Never Known Men" (Collector's Edition)
"I Who Have Never Known Men" (Collector's Edition)
"Little World" by Josephine Rowe
"Little World" by Josephine Rowe
"Alterations" by Cori Winrock
"Alterations" by Cori Winrock
"The Island" by Antigone Kefala
"The Island" by Antigone Kefala
"Motherhood and Its Ghosts" by Iman Mersal
"Motherhood and Its Ghosts" by Iman Mersal
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Transit Children's Editions
Coming soon: "A Party for Mousse" by Claire Lebourg
Coming soon: "A Party for Mousse" by Claire Lebourg
From the author of A Day With Mousse , a New York Times Best Book of the Year In the fourth installment of Claire Lebourg’s beloved series for early readers, Mousse learns that it doesn’t matter where you spend the holidays, it’s who you spend them with that counts. The holiday season is her
Coming soon: "The Muéganos" by Jaque Jours
Coming soon: "The Muéganos" by Jaque Jours
JAQUE JOURS A delectably sweet story about the unbreakable bonds of family. Muégano [ moo - egano ]: Candy made with square pieces of wheat flour fried and glued together with honey. Meet the Muéganos: a family so close they’re stuck together like the traditio
Coming soon: "Los Muégano" (Spanish edition) by Jaque Jours
Coming soon: "Los Muégano" (Spanish edition) by Jaque Jours
JAQUE JOURS A delectably sweet story about the unbreakable bonds of family. Muégano [ moo - egano ]: Candy made with square pieces of wheat flour fried and glued together with honey. Meet the Muéganos: a family so close they’re stuck together like the traditio
Coming soon: "The Fountain" by Lisa Loffredo
Coming soon: "The Fountain" by Lisa Loffredo
LISA LOFFREDO A fountain begins to offer up unexplained gifts to a town’s residents—a garden gnome, roller skates, a mountain of bananas—until they find the gift of each other’s company. One Tuesday morning, a yellow hat bobs to the surface of the town fountain. The next day, there’s a yellow d
Coming soon: "Mousse's Treasures" by Claire Lebourg
Coming soon: "Mousse's Treasures" by Claire Lebourg
"Look Up" by Azul López
"Look Up" by Azul López
"The Very Fine Clock" by Muriel Spark, illus. Edward Gorey
"The Very Fine Clock" by Muriel Spark, illus. Edward Gorey
"Have a Good Trip, Mousse!" by Claire Lebourg
"Have a Good Trip, Mousse!" by Claire Lebourg
"Ashimpa" by Catarina Sobral
"Ashimpa" by Catarina Sobral
"Astro" by Manuel Marsol
"Astro" by Manuel Marsol
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