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The Musical Brain by César Aira (New Directions)
César Aira, the Argentine master of short fiction, returns with The Musical Brain, a highly imaginative collection of short stories, and his first to appear in English. Described as both avant-garde and "delirious," The Musical Brain is a dizzying trip into the lives of "oddballs, freaks, and crazies."
Publication date: Mar. 3
New Directions
Coyote by Colin Winnette (Les Figues Press)
In Colin Winnette’s Coyote, a young girl’s sudden disappearance compels her devastated parents to go on a desperate search, taking them from the deep, dark woods to the bright lights of TV talk shows. But most sinister and disturbing of all is what is left when the search is over, and the parents must face their loss with only each other.
Publication date: Jan. 20
Les Figues Press
The Infernal by Mark Doten (Graywolf Press)
Mark Doten's debut novel The Infernal is a literary take on the "war on terror" exploring what it means to live in a post-9/11 society. Set during the Iraq War, The Infernal introduces a boy found in the Akkad valley with severe burns who is interrogated and tortured over the course of four days.
Publication date: Feb. 17
Graywolf Press
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