Melville House

A hilarious debut novel about the tricky period between graduating from college and moving out of your parents' houseWhat to do when you've just graduated from college and your plans conflict with those of your parents? That is, when your plans to hang out on the couch, re-read your favorite children's books, and take old prescription...

Overlooked by critics on its initial release in 2006, this erotically charged mystery has nonetheless continued to develop such a following among booksellers that Melville House has decided to re-release it in a stunning new package. As for the story that's earning such loyalty: it's a whip-smart conversation between Stella, a vivacious, aspiring...

Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let passfrom laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious. Miranda July, author of No One Belongs Here More Than YouTao Lin is the most distinctive young writer I've come upon in a long...

Even the most pious Jew need not shed so many tears over the destruction of Jerusalem as the women were in the habit of shedding when Stempenyu was playing.The first work of Sholom Aleichem's to be translated into Englishthis long out-of-print translation is the only one ever done under Aleichem's personal supervisionStempenyu is a prime...

A NovelIt's hard being a single-dad raising a sonespecially if your kid is also a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle. There's nothing more troubling than having your child break down on the side of the road, leaking oil, overheating, and asking tough questions like, ';What is death?' and ';Why did Mom leave?' But stay calm! Because How To Keep Your...

Wolf Among Wolves is a sprawling saga of the collapse of a culture--its economy and government--and the common man's struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germany's catastrophic loss of World War I, the story follows a young gambler who loses all in Berlin, then flees the chaotic city, where worthless money and...