Christian Boltanski and Catherine Grenier translated by Marc Lowenthal Museum of Fine Arts Boston ($35) by Mason Riddle When Christian Boltanski describes his 2004 interview sessions

translated by Sybil Perez Melville House Publishing ($14.95) by Mark Terrill Much has been written about the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño since his death from

Walter H. Beale University of Pittsburgh Press ($24.95) by W. C. Bamberger For centuries men have asked whether language has a direct relation (that is,

Julie Bertagna Walker ($16.95 each) by Kelly Everding The recent climate summit in Copenhagen last December gathered the world’s leaders to address the impending calamity

Emine Sevgi Özdamar translated by Martin Chalmers Serpent’s Tail ($15.95) by Jeff Bursey At once tiresome and tiring, Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s The Bridge of the Golden

Jonathan Goldstein Riverhead ($15) by Jesse Tangen-Mills Call it the second coming: the Bible is back. From Slate editor David Plotz’s blogs on the topic,

 DANCE WITH SNAKES Horacio Castellanos Moya translated by Lee Paula Springer Biblioasis ($15.95)  THE SHE-DEVIL IN THE MIRROR Horacio Castellanos Moya translated by Katherine Silver

David Updike St. Martin’s Press ($24.99) by Daniel Picker David Updike’s aptly titled Old Girlfriends fans the embers of old flames. The second story, “In the Age

Vincent McCaffrey Small Beer Press ($24) by Kristin Thiel Although longtime Boston bookseller Vincent McCaffrey’s first novel is debuting in the fall, it’s much more

Robert Greer Fulcrum Publishing ($24.95) by Jaspar Lepak Set near Hardin, Montana, in 1991, Spoon is a modern-day Western, complete with good guys, bad guys, and inclement