Vampiric: Tales of Blood and Roses from Japan Japan has always had its own vampire tradition, and has eagerly naturalized Western vampires and vampire literature to produce exotic new hybrids and species of horror, of terror, and of sensual, exquisite beauty. Here are a few of their masterpieces. The Japanese word for vampire is kyūketsuki, […]
Bored with the intellectual black holes of commercial translation, I decided to apply the knowledge and capabilities of Intercom to publishing Japanese literature in English. I talked to two close friends, Chris Ryall and Stephen Carter, and they were both very interested. We decided to go ahead with it. Kurodahan Press was established as an […]
The Book Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković The Book is not quite a novel, although almost half of it takes the form of a narrative, neither is it an essay, although quite a lot of what is said in it adopts that style. It is actually closest to that rare type or “para-genre” […]
The Fourth Circle Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Mary Popović What could a computer wizard self-exiled in an abandoned Buddhist temple possibly have in common with the humble servant of a medieval fresco painter? What is the link between the enigmatic mission of a giant radio-telescope and a tribe of spherical beings who dwell in a […]
The Four Deaths and One Resurrection of Fyodor Mikhailovich Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Randall A. Major A bizarre encounter between doubles in a foggy park. The mysterious sudden death of one of the passengers in a train’s restaurant car. The hilarious yet tragic consultation of a psychiatrist with her highly unusual patient. A conversation in […]
The White Room Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Randall A. Major Ivana had gone missing… With her disappearance there begins a fantastical adventure for Professor Zoran Živković, author and teacher of creative writing. Assisted by Senior Inspector Sanja Mrvaljević of the Belgrade police, military counterintelligence, the National Security Agency and ultimately Interpol, the search for Ivana […]
The Compendium of the Dead Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić When certain mysterious events involving books occur, it seems that Inspector Dejan Lukić is always the man for the job. This time, however, things are a little different. Inspector Lukić himself is at the heart of the mystery, lured by the appearance of a […]
The Grand Manuscript Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić An empty apartment, locked from the inside: this is the mystery that literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukić, hero of Zoran Živković’s The Last Book, is called in to solve. What has become of the woman who lives there, bestselling detective fiction writer Jelena Jakovljević? And, perhaps […]
The Last Book Zoran ŽIVKOVIĆ translated by Alice Copple-Tošić A series of mysterious deaths in the Papyrus Bookstore brings literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukić to investigate. Here he meets the attractive owner, Vera Gavrilović, and learns that the only thing the victims have in common is that in the moments before their deaths they were […]
class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-1605″ /> Ciuleandra Liviu REBREANU translated by Gabi Reigh Written in the interwar period and published in 1927, this psychological thriller has captured the imagination of Romanian readers ever since. The book begins with a murder, as Puiu, a young aristocrat, strangles his wife on the night of the royal ball. To avoid […]