World Literature — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: World Literature

Stella: The Epic Saga of the Haitian Revolution
	Bergeaud, Emeric (translated by Adriana Umaña Hossman; introduction by Luis Duno-Gottberg) Subject: Caribbean, Latin America: Colonialism, World Literature	Emeric Bergeaud’s Stella (1859), the first Haitian novel ever published, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the thirteen years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga: the novel’s chapter headings refer to major events … More Information

The Book of Strangers: Medieval Arabic Graffiti on the Theme of Nostalgia
	Crone, Patricia and Shmuel Moreh, editors Subject: Middle East	A tenth-century Iraqi longing for the happy days of the past took to collecting verse graffiti left behind by travelers and others who did not feel at home where they were in order to console himself. Some of the graffiti … More Information

The Chosen People
	Nyburg, Sidney Lauer Subject: U.S. History, World Literature	This book is the fictionalization of a true class conflict in Baltimore’s textile industry at the turn of the century. The strike around which the story is centered involved religious leaders, Christian social workers, and the local gentry. … More Information

The History of a Slave
	Johnston, H. H. (edited by Paul E. Lovejoy) Subject: Africa, History of Slavery	In 1889, the British colonial official Sir Harry Johnston published The History of a Slave, a story of an archetypal slave based on Johnston’s extensive knowledge of North and West Africa from his travels there. The tale follows the fictitious … More Information

The Pond (La Charca): Puerto Rico’s 19th-Century Masterpiece
	Zeno-Gandia, Manuel (preface by Kal Wagenheim; introduction by Juan Flores) Subject: Caribbean, World Literature	Before the turn of the century, while the rich in Madrid, Paris and Rome capped their sumptuous dinners with sips of Puerto Rico’s exquisite black café, the anemic men, women and children who harvested the precious crop lived in squalid … More Information

The Rabbi of Bacherach and Other Stories
	Heine, Heinrich (illustrated by Max Liebermann; edited by Elizabeth Petuchowski) Subject: Religion. Jewish Studies, European Studies Literature	The book includes two stories by Heinrich Heine, “The Rabbi of Bacherach” and “Shylock,” as well as the poem “Hebrew Melodies.” This beautiful edition is illustrated with the lithographs of Max Liebermann, one of of the most prominent turn-of-the-century European … More Information

The Turning Point: The Autobiography of Klaus Mann
	Mann, Klaus (introduction by Shelley Frisch) Subject: Europe, World Literature	Klaus Mann, writer of Mephisto and the oldest son of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, describes the life of intellectuals in Europe before the Nazi seizure of power, then moves on to depict the restless existence of the often bohemian … More Information

Tropical Kitsch: Mass Media in Latin American Art and Literature
	Santos, Lidia Subject: Latin America	Named the Best Book on Brazilian Studies 2006 by the Latin American Studies Association “Santos takes a keen look at the way mass culture has influenced artistic production in Latin America during the past 40 years. Santos … More Information

Vanguardia Latinoamericana
	Teles, Gilberto Mendonca and Klaus Muller-Burgh Subject: Latin America, World Literature	A collection of historical documents. Volume I covers Mexico and Latin America; Volume II, the Caribbean and Antilles.