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Tusk Ivories
The phrase “it’s a classic” is much abused. Still there may be some appeal in the slant of the cap Overlook sets in publishing a list of older books that the editors at Overlook feel have continuing value, books ususally dropped by other publishers because of “the realities of the marketplace.” Overlook’s Tusk Ivories aim to give these books another life, recognizing that tastes, even in the area of so-called classices, are often time-bound and variable. Tusk Ivories begin with the hope that modest printings together with caring booksellers and reviewers will reestablish the books’ presence and engender new interest.
As, almost certainly, American publishing has not been generous in offering readers books from the rest of the world, for the most part, Tusk Ivories will more than just a little represent fiction from European, Asian, and Latin American sources, but there will be of course some “lost” books from our own shores, too, books we think deserve new recognition and, with it, readers.
THE CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHAArnold ZweigA moving story of a simple Russian peasant caught on the Eastern Front in World War I, this classic novel was first published to wide acclaim in English in 1928.
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CASTLE GRIPSHOLMKurt TucholskyThe multi-layered allegorical masterpiece that prefigured the rise of National Socialism.
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GREEN HENRYGottfried KellerA masterpiece of world literature--an epic and realistic portrait of an artist as a young man in the 19th century.
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HENRY, KING OF FRANCEHeinrich MannAn epic novel of the first Bourbon king.
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LE CONTRE-CIELTranslated and with an Introduction by Kelton W. Knight, Rene DaumalThe classic poetic exploration of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
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THE MAN WHO CRIED I AMJohn A. Williams"Probably the best novel written about the 1960s . . . John A. Williams is probably the best African-American writer of the century."-Ishmael Reed
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MOUNT ANALOGUERene DaumalA brilliant and rich metaphysical adventure called "one of the most intriguing poetic reveries of contemporary literature," by Robert Mallet, in Le Figaro Littéraire.
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A NIGHT OF SERIOUS DRINKINGRene DumalA rediscovered classic—the latest in Overlook's Tusk Ivories series-that mixes fantasy, satire, and allegory, by the acclaimed author of Mount Analogue.
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PAST CONTINUOUSYaakov Shabtai"This impressionistic narrative provides a portrait of contemporary Israeli society that is the most prodigious (and probably realistic) in Hebrew fiction." —Alan Lelchuk, The New York Times
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THE SORROW OF BELGIUMHugo ClausThe Sorrow of Belgium is a searing, scathingly funny portrait of a wartime Belgium and one boy's coming of age-emotionally, sexually, and politically.
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STRAIT IS THE GATEAndre GideThe first novel of one of the twentieth century’s most acclaimed voices—a tragedy of passion and renunciation.
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ULTRAMARINEMalcolm LowryMalcolm Lowry's first novel is finally back in print, "The romantic, highly charged account of a young man's initiation into life" (The New York Times).
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YOUNG HENRY OF NAVARREHeinrich MannThis classic novel by one of Germany's greatest literary figures, first published in 1937, interweaves historical facts with richly drawn fictional characters.
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