The iconoclastic German philosopher's blazing maxims on revenge, false pity and the drawbacks of marriage.
Swift's ferocious, landmark eighteenth-century political satire on how to solve a famine in Ireland
Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a friendship, or a change in social attitudes, Erpenbeck's sharp intelligence, eye for telling detail, and her nuanced perspective on her country's history and her own writing lifeimbue these short pieces with lasting power.