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The fourth edition of the Dalkey Archive Annual offers an advance look at some of the new writing the Dalkey Press will be publishing in the coming seasons. The issue includes such authors as Raymond Bock, S. D. Chrostowska, Emiliya Dvoryanova, Jack Cox, Robert Gal, Wolfgang Koeppen, Werner Kofler, Jurg Laederach, Edouard Leve, Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis, Melissa Malouf, Susana Medina, Giedra Radvilavi iute, Madeleine Renouard, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Dumitru Tsepeneag.

-I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick, - wrote Clement Moore in 1822. Since then, his graphic Santa Claus image has become the world's. Moore's jolly old self, the reindeer-sleigh and chimney leap, the bag full of toys and visions of sugar plums so richly vivid in his poem, practically beg to be colored -- and now they can be, in this coloring book illustrated by John O'Brien. The text of the poem accompanies the drawings, most spread over two pages, which capture in marvelous detail that tingle of Christmas best sensed by children.

In a quiet sleepy place nestle a few tiny houses, a bridge, and a handful of shops. Unknown to Peter, on one particular morning - the morning of his tenth birthday -will reveal more than just the usual collection of presents. Stumbling into a secret place, he travels through many hidden worlds and embarks upon a fantastic journey. Hally the lifelongian, Arnica the maiden, Wind Sail the white witch and a beautiful elf called Slip will all guide him on his quest.

Searching through the Purple Forest, Peter makes haste to rescue a friend, which proves more...

A treasure of world literature back in print, featuring a new introduction by Eimear McBride

The country girls are Caithleen "Kate" Brady and Bridget "Baba" Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War II. Kate is a romantic, looking for love; Baba is a survivor. Setting out to conquer the bright lights of Dublin, they are rewarded with comical miscommunications, furtive liaisons, bad faith, bad luck, bad sex, and compromise; marrying for the wrong reasons, betraying for the wrong...