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New Directions Essential Books

New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies. "I asked Ezra Pound for 'career advice,'" James Laughlin recalled. "He had been seeing my poems for months and had ruled them hopeless. He urged me to finish Harvard and then do 'something' useful." In their 80 years of publishing they have put out some fantastic literature. Here is their essential backlist.
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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
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Ghosts
Ghosts
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The Red Notebook (Paul Auster)
The Red Notebook
3
Paul Auster
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
4
Djuna Barnes
By Night in Chile (Roberto Bolano)
By Night in Chile
5
Roberto Bolano
Distant Star
Distant Star
6
Labrynths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labrynths
7
Jorge Luis Borges
Senselessness (Horacio Castellanos Moya)
Senselessness
8
Horacio Castellanos Moya
Journey of the End of the Night
Journey of the End of the Night
9
Death on the Installment Plan (L. F. Celine)
Death on the Installment Plan
10
L. F. Celine
62: A Model Kit (Julio Cortazar)
62: A Model Kit
11
Julio Cortazar
Cronopios and Famas (Argentina)
Cronopios and Famas (Argentina)
12
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
13
Lightning Rods
Lightning Rods
14
Deep River
Deep River
15
Visitation
Visitation
16
The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
The Lime Twig
17
John Hawkes
Piano Stories (Felisberto Hernandez)
Piano Stories
18
Felisberto Hernandez
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
19
Hermann Hesse
The Guest Cat (Takashi Hiraide)
The Guest Cat
20
Takashi Hiraide
I Served the King of England
I Served the King of England
21
That Smell (Sonallah Ibrahim)
That Smell
22
Sonallah Ibrahim
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
23
Christopher Isherwood
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
24
Stephen Hero (James Joyce)
Stephen Hero
25
James Joyce
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
26
Franz Kafka
The Melancholy of Resistance (László Krasznahorkai)
The Melancholy of Resistance
27
László Krasznahorkai
Satantango (László Krasznahorkai)
Satantango
28
László Krasznahorkai
The Princess of Clèves (Madame De Lafayette)
The Princess of Clèves
29
Madame De Lafayette
Maldoror (Comte De Lautréamont)
Maldoror
30
Comte De Lautréamont
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
31
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
32
Clarice Lispector
Your Face Tomorrow
Your Face Tomorrow
33
Bass Cathedral (Nathaniel MacKey)
Bass Cathedral
34
Nathaniel MacKey
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Henry Miller)
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
35
Henry Miller
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
36
Yukio Mishima
Laughter in the Dark
Laughter in the Dark
37
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
38
Vladimir Nabokov
OMON RA
OMON RA
39
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
40
Raymond Queneau
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