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Quail Ridge Celebrates Small Presses

What's a "small press"?  We define a small press as one that's not part of a large conglomerate or corporation. It's often privately owned, started by a founder with a particular vision or focus. We're going to spotlight a different small press each month of 2015.   Come check them out.

July is Europa Month! 

Happy 10th Anniversary to Europa Editions, founded in 2005 by Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, who are also the owners and publishers of the Italian press, Edizioni E/O. The idea behind the creation of Europa Editions was to bring fresh international voices to the American and British markets and to provide quality editions that have a distinct look and consistently high levels of editorial standards.  We know many of our customers have grown to love their selections.  We can't count how many copies of The Elegance of the Hedgehog or Old Filth our former owner, Nancy, must have hand sold!

Special offer: Receive a Europa 10th Anniversary bookmark with every Europa purchase while supplies last.  We also have some anniversary Europa tote bags, one free with purchase of any two Europa books, while supplies last!

Old Filth By Jane Gardam Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781933372136
Availability: Ships from warehouse to store in 3-6 business days
Published: Europa Editions - June 1st, 2006

Book One in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy


Zeroville By Steve Erickson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781933372396
Availability: Ships from warehouse to store in 3-6 business days
Published: Europa Editions - November 1st, 2007

Los Angeles TimesWashington Post, and Newsweek Best Book of the Year


The Elegance of the Hedgehog By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator) Cover Image
By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator)
$17.00
ISBN: 9781933372600
Availability: On our shelves
Published: Europa Editions - September 2nd, 2008

The international bestseller that has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a moving, funny, atmospheric novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. 


The Most Beautiful Book in the World: 8 Novellas By Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alison Anderson (Translated by) Cover Image
$15.00
May not be available - email or call for information
ISBN: 9781933372747
Published: Europa Editions - July 7th, 2009

A cast of extravagant and affecting characters lovingly portrayed by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt animates these eight contemporary fables about people in search of happiness.


A Novel Bookstore By Laurence CossÉ, Alison Anderson (Translated by) Cover Image
By Laurence CossÉ, Alison Anderson (Translated by)
$15.00
May not be available - email or call for information
ISBN: 9781933372822
Published: Europa Editions - August 31st, 2010

A devotee of Stendhal who has shunned the company of his fellow human beings to live on the outskirts of a tiny village in Savoy is kidnapped and left for dead along a forest road. A middle-aged mother who spends much of her time shuttling her numerous offspring along twisting mountain roads loses control of her car and ends up injured but alive in a gorge.


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You Deserve Nothing: A Novel By Alexander Maksik Cover Image
$17.00
May not be available - email or call for information
ISBN: 9781609450489
Published: Europa Editions - August 30th, 2011

Set in Paris, at an international high school catering to the sons and daughters of wealthy families, You Deserve Nothing is a gripping story of power, idealism, and morality.


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My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels, Book One By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781609450786
Availability: Ships from warehouse to store in 3-6 business days
Published: Europa Editions - September 25th, 2012

Soon to be an HBO series, book one in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted family epic by Italy’s most beloved and acclaimed writer, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time.” (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times)
 


Total Chaos: Marseilles Trilogy, Book One By Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis (Translated by) Cover Image
By Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis (Translated by)
$15.00
May not be available - email or call for information
ISBN: 9781609451264
Published: Europa Editions - May 7th, 2013

In Jean-Claude Izzo's "Mediterranean noir" mysteries, the city of Marseilles is explosive, breathtakingly beautiful, and deadly.


The Stories of Jane Gardam By Jane Gardam Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781609451998
Availability: Ships from warehouse to store in 3-6 business days
Published: Europa Editions - June 3rd, 2014

From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England’s greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam’s versatility is on full display, while her sublime grasp of language and powers of observation remain as provocative as ever.


The Distant Marvels: A Novel By Chantel Acevedo Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781609452520
Availability: BACKORDERED
Published: Europa Editions - April 7th, 2015

Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for money—she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a lettora—and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell one last story so that eight women can keep both hope and themselves alive.


The Days of Abandonment: 10th Anniversary Edition By Elena Ferrante Cover Image
$15.00
May not be available - email or call for information
ISBN: 9781609452766
Published: Europa Editions - May 19th, 2015

From the author of My Brilliant Friend

"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-Corriere della Sera

"Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."-El Mundo


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