Arcade Publishing imprint: 222 books

“Part Mark Twain, part Carlos Castenada . . . a rich broth of enchantment, wisdom, and holy mischief” (Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way).   As a child of Choctaw descent growing up in Oklahoma Indian country, David Carson knew that his mother and aunts took part in native women’s...

One of China’s most honored, award-winning, and bestselling authors presents six humorous and moving tales that capture the pulse of the nation’s people.   Celebrated for his novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned for his short stories. Remembering 1942 and Other Chinese...

A novel of one man’s triumph and tragedy in the civil rights era—from an author who “belongs with writers like William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison” (The Washington Post). When John Calvin Marshall graduated from Harvard in 1956, he was prepared for a life of teaching and relative tranquility....

An apprentice to one of India’s greatest illusionists shares the tricks of the trade in this extraordinary travelogue through modern India. Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the amazing story of Tahir Shah’s improbable apprenticeship to one of India’s master conjurers, Hakim Feroze, and his...

In the tradition of Isabel Allende and Barbara Kingsolver, the story of a troubled child, a small town, and the miracle of love: “Enchanting and magical” (Brian Morton, author of Florence Gordon).   It begins when a vision appears in a carwash window in the desert town of Infidelity, a blip on...

The moving memoir of caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s that broke new ground, changed the narrative, and prompted Maya Angelou to exclaim, “Joy!”   Since Cathie Borrie delivered her keynote performance at the World Alzheimer’s Day event, her self-published manuscript has won rapturous...

Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, “a wonderful brew of a book about politics, family, violence, love, betrayal—life, in other words” (John Banville, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea). Marty Ransom, heir to a hilltop estate near Waterford in independent Ireland,...

Like a Coen brothers noir south of the border, Paraíso is a genre-bending story about love, sibling relationships, and the dark side of paradise. As teens, siblings Peter and Wendy fled their wealthy Philadelphia home in the family station wagon and headed for Mexico, only to be discovered...

An actor and scriptwriter revisits his youth in the rural landscapes of Italy in this “charming childhood memoir” (Notebook Magazine).   In the tradition of Cinema Paradiso, Chewing Gum in Holy Water: A Childhood in the Heart of Italy presents a warm, tender, and richly nostalgic look at growing...

The renowned Indian author of Why I Am a Hindu delivers “a splendidly readable novel of memorable characters and complexity” (The Washington Post). A highly motivated, idealistic American student, Priscilla Hart had come to India to volunteer in women’s health programs. Instead, she wound...

This stunning work of historical fiction illustrates the harsh realities of modern China by the nation’s first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The farmers of Paradise County have been leading a hardscrabble life unchanged for generations. The Communist government has encouraged them...

The author of the Belltree Trilogy returns with Scotland Yard’s Brock and Kolla in this “most satisfying twisty mystery of the year” (Kirkus Reviews). David Brock and Kathy Kolla are summoned to Cabot’s, a venerable dealer in rare stamps on the Strand, and at first they expect a simple...

“An exuberant, fantastical portrait” narrated by the writer of The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha himself (The New York Times Book Review). This is the story of my death and life, in which fiction and that lesser truth, history, from time to time form a seamless whole. Speaking...

Winner of the Prix Goncourt and Prix Médicis: “[One of the] great novels of this century” (Donald Newlove, The Philadelphia Inquirer). Hailed as extraordinary from coast to coast, this bestselling novel by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Andreï Makine traces a sentimental...