In the second of his trio of acclaimed memoirs, Rigoberto Gonzalez looks at his past through a startling lens: hunger. A childhood of neglect, adolescent yearnings, and adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body - all are explored by Gonzalez in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes.

A comic classic of world literature, Aleko Konstantinov’s 1895 novel follows the misadventures of rose-oil salesman Ganyo as he travels in Europe. Translated into English for the first time, it is accompanied by an introduction, glossary, and notes.

This ethnographic study of contemporary urban criminals examines issues such as the human dimensions of criminal lives, the family conditions that cause children to become deviant, and the role of jails and prisons in deterrence and rehabilitation. It also proposes anti-crime policy initiatives.

In 1904 a young Danish woman met a Sami wolf hunter on a train in Sweden. This chance encounter transformed the lives of artist Emilie Demant and the hunter, Johan Turi. In recounting Demant fascinating life, Barbara Sjoholm investigates the boundaries and influences between ethnographers and sources, the nature of authorship and visual representation, and the state of anthropology.

Unflinching, compassionate, and gripping, this bold novel evocatively examines the ambiguities wrought by both violence and redemption.

According to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood to make matzah. This volume examines the varied sources and elaborations of the legend. It deals with historical cases and surveys of blood libel in different locales, as well as literary renditions of the legend.