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Curated new and used literature,
poetry, and non fiction. 
(With an emphasis on indie presses and translated literature)

Open Tues - Sunday noon to 6pm.
2732 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. // Portland, OR 97217

Order online at our bookshop.org store 

Or email nate@lost-avenue.com
for a personalized pick, hard to find, or used. (mailings happen twice a month)

notable new releases,
 now in stock at store


laszlo krasnakhori. herscht 07769.
olga tokarczuk. the empusium.
sally rooney. intermezzo.
richard powers. playground.
yuri herrera. season of the swamp.
karl ove knausgaard. the third realm.

cesar aira. festival & game of the worlds.
alvaro enrigue. you dreamed of empires.
olivia laing. the garden against time.
teju cole. tremor. (highest recommendation)
rachel cusk. parade. (high recommendation, but very different than her others)

joy williams. concerning the future of souls.
fernanda trias. pink slime
kivek akbar. martyr!
yasmin zaher. the coin.

new in paperback:
borges. re-designs of collected fictions, selected poems, selected non fictions.
henry hoke. open throat 
emma cline. the guest.
deborah levy. august blue.
jeff vandermeer. annhilation (10 year anniversary redesign)

new in stock & re-stocks

antonio tabucchi. little misunderstandings of little importance.
brenda lozano. witches. (recommended // back in stock)
marguerite duras. the lover. 
murakami. multiple titles, back in stock.
lispector. multiple titles, back in stock.
krasnahorkai. multiple titles.
bolano. 2666. (in additional to multiple titles still in stock)

some notable used and "remaindered" (in stock)

borges. the aleph.
alice munro. dear life.
rachel aviv. strangers to ourselves.
rebecca solnit. hope in the dark.
oyamada. weasles in the attic.
carlos fonseca. austral.
zizek. multiple used titles now in stock.

Recommended, 
in stock at the store

Rachel Cusk. Outline. 
WG Sebald. Austerlitz.
Juan Rulfo. Pedro Páramo.
Clarice Lispector. Hour of the Star. 
Antonio Tabucchi. Pereira Maintains.

Recent recommendations:

Sean Cotter. Solenoid.
Fernanda Melchor. Hurricane Season. 
Jenny Erpenbeck. Kairos. (Can't stop thinking about this one).

Upcoming Events.

Book Club.
Raymond Carver. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.

Open to the public. Meeting October 13.


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