Among the noted figures of this volume are the American author Djuna Barnes; the Algerian-French novelist and poet Mohammed Dib; the Greek author Andreas Embiricos; Czech dramatist Daniela Fischerova; Japanist experimentalist Hagiwara Sakutaro; German modernist Georg Heym; novelist Aldous Huxley; Slovenian author Lojze Kovacic; and Italian-American Niccolo Tucci. The editor envisions this short-fiction series as an entertaining and educational project that will help English-language readers discover the joys of international writing.