The Case of the Persevering Maltese: Collected Essays. (2003.) Includes writings about translation, the Oulipo, George Perec, and other important writers.
The Human Country: New and Collected Stories. (2002.) Includes "Country Cooking," "The Way Home," and "Their Words, For You."
The Journalist. (Novel, 1994.) A man keeping a journal formalizes and categorizes his writing with increasing obsession.
20 Lines a Day. (Journal/Autobiography, 1988.) The outcome of a curious writing project.
Cigarettes. (Novel, 1987.) A novel about chance encounters, chance events, and the incredible lives that result.
Armenian Papers: Poems 1954-1984. Includes poems in an array of forms and the long poem "Trial Impressions."
The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium. (Novel, 1971-72.) The epistolary story of a librarian's degeneration and his native wife's rise to sophistication.
Tlooth. (Novel, 1966.) A surprising protagonist undertakes a jailbreak and a journey of revenge.
The Conversions. (Novel, 1962.) A worm race leads to a puzzling wild goose chase.