Fiction
Books
2009
Valeria's Last Stand
Bloomsbury · DTV · Flammarion · Neri Pozza · Beacon Press
A darkly comic novel set in a small Hungarian town, following a butcher's obsessive love for a woman who may not exist. Fitten's debut announced a singular voice — precise, wry, and deeply humane.
International Editions
2012
Elza's Kitchen
Bloomsbury · DTV · Flammarion · Neri Pozza · Beacon Press
A celebrated chef in a provincial Hungarian city faces a midlife reckoning — with her restaurant, her ambitions, and herself. A novel about hunger in all its forms.
International Editions
2017
We Wear the Mask
A new work from Marc Fitten. Details forthcoming.
Essay
Letter to a Stranger
An excerpt from a new series of travel essays, published in Off Assignment.
Read the essay