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Fiction in translation

Paperback. Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512981
ISBN
9780099512981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 44. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541882
ISBN
9780099541882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Every morning retired naval officer Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. Then, one day he fails to come home. A few months earlier, at Hakan's 75th birthday party, he was eager to talk to detective Kurt Wallander about a controversial incident from his past. Could this be connected to his disappearance? Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Series: Kurt Wallander. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548409
ISBN
9780099548409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Series: Kurt Wallander. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099571728
ISBN
9780099571728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When Kurt Wallander first appeared in "Faceless Killers", he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him, his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night. This book chronicles the events that led him to such a place. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba; Thompson, Laurie. Series: Kurt Wallander. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099571780
ISBN
9780099571780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455486
ISBN
9780099455486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. BIC Classification: FYT. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007769
ISBN
9780718182953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405924009
ISBN
9781405924009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The great masterpiece of the living Dutch novelist most often tipped as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature - a classic tale of the European settlers' experience in the Far East worthy of the great Victorians. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271717
ISBN
9781846271717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A masterpiece of the literature of colonialism - the story of a strong but doomed and unequal bond between a Dutch boy and his Indonesian best friend Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846273230
ISBN
9781846273230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. In ways no guide book can achieve, these twenty absorbing tales by Italian authors including Boccaccio, Giacomo Casanova, and Pier-Paolo Pasolini offer the delight of exploring one of the world's most unique cities thorough a wide variety of individual lives and epochs. Essential reading for anyone who has been to Rome or dreams of going there. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Shankland, Hugh. Num Pages: 320 pages, twenty black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572465
ISBN
9780199572465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199689118
ISBN
9780199689118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199559381
ISBN
9780199559381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Seventeen stories from one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Holmes, Deborah. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669790
ISBN
9780199669790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583669
ISBN
9781905583669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448471
ISBN
9780099448471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Presents a narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, this title unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448785
ISBN
9780099448785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506249
ISBN
9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again. Hajime, now a father and husband, finds himself catapulted into the past, risking all that he has in the present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448570
ISBN
9780099448570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Johanne is a young woman in her twenties who lives with her mother. When she falls in love with Ivar, she finally feels ready to leave home. The couple plan a trip to America. But the morning of her departure, Johanne wakes up to find the door locked. Translator(s): Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908670151
ISBN
9781908670151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.41

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Granta Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781846275975
ISBN
9781846275975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Deborah. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276033
ISBN
9781846276033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The master of Swedish crime fiction returns with the winner of the prestigious Scandinavian Glass Key Award Series: The Van Veeteren Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330512596
ISBN
9780330512596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. A tense and gripping psychological thriller from award-winning Swedish crime writer, Hakan Nesser. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Pan Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447271949
ISBN
9781447271949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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