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Fiction in translation

Paperback. In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful author of slight comic sketches, to the master of the short-story genre. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493835
ISBN
9781847493835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. This collection of lesser-known of short stories - ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological pieces and tragic stories - demonstrates Anton Chekhov's mastery of the genre. Translator(s): Fitzlyon, April. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494757
ISBN
9781847494757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. The side of Paris the tourists don't see - by the rising star of French crime fiction. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782062431
ISBN
9781782062431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Tells the story of Lucius, a curious and silly young man, who is turned into a donkey when he meddles with witchcraft. Doomed to wander from region to region and mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198140
ISBN
9780300198140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Delving into the dead man's life Detective Erlendur discovers that forty years ago he was accused of an appalling crime, but never convicted. Had his past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur struggles to build a relationship with his unhappy daughter, his investigation takes him to Iceland's Genetic Research Centre. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541837
ISBN
9780099541837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. At a grand Reykjavik hotel the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children's party. The manager tries to keep the murder under wraps. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546627
ISBN
9780099546627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam at her holiday cottage. At first sight, it appears like a straightforward case of suicide. Maria had never recovered from the death of her mother two years previously and she had a history of depression. But then the friend who found her body approaches Detective Erlendur. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532279
ISBN
9780099532279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble.. 48 hours later, a young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat. Translator(s): Yates, Anne. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549352
ISBN
9780099549352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535638
ISBN
9780099535638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's identity? Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542216
ISBN
9780099542216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard; Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542322
ISBN
9780099542322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548553
ISBN
9780099548553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A church in the glittering frozen wastes of northern Sweden. Inside, a sacrifice: the body of a man - slashed to pieces, hands severed, eyes gouged out. The victim's sister is first to discover the body and immediately finds herself the police's only suspect. Terrified and confused, she calls on a friend: got-shot city lawyer Rebecka Martinsson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956441
ISBN
9780241956441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

paperback. Editor(s): Seif, Atef Abu. Series: Reading the City. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583645
ISBN
9781905583645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

hardcover. Illustrated with vivid portraits of friends, family, colleagues and enemies, this book provides an account of the passage from a life of sensuality and superstition to a genuine spiritual awakening. It is narrative of one man's religious journey which continues to shape the way we write and behave today. Translator(s): Burton, Philip. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; BGXA; HBLA; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 207 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151282
ISBN
9781857151282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. A hilarious and moving road trip around Iceland in an old car, told by a recently divorced woman with a five year-old boy 'on loan' Translator(s): Fitzgibbon, Brian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782270133
ISBN
9781782270133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

Paperback. A compelling and fascinating novel by one of Egypt's most acclaimed writers, and winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340924884
ISBN
9780340924884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A novel that tells the story of a young Muslim who, when his life is threatened, finds sanctuary in a community of Coptic monks. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara. Series: Literature of the Middle East. Num Pages: 116 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174. A Novel. Series: Literature of the Middle East. 116 pages, 1 map. A novel that tells the story of a young Muslim who, when his life is threatened, finds sanctuary in a community of Coptic monks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight: 174. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200753
ISBN
9780520200753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

paperback. Tells the turbulent story of two women, their husbands and their lovers, set against the intricate web of dynastic alliances and class contrasts of Madrid in the 1870s. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433050
ISBN
9780140433050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Commandant Servaz is about to learn that the wronged do not rest in peace, as murder stalks a quiet French town in the new novel from international bestseller Bernard Minier. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Series: Commandant Servaz. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732290
ISBN
9781444732290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. When it comes to crime, France is the new Scandinavia - an isolated, snow-bound valley and a series of strange murders set the scene in this gripping French besteller. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Series: Commandant Servaz. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732269
ISBN
9781444732269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. When a woman finds a suicide note in her mailbox, she can't imagine that it has anything to do with her. And yet it signals the end of her own life.. but who is her enemy? Only Commandant Martin Servaz can find out.. Series: Commandant Servaz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473611443
ISBN
9781473611443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

paperback. The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, "The Two Hussars" contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Editor(s): Wilks, Ronald. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449624
ISBN
9780140449624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Set against the backdrop of Russian high society, this novel charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Translator(s): Maude, Louise Shanks; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540663
ISBN
9780099540663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

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