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Fiction in translation
Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191188
- ISBN
- 9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
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Paperback. Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on path to a decent, respectable life at last. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449549
- ISBN
- 9780140449549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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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
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Offers fiction intended for both Western and Middle Eastern readers. The stories in this volume deal with issues both traditional and modern, including relations between parents and children, between husbands and wives, and between citizens of independent Morocco and its nationalist representative government. Translator(s): Abouzeid, Leila. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 127 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712652
- ISBN
- 9780292712652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.30
€ 15.30
Paperback. The winner of the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade is a unique, deeply compelling crime novel that interweaves a murder investigation with the central mystery of the theory of evolution. Translator(s): Barslund, Charlotte. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857380357
- ISBN
- 9780857380357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. A woman is murdered in her flat and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star is found behind her eyelid. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case. But he is already on his final warning and has little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor when it becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Harry Hole. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702298
- ISBN
- 9781784702298
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714534022
- ISBN
- 9780714534022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback. This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's criticism and philosophy. The stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century and present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry. Editor(s): Gustafson, Richard F. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199553990
- ISBN
- 9780199553990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A new novel from Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. Translator(s): Hopkinson, Amanda; Caistor, Nick. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003322
- ISBN
- 9780007116058
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. A relentless killer scars Rome for two decades, leaving its unique signature on its victims and pursuers. Translator(s): Thompson, N. S. Series: Commissario Balistreri Trilogy. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857389329
- ISBN
- 9780857389329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
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Paperback. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284574
- ISBN
- 9780099284574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442809
- ISBN
- 9780140442809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
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Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423931
- ISBN
- 9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.64
€ 24.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. A devastating account of a man fighting his inevitable end, and asks the existential question: why must a good person be taken before his time? Editor(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449617
- ISBN
- 9780140449617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
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paperback. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. This collection includes "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and nine other stories such as "Hadji Murat", "The Devil", and "War and Peace". Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541066
- ISBN
- 9780099541066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669882
- ISBN
- 9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307951335
- ISBN
- 9780307951335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.13
€ 10.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 297 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496867
- ISBN
- 9781847496867
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
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Paperback. A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall.. Translator(s): Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847089250
- ISBN
- 9781847089250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
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Paperback. Translator(s): Foulston, Jill. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984506
- ISBN
- 9780141984506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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Paperback. Commissario Soneri returns to his roots, only to find a town consumed by corruption and a death that is not all it seems.. Translator(s): Farrell, Joseph. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694357
- ISBN
- 9781906694357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer - and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer's motive. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 853 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 55. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 853
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697242
- ISBN
- 9781906697242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.20
€ 25.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. No protagonist. No detective. Nothing between killer, victim - and reader. The new historical crime thriller from the unmatched European sensation. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780877761
- ISBN
- 9781780877761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232044
- ISBN
- 9781909232044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44