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Fiction in translation

Paperback. In a drab North Korean city, a seventh daughter is born to a couple longing for a son. Abandoned hours after her birth, she is eventually rescued by her grandmother. The old woman names the child Bari, after a legend telling of a forsaken princess who undertakes a quest for an elixir that will bring peace to the souls of the dead. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859641743
ISBN
9781859641743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Features a benign old monk who listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence, and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama - in which nearly everyone dies - unfurls. In this title, the author also treats us to a cornucopia of cooked animal flesh - ostrich, camel, donkey, dog, as well as the more common varieties. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422217
ISBN
9780857422217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538706
ISBN
9780199538706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. The recently discovered first novel by the world famous author of Life: A User's Manual and A Void Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782060963
ISBN
9781782060963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Best selling international author, Isabel Allende tackles her homeland head-on in this staggering, epic romance. Translator(s): Peden, Margaret Sayers. Num Pages: 320 pages, genealogy tab. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KRF0000798
ISBN
9780007123018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. A darkly satirical tale of the generation and gender gaps in Japanese society. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968449
ISBN
9781908968449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving, Proust's stories - presented here in Andrew Brown's nuanced translation, the only edition currently in print - are layered with imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological atmosphere of his later masterpiece. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Only edition in print
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493170
ISBN
9781847493170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. Translator(s): Raffaelli, Lara Gochin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106746
ISBN
9780143106746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437888
ISBN
9780099437888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Translator(s): Warham, Paul. Series: Japanese Literature Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564786388
ISBN
9781564786388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; FYT; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012128
ISBN
9780253012128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Hardback. Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; FYT; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012098
ISBN
9780253012098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; FC; FYT; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509842902
ISBN
9781509842902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Inevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could not assimilate. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392738
ISBN
9780141392738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Luis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811221801
ISBN
9780811221801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Eberhard Mock's third investigation - another cerebral, stylish and compelling noir from the dark and squalid underbelly of Breslau. Translator(s): Stok, Danusia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381934
ISBN
9780857381934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXL; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 291 x 20. Weight in Grams: 910.
Publisher
New York Review Comics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590179833
ISBN
9781590179833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.87

paperback. Viktor Zolotaryov - last seen in 'Death and the Penguin' fleeing mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha - seizes, once there, a heaven-sent opportunity to return to Kiev with a new identity. Translator(s): Bird, George. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461692
ISBN
9780099461692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. An autobiographical portrait of Post-War Paris and a tumultuous childhood - by the 2014 Nobel Laureate Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054937
ISBN
9780857054937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Sargent, Geoffrey W. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 7. Weight in Grams: 60.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
57
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218542
ISBN
9780811218542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.61

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