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Fiction in translation

hardcover. 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvill Secker London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000677
ISBN
9781910701089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Driving home, Paulo passes an indigenous girl at the side of the road. Paulo gives her a lift to her family's camp. From cocaine-fuelled rich kids and the Guarani Indians camped along Brazil's highways to a squatter's life in London, Nowhere People is a raw and passionate classic in the making, about our need for human connections and a home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276384
ISBN
9781908276384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455120
ISBN
9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this new edition includes pictures and section on Dostoevsky's life and works. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel, Notes from Underground was a pivotal moment in the development of modern literature and has inspired countless novelists, thinkers and film-makers. Translator(s): Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493743
ISBN
9781847493743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.96

Paperback. Translator(s): Kentish, Jane. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536382
ISBN
9780199536382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. As well as the text itself and an informative introduction, this new edition includes a selection of background documents (also newly translated), which help set the work in the cultural and intellectual context out of which it emerged. Translator(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812219
ISBN
9781554812219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209060
ISBN
9780872209060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209053
ISBN
9780872209053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420466
ISBN
9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Icelandic police officer Ari Thor returns to investigate a chilling series of crimes that are rooted in tragic events from the past. Translator(s): Bates, Quentin. Series: Dark Iceland. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orenda Books
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910633113
ISBN
9781910633113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Translator(s): Donougher, Christine. Series: Dedalus Europe 1992-95 S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982952
ISBN
9781873982952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide? Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393483
ISBN
9780141393483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardback. Poetry in Saudi Arabia today is a dramatic manifestation of the rapid changes that are sweeping not only through the country's literature and culture, but also through Saudi life as a whole. This title presents a picture of how poetry has evolved in Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Bazei, Saad. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSC; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760988
ISBN
9781780760988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.94
€ 137.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Hasak-Lowy, Todd. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789235
ISBN
9781564789235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his investigation, but after dinner with an old flame wakes up with no memory of the past 12 hours. Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and he beings to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death? Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 526.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546757
ISBN
9780099546757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional states, different inner lives and different truths, this impressionistic, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197340
ISBN
9780141197340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Lucid, insane, deadly serious, wildly playful, biblomaniacal, and perversely imaginative' Nicole Krauss Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330510516
ISBN
9780330510516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. Translator(s): Luna, Oscar. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aflame Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906300081
ISBN
9781906300081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Translator(s): Holden, George. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Good copy with light shelf wear. Large cut to the edge of cover. Ex-Libris with stamps, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0006453
ISBN
9780140442632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Translator(s): Holden, George. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0007511
ISBN
9780140442632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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