Fiction in translation
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Fiction in translation
Paperback. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a living as a typist, Macabea loves movies, Coca-Cola and her philandering rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly and unloved. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392035
- ISBN
- 9780141392035
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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Paperback. A murder mystery set in a run-down family hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Rio is the perfect backdrop with its dictatorships, drug wars, child gangs and violent policing tactics. A witty, touching account of life at the edge of Brazilian society, dressed up as a thrilling murder investigation. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524270
- ISBN
- 9781908524270
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.03
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Paperback. A film director is found murdered in a hotel room in Istanbul. Electrocuted by a hair dryer thrown in his bath water. When the police accuse the lead actress she turns to her only friend in town, the feisty and sexy owner of Istanbul's only mystery book shop. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Ruth. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248. 256 pages. A film director is found murdered in a hotel room in Istanbul. Electrocuted by a hair dryer thrown in his bath water. When the police accuse the lead actress she turns to her only friend in town, the feisty and sexy owner of Istanbul's only mystery book shop. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight: 246. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Ruth.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904738688
- ISBN
- 9781904738688
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
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Paperback. Translator(s): Slaymaker, Doug; Takenaka, Akiko. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 253 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178693
- ISBN
- 9780231178693
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.96
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€ 18.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564785367
- ISBN
- 9781564785367
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
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€ 6.23
Paperback. Tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188669
- ISBN
- 9780141188669
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824801
- ISBN
- 9781934824801
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.78
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Paperback. Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', 'the most dangerous man in the Third Reich'. Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555643
- ISBN
- 9780099555643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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€ 11.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670281
- ISBN
- 9781908670281
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
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Paperback. An poetic, heart-rending saga by Iceland's foremost contemporary writer. Translator(s): Roughton, Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849164061
- ISBN
- 9781849164061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardback. Deals with beheadings, both literal and metaphorical. This narrative takes us from the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic history, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, via the torture of communists in Nasser's detention camps, and the meanderings of a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread riots of 1977. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774161889
- ISBN
- 9789774161889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.10
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Paperback. Translator(s): Malberg, Carl. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 57. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Nordisk Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780995485204
- ISBN
- 9780995485204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.45
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€ 13.45
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492876
- ISBN
- 9781847492876
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Condition: New
€ 12.44
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Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYT; YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408871591
- ISBN
- 9781408871591
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
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Paperback. Translator(s): Knecht, Stacey. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981955735
- ISBN
- 9780981955735
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.06
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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
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Paperback. The incredibly moving and atmospheric new novel about a parent's love for his child, from the author of the international bestseller Let the Right One In. Translator(s): Delargy, Marlaine. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 185 x 43. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849165136
- ISBN
- 9781849165136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Something very peculiar is happening in Stockholm. There's a heatwave on and people cannot turn their lights out or switch their appliances off. Then the terrible news breaks. In the city morgue, the dead are waking up.. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847249906
- ISBN
- 9781847249906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their relationship again? Translator(s): Kingsbury, Karen. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189390
- ISBN
- 9780141189390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Tolstoy knew as he was writing Hadji Murat, his last work of fiction, that it would not be published in his lifetime, and so gave an uncompromising portrayal of the Russians' faults and the nature of the rebels' struggle. In the process, he shows a mastery of style and an understanding of Chechnya that still carries great resonance today. Translator(s): Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494818
- ISBN
- 9781847494818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02