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Fiction in translation
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
€ 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. 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
€ 4.99
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
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Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
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
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
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
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
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
€ 153.94
€ 137.06
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
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
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
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Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
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
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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
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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
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
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
€ 20.99
€ 16.61
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
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
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
€ 9.99
€ 8.96
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
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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
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
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
€ 5.70
Paperback. Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's "Oblomov" follows the travails of an unlikely hero, a young aristocrat incapable of making a decision. This title presents the translation the novel. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300162288
- ISBN
- 9780300162288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Hardback. IN Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423078
- ISBN
- 9780857423078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
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€ 21.22
paperback. Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Translator(s): McCannon, Olivia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449723
- ISBN
- 9780140449723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Editor(s): Devi, Mahasweta; Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9788170461449
- ISBN
- 9788170461449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.08
€ 15.99
€ 14.08