Fiction in translation
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Fiction in translation
Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160993
- ISBN
- 9780691160993
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506249
- ISBN
- 9780099506249
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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Paperback. Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature and the past century has seen this book gain worldwide acceptance. This edition contains the complete translation of all six books of "The Tale of Genji". Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 45. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805310816
- ISBN
- 9784805310816
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.63
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Paperback. A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495686
- ISBN
- 9781847495686
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
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Paperback. The second psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Series: Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007416196
- ISBN
- 9780007416196
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.46
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Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The final book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007439201
- ISBN
- 9780007439201
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.42
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Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, Black and White Images. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804842723
- ISBN
- 9780804842723
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
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Paperback. A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder made to look like a suicide. A strange symbol is found near the body. Then a second victim is discovered. How are these deaths, and rumours of an Icelandic demon, linked to the secretive Association for the Study of the Writings of Maximilien Robespierre? Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702625
- ISBN
- 9781784702625
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824740
- ISBN
- 9781934824740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.02
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Paperback. Translator(s): Miles, Edwin. Series: The Century Trilogy. Num Pages: 465 pages. BIC Classification: FT; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 280 x 36. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503937581
- ISBN
- 9781503937581
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.58
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Paperback. A translation of Cervantes' masterpiece. Translator(s): Montgomery, James H. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209589
- ISBN
- 9780872209589
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.18
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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
€ 26.99€ 24.30
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Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007439119
- ISBN
- 9780007439119
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Condition: New
€ 8.30
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Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language Russian. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486488738
- ISBN
- 9780486488738
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.83
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Paperback. The sensational and controversial novella about the evacuation of a Palestinian village in 1948 - published in the UK for the first time. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Shulman, David. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083944
- ISBN
- 9781847083944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.41
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Paperback. A poetic vision of power, colonialism, and gender in North Africa, The Sand Child has been justifiably celebrated around the world as a daring and significant work of international fiction. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Johns Hopkins paperback ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801864407
- ISBN
- 9780801864407
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
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Paperback. Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his young wife's past. The only way he can rest is by forcing her to help him murder the man involved, but there is a witness - Jacques Lantier, a fellow railway employee. Editor(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449631
- ISBN
- 9780140449631
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. A hitman. A journalist. A family torn apart. Can he uncover the truth before it's too late? The Mine is a gripping, beautifully written, terrifying and explosive thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir. Translator(s): Hackston, David. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Orenda Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910633533
- ISBN
- 9781910633533
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. The future is on its way to Picardy with the construction of a motorway. But nearby is a house where nothing has changed since 1945. Traumatised by events that year, Yolande hasn't left her home since. Life has not been kinder to Bernard, her brother, who has a terminal illness. With no longer anything to lose, he becomes reckless - and murderous. Translator(s): Florence, Melanie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908313164
- ISBN
- 9781908313164
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.10
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447298403
- ISBN
- 9781447298403
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
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Paperback. Translator(s): Avsey, Ignat. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271154
- ISBN
- 9781782271154
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
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Hardback. Budour marries a humble tailor named Girgis, but begins an extended affair with his Jewish employer, Luka. Her friend Sawsan goes off to the university, only to fall in love with a dangerous young Marxist named Salim. Translator(s): Rossetti, Chip. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- SAINT THERESA AND SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163401
- ISBN
- 9789774163401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.62
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Paperback. This title chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read this title. Translator(s): Grossmann, Edith. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099469698
- ISBN
- 9780099469698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199559381
- ISBN
- 9780199559381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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€ 14.23