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Fiction in translation

Paperback. Emile Zola's own stage adaptation of his taut, psychological thriller. An intense story of adultery, murder and revenge, streaked with social satire. Translator(s): Broughton, P. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948230134
ISBN
9780948230134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.21

Paperback. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. Therese Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and borught its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449440
ISBN
9780140449440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardcover. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. Series: Transylvania Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 204 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593531
ISBN
9781841593531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.77

Hardcover. The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 54. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593548
ISBN
9781841593548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. He is informed by the major in charge about what is expected of him: he is to write a fabricated report about a murder that has occurred in the camp, in order to demoralise the enemy soldiers. Translator(s): Weir, Martin E. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323392
ISBN
9781908323392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young servant Saburo. Tormented by his indifference, yet invigorated by her desire, she makes her move, with catastrophic consequences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530275
ISBN
9780099530275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. 'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141022826
ISBN
9780141022826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.81

Paperback. Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs Ota, and that the ceremony has been awkwardly arranged for him to meet his potential future bride. But he is most shocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192604
ISBN
9780141192604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. For those who cannot read the language of the original texts, the lively and varied world of eighteenth-century Russian literature has been largely inaccessible. This translation presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-eighteenth-century Russia. Translator(s): Gasperetti, David. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806747
ISBN
9780875806747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Scandinavian crime at its most explosive: the New York Times bestselling and CWA International Dagger winning DCI Ewert Grens thriller. Translator(s): Dickson, Kari. Series: DCI Ewert Grens. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781849161527
ISBN
9781849161527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Three women face a journey that will change their lives forever. From Man Booker International Prize finalist, Marie NDiaye. Translator(s): Fletcher, John. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857051073
ISBN
9780857051073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. With elegant simplicity, A Simple Heart' relates the story of Felicite - an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. Editor(s): Wall, Geoffrey; Whitehouse, Roger. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448009
ISBN
9780140448009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Translator(s): Krailsheimer, A. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555864
ISBN
9780199555864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.74

Paperback. Three bodies lie at the bottom of a swimming pool in a gated country estate near Buenos Aires. It's Thursday night at the magnificent Scaglia house. Behind the locked gates, shielded from the crime, poverty and filth of the people on the streets, the Scaglias and their friends hide lives of infidelity, alcoholism, and abusive marriage. Translator(s): France, Miranda. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278. 227 pages. Three bodies lie at the bottom of a swimming pool in a gated country estate near Buenos Aires. It's Thursday night at the magnificent Scaglia house. Behind the locked gates, shielded from the crime, poverty and filth of the people on the streets, the Scaglias and their friends hide lives of infidelity, alcoholism, and abusive marriage. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 21. Weight: 282. Translator(s): France, Miranda.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738411
ISBN
9781904738411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Balderston, Daniel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177679
ISBN
9781590177679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.96

Pamphlet. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343011
ISBN
9781911343011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. Beware of Losing Forever Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167577
ISBN
9789774167577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.86

Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685842
ISBN
9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.61

Paperback. Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199986
ISBN
9780141199986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A brilliant, semiautobiographical satirical novel from one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century Polish literature, now in a new English translation Translator(s): Borchardt, Danuta. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175301
ISBN
9780300175301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Bettauer Dembo, Margot. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176252
ISBN
9781590176252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.14

Pamphlet. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343080
ISBN
9781911343080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. The new paperback edition of a rarity: a brilliant novel of ideas that is also irresistible and very, very racy. An engrossing, hugely satisfying and entertaining read, by a young Argentinian superstar. For lovers of historical novels, and of the modernist giants Mann and Musil. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick; Garcia, Lorenza. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968388
ISBN
9781908968388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162746
ISBN
9780231162746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.82
€ 63.74

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