Fiction in translation
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A nearly normal family
£9.99A nearly normal family
A Nearly Normal Family is the gripping psychological thriller about a mother, a father, and their daughter who is accused of murder. How far would you go to protect your family?
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A Shining ? WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
£8.99A Shining ? WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest work of fiction by Jon Fosse, ‘the Beckett of the twenty-first century’ (Le Monde).
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A Single Rose
£12.99A Single Rose
The temples and teahouses of Kyoto are the scene of a Frenchwoman’s emotional awakening in the stunning fifth novel by international bestseller Muriel Barbery.
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Adventures in space
£12.95Adventures in space
A momentous project, with thirteen Chinese and English-language science fiction writers. New, emerging and established authors from a mix of open submissions and curated selections create a stunning mediation of cultures, bringing together the multi-faceted perspectives of enthusiastic SF writers in the exploration of ideas and humanity.
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Aliss At the Fire
£10.99Aliss At the Fire
A haunting exploration of love and loss by the Beckett of the twenty-first century (Le Monde).
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All Human Wisdom
£9.99All Human Wisdom
February, 1927. The great and the good of Paris gather to attend the funeral of the powerful millionaire, Marcel Péricourt. His daughter, Madeleine, is poised to take charge of his financial empire, but it seems fate has other plans for her. Her young son, Paul, with one unexpected and tragic act, will place Madeleine on the path to ruin and degradation. Faced with the adversity of men, the greed of her time, the corruption and the ambition of her associates, Madeleine will have to deploy reserves of intelligence, determination and also a Machiavellian instinct to survive and rebuild her life. This task is made all the more difficult in a France that can only watch, helpless, as the first flames of the inferno that will soon ravage Europe begin to take hold.
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All The Lovers In The Night
£9.99All The Lovers In The Night
From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo.
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Anna Karenina
£8.99Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as a wife and turns to her lover Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature.
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At the breakfast table
£9.99At the breakfast table
Told from four different perspectives, ‘At the Breakfast Table’ is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, revealing the psychological consequences of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
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Beautiful star
£9.99Beautiful star
‘Beautiful Star’ is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was the novel Mishima considered to be his masterpiece. Translated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
£9.99Before the Coffee Gets Cold
The second novel from the author of the phenomenon, Before the Coffee Gets Cold: more tales from Cafe Funiculi Funicula, where customers may travel back in time – if they obey the rules. For fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
£9.99Before the Coffee Gets Cold
A beautiful, moving story about a small Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. For fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
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Before we say goodbye
£14.99Before we say goodbye
The fourth novel in the sensational ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe – if customers follow the rules.
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Before your memory fades
£9.99Before your memory fades
The third novel from the author of the phenomenon Before the Coffee Gets Cold: tales from a little cafe in Hakodate, Cafe Donna Donna, where customers may travel through time – if they obey the rules. For fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.
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Beware of pity
£9.99Beware of pity
In 1913 young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance – so begins a series of visits, motivated by pity, which relieves his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope.
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Bitter Orange Tree
£14.99Bitter Orange Tree
Zuhur, an Omani student at a British university, is caught between the past and the present. As she attempts to form friendships and assimilate in Britain, she can’t help but ruminate on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her strong emotional bond with Bint Amir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhur left the Arabian Peninsula. As the historical narrative of Bint Amir’s challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhur’s isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips, and dreams mingle with memories.
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