Fiction in translation
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Fiction in translation
Paperback. An elevator that links the Earth to the Moon; A rare element that promises to solve all the world's energy problems; a secret society that has its own plans for both. This is the limit - how far would you go? Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun; Searle, Jamie; Willcocks, Samuel. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FL; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 54. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849165174
- ISBN
- 9781849165174
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. Translator(s): Ash, Irene. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951569
- ISBN
- 9780241951569
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
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Paperback. Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France. Separated from her lover and her culture, she recounts her experiences and personal growth. To this fine new translation are appended extracts from Graffigny's chief source and other writers' fictional responses. Translator(s): Mallinson, Jonathan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199208173
- ISBN
- 9780199208173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
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Paperback. Referred to by their author as his 'passionate twins' and intended to provide an illustration of the original, primitive virtues of Christianity, the two novellas - "Atala" and "Rene" - were hugely successful in their time, thanks to their vivid depictions of exotic locations and their attunement to the emotional sensitivities of the age. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Referred to by their author as his 'passionate twins' and intended to provide an illustration of the original, primitive virtues of Christianity, the two novellas - "Atala" and "Rene" - were hugely successful in their time, thanks to their vivid depictions of exotic locations and their attunement to the emotional sensitivities of the age. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FC. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight: 154. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 119
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492609
- ISBN
- 9781847492609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
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Hardback. When Anna discovers a long letter that her mother, Marie, wrote, Marie has been dead for some time, and Anna is shocked to learn that her mother disappeared with a secret. The letter is addressed to Marie's first great love, a much older teacher who she describes as a great dinosaur. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422330
- ISBN
- 9780857422330
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.90
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Paperback. Presents the tale of a star-crossed courtship between the young nobleman Calisto and the beautiful maiden Melibea in fifteenth-century Spain. Translator(s): Peden, Margaret Sayers. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141993
- ISBN
- 9780300141993
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
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Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993713
- ISBN
- 9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.62€ 65.96
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Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Luis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811221801
- ISBN
- 9780811221801
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.22
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Paperback. One night, Enaiatollah's mother tells him three things: don't use drugs, don't use weapons, don't steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn't there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. This book describes his five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555452
- ISBN
- 9780099555452
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857050687
- ISBN
- 9780857050687
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
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Paperback. Part of the Peter Owen World Series. A new novel from internationally renowned author of My Father's Dreams. When a family move out to the countryside to restore a dilapidated farmhouse, progress is halted by the arrival of their chaotic relatives. Flisar handles the absurd events like no other writer, imbuing the smallest incidents with meaning. Translator(s): Limon, David. Series: Peter Owen World Series: Slovenia. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720619300
- ISBN
- 9780720619300
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
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Paperback. Breda, Spain, is in the midst of the housing boom that has swept up the country. Although there are differences of opinion and the ambitious project is not without risk, the expectation of sumptuous profits drives the partners to continue. Then the corpse of one of the partners is discovered inside one of the newly constructed buildings. Translator(s): Schifino, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- FICTC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147373
- ISBN
- 9781905147373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
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Paperback. Julian has suffered three severe blows: His wife has walked out, his mother has died, and Alba, the six-year old daughter he adores, is displaying signs of emotional withdrawal and other problems. While clearing out his mother's apartment he finds an old pistol. It has obviously belonged to his father who had died years before. Translator(s): Schifino, Martin; Packard, Selina. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- FICTC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147878
- ISBN
- 9781905147878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.28
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Paperback. In the Cite, a seedy neighborhood where criminals gather, Rodolphe encounters a young prostitute of breathtaking purity who goes by the name Songbird. He saves her from an attack by a ruffian called the Slasher, setting off the dominoes of an epic narrative traversing the ranks of French society. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107125
- ISBN
- 9780143107125
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.82
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Paperback. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra; Shlesinger, Miriam; Englander, Nathan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563327
- ISBN
- 9780099563327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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Hardcover. Ex Library with usual markings.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quercus London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK First Edition; 1st printing.
- SKU
- KEX0204845
- ISBN
- 9781847247971
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Translator(s): Carr, Maurice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- David Paul United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954054274
- ISBN
- 9780954054274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
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Paperback. Translator(s): Foulston, Jill. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984506
- ISBN
- 9780141984506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
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Paperback. Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan Pablo Castel is now writing a detailed account of his relationship with the victim from his prison cell: obsessed from the first moment he saw her examining one of his paintings, Castel had become fixated on her over the next months and fantasized over how they might meet again. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194547
- ISBN
- 9780141194547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Translator(s): Lane, Helen. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985862
- ISBN
- 9780141985862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
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Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263703
- ISBN
- 9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.02
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276865
- ISBN
- 9781908276865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444937190
- ISBN
- 9781444937190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 118 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392950
- ISBN
- 9780141392950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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€ 10.81