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Fiction in translation

Hardback. The formation of Saudi Arabia in 1932, with the unification of the two Kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd, not only unified parts of the Arabian peninsula which had until then remained disparate, but also led to the development of a distinct Saudi Arabian literature. This title offers insight into the complex and enigmatic setting of Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Sebail, Abdulaziz; Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FA; FYB; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760995
ISBN
9781780760995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.72
€ 133.93

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
€ 10.06

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738923
ISBN
9781904738923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Communication or the lack thereof is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 356 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789600
ISBN
9781564789600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; FA; FW; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 25. .
Publisher
Hoopoe Fiction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168178
ISBN
9789774168178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564788610
ISBN
9781564788610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.00

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

€ 18.99
€ 16.53

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

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

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
€ 25.12

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
€ 10.59

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
€ 8.95

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
€ 9.93

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
€ 11.46

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
€ 20.67

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: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449723
ISBN
9780140449723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.93

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
€ 13.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Castells, Jordi. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 297 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Number of pages
196
Publisher
Amazon Publishing United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503937567
ISBN
9781503937567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. 192 pages. "A hidden genius of Argentine literature."--Le Monde. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 13. Weight: 250. Translator(s): Novey, Idra.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786043
ISBN
9781564786043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.92

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

Paperback. Lene is a beautiful, orphaned young seamstress, and Botho is a handsome, aristocratic cavalry officer. They are in love, yet know they have only a short time together as society deems their relationship impossible and refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of their feelings. Translator(s): Bowman, Peter James. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392172
ISBN
9780141392172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Tells the story of a young man who wears a chair upside down on his head. He falls in love with a young woman named Meline, and soon he and his friends move in with her and her family. But they are disappointed by the life they find at Meline's. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 135 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263963
ISBN
9780803263963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. Turgenev is an author who no longer belongs to Russia only. During the last fifteen years of his life he won for himself the reading public, first in France, then in Germany and America, and finally in England. As regards his method of dealing with his material and shaping it into mould, he stands even higher than as a pure creator. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Publication date
1950
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2232311
ISBN
9780140440096
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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