Fiction in translation
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Fiction in translation
Paperback. Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697280
- ISBN
- 9781906697280
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300. 358 pages. Set against the backdrop of the the Pugachev rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed novel and remains one of his most popular works. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492159
- ISBN
- 9781847492159
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Paperback. What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening. But how? And why? Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141393469
- ISBN
- 9780141393469
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.59
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Paperback. Kafka's story about a man seeking acceptance and access to the mysterious castle is among the central works of modern literature. This translation follows the German critical text and includes a detailed introduction and notes to this famously enigmatic novel. Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199238286
- ISBN
- 9780199238286
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
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Paperback. Features K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveals a truth about the nature of existence. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241197806
- ISBN
- 9780241197806
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Kafka's novel is a study of relationships, particularly between the individual and society and between thought and action. K's isolation and perplexity and his begging for the approval of elusive and anonymous powers, epitomize Kafka's vision of 20th-century alienation and anxiety. Translator(s): Underwood, J. A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749399528
- ISBN
- 9780749399528
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Translator(s): Harman, Mark. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805211061
- ISBN
- 9780805211061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.71
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Paperback. Below stairs at a glamorous hotel on the Champs-Elysees, the workers lives are worlds away from the luxury enjoyed by the wealthy guests. When their worlds meet, Maigret discovers a tragic story of ambition, blackmail and unrequited love. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241188446
- ISBN
- 9780241188446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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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
€ 15.99€ 15.96
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Paperback. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512669
- ISBN
- 9781905512669
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Condition: New
€ 12.40
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Paperback. Its France, 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime. A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. Translator(s): Glencross, Michael. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: FFH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906040062
- ISBN
- 9781906040062
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
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Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 107 x 36. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179737
- ISBN
- 9780804179737
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.15
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paperback. Collected here are superb new translations of the finest tales - from the founding master of Russian surreal allegory and irony Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084217
- ISBN
- 9781847084217
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
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Paperback. Translator(s): Waters, Alyson. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811217958
- ISBN
- 9780811217958
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.93
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Paperback. Includes novels which are intended to be read as allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099518440
- ISBN
- 9780099518440
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210552
- ISBN
- 9780805210552
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.90
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Paperback. It's the 1970s and cracks are starting to appear in the alliance between China and its Communist cohort Albania. When an Albanian steps on the foot of a Chinese diplomat the tension cranks up - couriers between Tirana and Beijing carry annotated x-rays of the foot back and forth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560890
- ISBN
- 9780099560890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. A new translation of Robert Musil's first novel, a fresco of psychoanalysis, philosophy, eroticism, snobbery, sado-masochism and schoolboy humour, a hothouse of alternately repressed and unchained desires that prefigure the carnage of both World Wars. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493545
- ISBN
- 9781847493545
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669400
- ISBN
- 9780199669400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down. This is the fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199664788
- ISBN
- 9780199664788
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. In 1974 the same boy had surfaced in connection with a sudden death in his new home. And then again ten years later, in connection with yet another case: a dramatic double-murder in Sunnfjord. The small boy is now an adult, and on the run in Oslo, determined to take revenge on those responsible for destroying his life. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413385
- ISBN
- 9781906413385
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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Paperback. Young Jawad, born to a Shi'ite family of corpse washers and shrouders in Baghdad, decides to abandon the family tradition, choosing instead to become a sculptor, to celebrate life rather than tend to death. He enters Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, determined to forge his own path. But the circumstances of history dictate otherwise. Translator(s): Antoon, Sinan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205640
- ISBN
- 9780300205640
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Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.66
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Paperback. In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, "The Cossacks" describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Editor(s): McDuff, David. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 440 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449594
- ISBN
- 9780140449594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Hardback. An abridged, pocket hardback edition of this classic revenge story. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 35. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827978
- ISBN
- 9781509827978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.56
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