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Fiction in translation

Paperback. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346. 247 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight: 346. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787842
ISBN
9781564787842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.54

Paperback. Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. Translator(s): Drew, Flora. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572268
ISBN
9780099572268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Caldwell, Helen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970504
ISBN
9781907970504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Bill. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671848
ISBN
9780914671848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.16

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. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788170461401
ISBN
9788170461401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.77

Hardcover. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107044
ISBN
9781405107044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.50

Paperback. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107051
ISBN
9781405107051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.87

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. A novel that 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. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9788170461395
ISBN
9788170461395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.76

Hardback. Deals with beheadings, both literal and metaphorical. This narrative takes us from the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic history, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, via the torture of communists in Nasser's detention camps, and the meanderings of a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread riots of 1977. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161889
ISBN
9789774161889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.96

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
€ 9.34

Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391458
ISBN
9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The third book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439133
ISBN
9780007439133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.46

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439119
ISBN
9780007439119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. The ninth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007439195
ISBN
9780007439195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Lewis, Tess. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671466
ISBN
9780914671466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194898
ISBN
9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

paperback. A book that is full of personal stories, set against a background of the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath at home, and the wider world as Coca-Cola sets up a factory nearby and news comes in of men landing on the moon. It is a philosophical take on memory, belonging, and the nature of storytelling itself. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597438
ISBN
9780099597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.88

Hardback. As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422439
ISBN
9780857422439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.90

Paperback. CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002293
ISBN
9781782270638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving, Proust's stories - presented here in Andrew Brown's nuanced translation, the only edition currently in print - are layered with imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological atmosphere of his later masterpiece. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Only edition in print
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493170
ISBN
9781847493170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. The foremost Proust scholar of our time offers a brilliantly revised and annotated edition of the first volume of the twentieth century's most acclaimed novel Editor(s): Carter, William C. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. Series: In Search of Lost Time. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 192 x 28. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300185430
ISBN
9780300185430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. 'Asharat nisaa' offers a kaleidoscopic look at the contemporary troubles of women, exploring themes ranging from old age to lesbianism and classic problems with roles: as daughters, mothers and wives. The novel is based on the author's conviction that wounds can be healed through sharing and working together. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194775
ISBN
9789992194775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. A family saga imbued with mythic qualities, set in Sardinia during the early twentieth century. Translator(s): Mazzarella, Silvester. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848667945
ISBN
9781848667945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

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