A Book in Translation

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Updated May 6, 2025
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Celestial bodies : a novel
Alharthi, Jokha
Paper Book
What you are looking for is in the library : a novel
Aoyama, Michiko
Paper Book
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...
The dangers of smoking in bed : stories
Enriquez, Mariana
Paper Book
A masterpiece of contemporary Gothic from the internationally acclaimed author of Things We Lost in the Fire.
Things we lost in the fire : stories
Enriquez, Mariana
Paper Book
Dark and haunting stories of contemporary Argentina.
My brilliant friend
Ferrante, Elena.
Paper Book
#1 BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times-bestselling "enduring masterpiece" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the...
The Summer Book
Jansson, Tove
Paper Book
A profoundly life affirming story about a small girl and her grandmother who are kindred spirits.
The Kamogawa food detectives
Kashiwai, Hisashi
Paper Book
The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time?Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a...
Death Is Hard Work: A Novel
Khalifa, Khaled
Paper Book
A tale of three ordinary people embarking on a dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war - with little more than simple determination.
Whereabouts
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Paper Book
'If the antidote to a year of solitude and trauma is art, then this novel is the answer. It is superb' SUNDAY TIMES'A rare kind of literary celebrity' VOGUE'A hypnotic disappearing act' OBSERVERThe new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker...
The Full Moon Coffee Shop : a novel
Mochizuki, Mai
Paper Book
A MAGICAL TALE OF CATS, CAKES AND ASTROLOGY FOR READERS OF BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD HUMANS ARE STARS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, MIZUKI. EVERY ONE OF THEM. THE #1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING HEALING SERIES THAT FEELS LIKE A HUG...
Convenience store woman
Murata, Sayaka
Paper Book
The surprise smash hit - Japan's answer to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.
The night of Baba Yaga
O?tani, Akira
Paper Book
A no-holds-barred queer gangland thriller from Japanese debut Akira Otani for fans of Chain Gang All Stars, Bullet Train and Tender is the Flesh
Frankenstein in Baghdad : a novel
Sa?da?wi?, Ah?mad
Paper Book
  WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Fever dream : a novel
Schweblin, Samanta
Paper Book
  SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017 Tightly wound and full of dread, Fever Dream is a chilling tale of maternal love and environmental catastrophe, from an Argentinian literary star   'The book I wish I had written' Lisa Taddeo, author of...
Mouthful of birds : stories
Schweblin, Samanta
Paper Book
  A SPELLBINDINGLY CREEPY COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, FROM AN ARGENTINIAN LITERARY STAR 'The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales.' J...
The lost village
Sten, Camilla
Audiobook
We'll prescribe you a cat
Syou, Ishida
Paper Book
Your next read! For fans of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, discover the award-winning heartwarming sensation. Readers adore it: 'The most wonderful book I've ever read' ***** 'A terrific idea, a powerful ending, brilliant storytelling' ***** ...
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Ebook
Territory of light
Tsushima, Yūko
Paper Book
'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble It is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up...

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