Fiction in Translation

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...

'I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as allthe books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance bought a copy...

Natalya Filippovna may be a middle-aged, single mother and member of the Russian minority in Estonia, but she is content with her simple life. She ...

'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macqua...

Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In th...

The significance of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book to our musical canon is well known; the remarkable story of its copyist and compiler, Francis Tre...

An international bestseller, Marie Sabine-Roger's heartwarming novel is a touching and comic tale about the power of books. For fans of The Uncommo...

Richly engaging . . . Skilfully translated by David Homel - Michael Arditti, SpectatorA touching tale of a beleaguered dreamer . . . Lightness bal...

'One of the greatest novels ever written' Philippe Sands Roth's masterpiece: an epic, moving account of the final days of the Austro-Hungarian em...

'One of the greatest European novelists of the century' Sunday Times Andreas is an alcoholic and a vagrant who lives under a bridge. Downtrodden, ...

''This book''s power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Ro...

An explosive and daring novel about bodies, sex, politics and disability by the prize-winning Spanish writer Cristina MoralesÁngela, Patricia, Marg...

Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match JO NESBOThe Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historica...

Maylis de Kerangal conjures the same painterly realism her characters hope to achieve in paint London MagazineEvocative and exhilerating BooklistMa...

We've all stood on a street corner and let the city's lights and sounds pass by. What do we hear when we listen to the sounds of the city? What tra...

If the dead could speak, what would they say to the living? From their graves in the field, the oldest part of Paulstadts cemetery, the towns late ...

Winner of the International Dublin Literary Award'Remarkable . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity' The Sunday Times'Z...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE GUARDIAN: 'DEEPLY PLEASURABLE'A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE SPECTATOR: 'WHAT A JOY''Magnificent' Guardian'A towering achive...

Gonzalo is a frustrated would-be poet in a city full of poets; poets lurk in every bookshop, prop up every bar, ready to debate the merits of Teill...

Solà pushes past the limits of human experience to tell a story of instinct and earth-time that is irresistible in its jagged glory. - C Pam Zhang,...