Fiction in Translation

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession' Guardian'Essential reading for anyone who wants to ...

'Part thriller, part telenovela, a well-wrought tango noir' The Times'Vivid and unforgiving' Guardian'A breathless procedural' ____________A devast...

As Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took place thirt...

Lisbeth Salander is back - and maybe better than ever . . . Remarkable LEE CHILDHighly readable - and still ferocious Financial TimesThe first to b...

'A tantalising mystery... a mesmerising work of literature' Antony Beevor'Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war and sex' Paris ReviewA ...

After many years away, Andreas returns to his childhood home: a small island off the Norwegian coast where he grew up with his sister Minna. Their ...

Eva is walking by the river with her seven-year-old daughter when they catch sight of a mans body in the water. Eva tells her daughter to wait whil...

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD''A mesmerising reading experience for all of us seeking a meaningful life' JAPAN TIMESWhat he experienced that day was...

You are his prey The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Keplers bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect fo...

A beautifully written, complex love story the modern twists and complexities are so interesting and told with forthright energy and compassion. Pl...

'A beautifully written, dreamlike book . . . A true outlaw artist.' Bobby Gillespie, The TimesOur Lady of the Flowers, often considered Genet's mas...

S. A. An-sky's novel dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FIRST BOOK AWARDThe Sun on My Head is a collection of thirteen stories set in Rio's largest favela, gravitati...

Published with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of Time extends the astonishing universe conjured by the Three-Body Trilogy. Death is no ...

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'You're a good soul, inspector, and when you're up against the second-rate criminals you get here in Paris, ...

Who shot Kamar al-Dawla Alwan? Was it a crime of passion? What was the role of the beautiful peasant girl Rim? Is the mysterious Sheikh Asfur as cr...

Birds of Nabaa is a tale of physical and spiritual journeys, beginning in Nabaa, a remote Mauritanian village, whose herds lead the community accor...

Italys great chronicler of the macabre and of growing up geeky. Long before the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italy's most be...

Set in Palestine, before the creation of the state of Israel, this lyrical and deftly written novel spans three generations living in the small vil...

Egyptian Muslims and Jews were not always at odds. Before the Arab-Israeli wars, before the mass exodus of Jews from Egypt, there was harmony. Span...

The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordin...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. Quietly devastating HANNAH BECK...

An intimate, heartbreaking autobiographical novel of an Algerian Muslim familys exile from home and unwelcoming reception in France   An unflinchin...

An intimate, heartbreaking autobiographical novel of an Algerian Muslim familys exile from home and unwelcoming reception in France   An unflinchin...

To Remember the truth, she'll have to forget the lies...When former high-powered lawyer turned PI Selma Falck is shot and her oldest friend, a juni...

One of the great novels to have been written in our language MARIO VARGAS LLOSABeautifully written and gripping GuardianHe thought that memories we...

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray In his mind's eye he would see that slim figure in the striking clothes, those wide eyes the colou...

One of the great novels to have been written in our language MARIO VARGAS LLOSABeautifully written and gripping GuardianHe thought that memories we...

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves'Maigret would have found it difficult to formulate an opinion of him. Intellige...

A thrilling exploration of psychological disturbance and fear from the bestselling and prize-winning author of Measuring the World.*Now a major fil...

From the sensational Chinese author who has been called a new world master, a Kafkaesque novel set in a fictional Western nation  Winner of the 201...

One of the great novels of world literatureto the Chinese as Proust is to the French or Karamazov to the Russians. Anthony West, literary criticDre...

In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-Cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run...

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024SHORLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD VIKING AWARD FOR FICTION 2024Perfect for the poolside or sitting ou...

Now available for the first time in English, Manea's acclaimed novel of émigrés in America, free yet imprisoned by the past Norman Manea, Romania's...

This collection of lesser-known early short fiction ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological dramas and tragic tales demonstrates A...

A first-person diary of a prisoner's final day before being executed for an unspecified crime, Victor Hugo's poignant tale vividly conveys the ...