Fiction in Translation

A Parisian writer lacking inspiration finds the heroine of his next novel outside his apartment. Telling the story of octogenarian Madeleine and her family, he finds himself drawn deeper and...

Two brothers are reunited in their old family home high in the Italian Alps, in the heart-stopping new novel from Italy's million-copy bestselling author of The Eight Mountains Alfredo and...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'But how sweet a fruit the 'suppose' must be, that people will sup and sup on it! A juicy fruit, like...

A dazzling novel about an Italian ice-cream dynasty, tradition, ambition, and the sensation of lemon sorbet melting on your tongue. In the far north of Italy lies the valley of...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer "A sty lish, subtle read" Woman &...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer "A sty lish, subtle read" Woman &...

'[I was] completely transported . . . so sparely and yet vividly told. I admired it immensely' Clare Chambers 'Aroa Moreno Duran writes with a rare sensitivity about the unconsidered...

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Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? The follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? By the time the last goal is...

Published for the first time in English, this deeply autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago tells the powerful story of the Mau-Tempo family. This deeply personal work, follows...

From 'a novelist of dazzling mastery' (Independent) and the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize- a novel about creative origin and aspiration, inspired by the author's own...

The gripping new standalone thriller from multi-million copy bestseller, Jo Nesbo. 'Suspenseful, original...special in every way' Stephen King TWO BROTHERS. BOUND BY BLOOD...AND A LIFETIME OF SECRETS. When Roy and...

Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both?- From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both? From the internationally bestselling...

Richly expansive and deeply moving, an intimate novel of secret lives and painful histories from the critically acclaimed author of Where Reasons End Lilia Liska is eighty-one. She has shrewdly...

Architect Carmine and translator Ivana were once lovers. Their child died and their relationship ended but now, decades on, both with marriages and children of their own, they are friends....

An astonishing and moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella seriesOther people don't...

Under strange circumstances, a young girl loses her mother, and her father blindly invites his girlfriend into the home to care for her. On shaky new ground, the girl struggles,...

"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...

"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...

"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer"A stylish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK...

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER? 'It's often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here'This is a small story about big questions. It's a story...

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer"A stylish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK...

"True in the way only great fiction can be . . . Every word matters. Read it" CLARE OSHETSKY "Clara's sentences are tender and illuminating, they carefully guided me along...

A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide. 1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune...

A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide. 1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune...

"True in the way only great fiction can be . . . Every word matters. Read it" CLARE OSHETSKY "Clara's sentences are tender and illuminating, they carefully guided me along...

'A powerful, elegant page-turner' J.M. Lee'Gentle yet piercing' Kirkus ReviewsAfter losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon returns to her childhood home in the Korean countryside to look after...

"A windswept, wave-tossed, altogether irresistible novel of literary suspense - I truly didn't want it to end" A. J. FINN"In its scale, scope and ambition, The Sea Cemetery is truly...

Author: Raphaela EdelbauerFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 210mm, 336 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2021When her parents die in a car accident, highly talented Austrian physicist Ruth Schwarz is confronted with...

Author: Daniela KrienFormat: Hardback, 142mm x 220mm, 311g, 192 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2023In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in...

Author: Margaret Mazzantini Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 A mother's love knows no limits Libya, 2010. As Gaddafi clings desperately to power, and chaos and violence flood the streets...

Author: Margaret Mazzantini Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 A mother's love knows no limits Libya, 2010. As Gaddafi clings desperately to power, and chaos and violence flood the streets...

Author: Daniela Krien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH...

Author: Marco Missiroli Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES 'Erotically charged... this intimate and ultimately moving analysis of desire and the long-term...

Author: Kyung-Sook Shin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Soon after losing her own daughter in a tragic accident, Hon returns to her childhood home in the Korean countryside after...