Best Translated Book Award longlist 2016

Cover image for War, So Much War
Paperback

War, So Much War

Merce Rodoreda,Mercae Rodoreda

Merce Rodoreda’s final novel, this is a meditation on the consequences of moral degradation and the inescapable presence of evil.

$31.99

Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for Tram 83
Paperback

Tram 83

Fiston Mujila Mwanza

Exceptional debut Congolese novel uses jazz rhythm to evoke the frenzied exploitation of land and people in contemporary Africa

$24.99

Available to order, ships in 3-5 daysAvailable to order

Cover image for The Things We Don't Do
Paperback

The Things We Don’t Do

Andres Neuman

Originally published in 2012 by Alfaguara, Spain, as Hablar solos –Title page verso.

$31.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for The Story of My Teeth
Paperback

The Story of My Teeth

Valeria Luiselli, PhD (Columbia University)

Bon vivant, world traveler, auctioneerthe story of Highway and his teeth is like Johnny Cash meets Robert Walser in Mexico.

$22.99

In stock at 2 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 2 shops

Cover image for Sphinx
Paperback

Sphinx

Anne Garreta

A landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.

$34.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for The Sleep of the Righteous
Paperback

The Sleep of the Righteous

Wolfgang Hilbig

Originally published: Der Schlaf der Gerechten. Frankfurt am Maim: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, A2002.

$34.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for Signs Preceding the End of the World
Paperback

Signs Preceding the End of the World

Yuri Herrera,Lisa Dillman

Makina knows how to survive in a macho world. Leaving her native Mexico in search of her brother, she’s smuggled into the USA bearing two secret messages - one from…

$41.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for The Physics Of Sorrow
Paperback

The Physics Of Sorrow

Georgi Gospodinov

Shortlisted for prizes around the world, Georgi Gospodinov’s thrilling new novel is about physics, myths, and the power of stories.

$34.99

Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for One Out Of Two: A Novel
Paperback

One Out Of Two: A Novel

Daniel Sada

Identical twin spinsters, Gloria and Constituciaon Gamal, enjoy their successful tailoring business in rural Mexico and take particular thrills in confusing people. When a new suitor arrives, one sister decides…

$31.99

Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for Gabrielle Wittkop - Murder Most Serene
Paperback

Gabrielle Wittkop - Murder Most Serene

Gabrielle Wittkop

In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but…

$29.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for Moods
Paperback

Moods

Yoel Hoffmann

Yoel Hoffmann- Israel’s celebrated avant-garde genius (The Forward)-supplies the magic missing link between the infinitesimal and the infinite

$26.99

Available to order, ships in 10-14 daysAvailable to order

Cover image for Mirages of the Mind
Paperback

Mirages of the Mind

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi

A hilarious and nostalgic account of twentieth-century Muslim life on the Indian subcontinent

$55.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for The Meursault Investigation
Paperback

The Meursault Investigation

Kamel Daoud

A worthy complement to its great predecessor, The Meursault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria, but also a…

$19.99

Available to order, ships in 3-5 daysAvailable to order

 Read review
Cover image for I Refuse
Paperback

I Refuse

Per Petterson

From the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses I refuse to compromise. I refuse to forgive. I refuse to forget. Tommy’s mother has gone.

$45.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for A General Theory of Oblivion
Paperback

A General Theory of Oblivion

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture…

$41.99

Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for The Four Books
Paperback

The Four Books

Yan Lianke

Tells the story of the Great Famine, one of China’s most devastating and controversial periods. This book was the winner of The Franz Kafka Prize 2014.

$26.99

Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

Cover image for Complete Stories
Paperback

Complete Stories

Clarice Lispector

Features stories ranging from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don’t know…

$32.99

In stock at 4 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 4 shops

Cover image for Arvida
Paperback

Arvida

Samuel Archibald

A 25000-copy Bestseller in French, Arvida reads like a Proust-obsessed Cormac McCarthy whose muse is a mining town in Quebec.

$36.99

Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order