New translated fiction 2021

Woman Running in the Mountains

Yuko Tsushima,Geraldine Harcourt

Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese…

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In His Own Image

Jerome Ferrari

Passion, death, and the ambiguous relationship between art and reality.

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Happy Stories, Mostly

Norman Erikson Pasaribu

A collection of twelve stories that queer the norm.

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Love in the Big City

Sang Young Park

A fresh and unique debut novel by the bestselling young star of Korean queer fiction about queers and Catholicism, women, abortion, STDs, and the socio-economic class divide in contemporary South…

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Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Maria Gainza, Thomas Bunstead (trans.)

For readers of Olivia Laing, Mariana Enriquez, Deborah Levy and Valeria Luiselli, a playfully brilliant novel about women’s influence, legacy, art and friendship

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Paradais

Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes (trans.)

Author of the acclaimed novel Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell: paradise

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Even the Darkest Night: A Terra Alta Investigation

Javier Cercas

A Terra Alta novel. Winner of Spain’s biggest literary prize - the Premio Planeta

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People From My Neighbourhood

Hiromi Kawakami (Y)

From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction.

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My Brilliant Life

Ae-ran Kim

My Brilliant Life interweaves the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times.

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The Night Will Be Long

Santiago Gamboa, Andrea Rosenberg (trans.)

An addictive and nuanced narrative about conflict-rife Colombia.

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A World with No Shore

Hélène Gaudy, Stephanie Smee (trans.)

The surprise French bestseller - a brilliant contemporary twist on the historical novel.

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Strangers I Know

Claudia Durastanti, Elizabeth Harris (trans.)

A bold, contemporary and urgent novel from a renowned Italian writer that examines silence in different forms, immigration, family and social class.

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The Blacksmith’s Daughter

Selim Ozdogan, Ayça Türkoglu (trans.), Katy Derbyshire (trans.)

A young girl navigates the joys and sorrows of rural life on the cusp of the modern world in mid-twentieth century Turkey.

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Our Happy Days

Julia Holbe, Imogen Taylor (trans.)

A vivid tale of love and friendship, coincidence and fate, guilt and betrayal-and the memories of a summer that changed things forever.

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The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk

The much-anticipated English translation of Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus

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The City of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A return to the mythical Barcelona library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

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Where You Come From

Sasa Stanisic

A powerful exploration of identity and belonging, Where You Come From is the major new novel from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Sasa Stanisic, published for the first time by…

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The Woman from Uruguay

Pedro Mairal

From acclaimed Argentine author Pedro Mairal and Man Booker International-winning translator Jennifer Croft, the unforgettable story of two would-be lovers over the course of a single day.

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Harsh Times

Mario Vargas Llosa

The new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning master of fiction - the true story of Guatemala’s political turmoil of the 1950s.

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Men in My Situation: By the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson

A tender, scintillating portrait of grief, divorce, fatherhood and a life going to pieces. A major new novel from the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses.

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Olga

Prof Bernhard Schlink

The life of one woman - Olga - from late 19th century Prussia to modern Germany. A novel of love, passion and History from beloved modern master Bernhard Schlink.

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Lemon

Kwon Yeo-sun, Janet Hong (trans.)

Focusing on the unsolved murder of teenage girl, this literary crime novel offers insights into gender, class and privilege in Seoul, and marks the English-language debut for award-winning Korean author…

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The Cat Who Saved Books

Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai (trans.)

A charming and heartwarming Japanese tale about the importance and magic of books, for all who love reading them.

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The Silence of Scheherazade

Defne Suman

Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this historical novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman…

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The Country of Others

Leila Slimani

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and 2016.

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The Woman in the Purple Skirt

Natsuko Imamura

Clever, bewildering and darkly comic, The Woman in the Purple Skirt is the story of two women whose lives are set to become terribly entwined.

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The Inseparables

Simone de Beauvoir

This recently rediscovered novel from the author of The Second Sex is the compulsive story of two close friends growing up and falling apart.

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All Men Want to Know

Nina Bouraoui

A haunting, lyrical French bestseller set in Paris and Algiers about desire, shame and violence

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People Like Them: the award-winning thriller for fans of Lullaby

Samira Sedira

Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful prize-winning novel explores the darker side of human nature - and the terrible things people are capable of.

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The Therapist

Helene Flood

From the mind of a psychologist comes a taut and chilling domestic thriller with a double twist that will leave you reeling.

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What You Can See From Here

Mariana Leky

A story about the absurdity of life and death, a bittersweet portrait of village life and the wider world that beckons beyond, What You Can See from Here is a…

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I Am the Tiger

John Ajvide Lindqvist

From the bestselling author of Let the Right One In, comes John Ajvide Lindqvist’s most twisted thriller yet

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Terminal Boredom: Stories

Izumi Suzuki

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.

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Hard Like Water

Yan Lianke

A laugh-out-loud political and sexual satire about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, by the acclaimed author of Serve The People!

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The Republic of False Truths

Alaa Al Aswany

The idealistic young from different backgrounds - engineers, teachers, medical students, and among them the general’s daughter - have come together to challenge the status quo. Euphoria mounts as Mubarak…

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Higher Ground

Anke Stelling

A prize-winning novel about class, money, creativity, and motherhood, that ultimately reveals what happens when the hypocrisies we live by are exposed…

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The Black Cathedral: A Novel

Marcial Gala

Haunting and transcendently twisted, this English-language debut from a Cuban literary star is a tale of race, magic, belief, and fate.

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Summer Brother

Jaap Robben

In this honest, tender account of brotherly love, thirteen-year-old Brian is tasked with caring for his disabled older brother.

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Whereabouts

Jhumpa Lahiri

The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author: a haunting portrait of a woman, her decisions, her conversations, her solitariness, in a beautiful and lonely Italian city

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Toddler Hunting and Other Stories: With an introduction by Sayaka Murata

Taeko Kono

A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century - ‘shocking, ominous, and subversive’ The Paris Review

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First Person Singular

Haruki Murakami

A brilliant new collection of short stories from the unique mind of the internationally bestselling author of Men Without Women and Killing Commendatore.

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How Do You Live?

Genzaburo Yoshino

Publishing in English for the very first time, Japan’s beloved coming of age classic on what really matters in life The streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen year-old Copper as…

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Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

A #1 Japanese bestseller and winner of the influential Japan booksellers’ award. Convenience Store Woman with a fantasy twist, exploring emotional and anxiety issues in modern-day Japan.

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Touring the Land of the Dead

Maki Kashimada

A dream-like, emotionally charged tale by a bold new voice in Japanese fiction

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Fog

Kaja Malanowska

More than fog obscures the truth in this chilling Warsaw police procedural

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The Art of Losing

Alice Zeniter

A powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy years across the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

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A Girl Returned

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Set against the stark, beautiful landscape of Abruzzo in central Italy, this is a compelling story about mothers and daughters, about responsibility, siblings, and caregiving, pitch-perfect in Ann Goldstein's English…

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Three O'Clock in the Morning

Gianrico Carofiglio

From one of Italy’s best-selling authors a coming-of-age story set over 48 hours in the streets of Marseille, as a father and son connect for the first time

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New translated fiction 2021

Woman Running in the Mountains

In His Own Image

Happy Stories, Mostly

Love in the Big City

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Paradais

Even the Darkest Night: A Terra Alta Investigation

People From My Neighbourhood

My Brilliant Life

The Night Will Be Long

A World with No Shore

Strangers I Know

The Blacksmith’s Daughter

Our Happy Days

The Books of Jacob

The City of Mist

Where You Come From

The Woman from Uruguay

Harsh Times

Men in My Situation: By the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses

Olga

Lemon

The Cat Who Saved Books

The Silence of Scheherazade

The Country of Others

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

The Inseparables

All Men Want to Know

People Like Them: the award-winning thriller for fans of Lullaby

The Therapist

What You Can See From Here

I Am the Tiger

Terminal Boredom: Stories

Hard Like Water

The Republic of False Truths

Higher Ground

The Black Cathedral: A Novel

Summer Brother

Whereabouts

Toddler Hunting and Other Stories: With an introduction by Sayaka Murata

First Person Singular

How Do You Live?

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Touring the Land of the Dead

Fog

The Art of Losing

A Girl Returned

Three O'Clock in the Morning