Translated fiction 2019

Red Dog

Willem Anker

Red Dog is a brilliant, fiercely powerful novel - a wild, epic tale of Africa in a time before boundaries between cultures and peoples were fixed.

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The Other Name: Septology I-II

Jon Fosse

The Other Name: Septology I-II, a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europe’s most celebrated writers, follows the lives of Asle and Asle - two versions of the…

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The Chandelier

Clarice Lispector

Available in English for the first time, The Chandelieris one of Lispector’s most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend.

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The Factory

Hiroko Oyamada

Told in three alternating first-person narratives, The Factory casts a vivid-if sometimes surreal-portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of modern life. With hints of Kafka and unexpected moments of creeping…

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)

A beautiful, moving story about a small Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time, to find an answer to the question: what would you…

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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Christine Feret-Fleury

Championing the intrinsic power of reading, this is a story for anyone who understands that a book can change a life.

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Billie

Anna Gavalda

A number 1 bestseller in France and translated into over twenty-five languages, Billie is one of the most beloved French novels to be published in recent years.

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Lie With Me

Philippe Besson

A gorgeous coming-of-age love story about two teenage boys in 1980s France.

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The Collection

Nina Leger

There is no pathologizing Jeanne; she resists it. There is no way to impose a story on Jeanne; she escapes it. There is no pitying Jeanne, no lusting after Jeanne…

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Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

Akutagawa-award-winning author Yu Miri uses her outsider’s perspective as a Zainichi (Korean-Japanese) writer to craft a novel of utmost importance to this moment, a powerful rebuke to the Imperial system…

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The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

‘A chaotic, furious, extraordinary Bengali confection … Irresistible’ Philip Hensher, The Spectator Books of the Year

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Animalia

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

A haunting and powerful novel from one of France’s most exciting and talented young writers.

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Dry Milk

Huo Yan

Dry Milk is a work of fiction that gives a perspective on Antipodean culture unlike any other, told from the point of view of an immigrant alienated from his new…

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Territory of Light

Yuko Tsushima

Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator’s separation…

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Comemadre

Roque Larraquy

A surprising, engrossing and darkly funny novel that experiments with the idea of what it means to be human, from a powerful new voice in Argentinian fiction

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Homeland

Fernando Aramburu

An epic and heartbreaking story of two best friends whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism.

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Deviation

Luce D'Eramo

Finally available in English translation, Deviation is at once a personal testament, a work of the imagination, an investigation into the limits of memory, a warning to future generations, and…

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Imminence

Mariana Dimopulos

Dimópulos shows her remarkable gift for weaving uncanny details into complex narrative thread. With arresting guile and grace, Imminence explores the dark inner rooms of the human soul.

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Mac and His Problem

Enrique Vila-Matas

A funny, erudite novel from one of the great European storytellers, with the process of writing and creation playfully at its heart.

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Adele

Leila Slimani

From the bestselling author of Lullaby, the prizewinning debut novel about all our attempts to discover who we are - deep down - and what we actually want.

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Beside Myself

Sasha Marianna Salzmann

A brilliant literary debut about belonging, about family and love, and about the enigmatic nature of identity.

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The Death of Murat Idrissi

Tommy Wieringa

Two venturesome women on a journey through the land of their fathers and mothers. A wrong turn. A bad decision.

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Katalin Street

Magda Szabo

From the author of The Door, this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.

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In/Half

Jasmin B. Frelih

A highly topical and extraordinary debut from one of Slovenia’s rising stars.

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The Ditch

Herman Koch

A darkly gripping novel, from the author of the internationally bestselling The Dinner - about how your imagination can run away with you, about what we fear to lose, and…

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The Spirit of Science Fiction

Roberto Bolano

A tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City from a master of contemporary fiction, and a sublime precursor to The Savage Detectives.

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Translated fiction 2019

Red Dog

The Other Name: Septology I-II

The Chandelier

The Factory

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Billie

Lie With Me

The Collection

Tokyo Ueno Station

The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die

Animalia

Dry Milk

Territory of Light

Comemadre

Homeland

Deviation

Imminence

Mac and His Problem

Adele

Beside Myself

The Death of Murat Idrissi

Katalin Street

In/Half

The Ditch

The Spirit of Science Fiction