Fiction in Translation

Gustaf Skördeman / Codename Faust

 Who have you spoken to about me?What do you know about Operation Wahasha?What have you told Detective Sara Nowak?These are the last words priest Jürgen Stiller hears before he is executed...

Hallgrímur Helgason / 101 Reykjavik

 Hlynur Björn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy,...

Hans Olav Lahlum / Satellite People

Oslo, 1969: when a wealthy man collapses and dies during a dinner party, Norwegian Police Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen, known as K2, is shaken. For the victim, Magdalon Schelderup, a...

Henri Cueco / Conversations With My Gardener (Hardback)

Two men, both advancing in years, converse in a garden deep in the French countryside. One is an artist, the other his gardener. On finishing his work, the gardener enters the studio and looks over...

Herta Müller / The Appointment (Large Paperback)

Ive been summoned. Thursday, ten sharp. Thus begins a day in the life of a young factory worker in totalitarian Romania. Her crime? Sewing notes into the linings of mens suits bound for Italy. Marry...

Ismail Kadare / A Girl in Exile (Hardback)

Stefa, a playwright, is called in for questioning by the Party committee after an unknown girl, Linda B., is found dead with a signed copy of his latest book in her possession. Stefa remembers...

Iván Repila / The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse

It looks impossible to get out,' he says. And also: 'But we'll get out.'Two brothers, Big and Small, are trapped at the bottom of a well. They have no food and little chance of rescue. Only the...

Jenő Rejtő / The Blonde Hurricane (Large Paperback)

A combination of thriller and love story, The Blonde Hurricane centers around the race to find a priceless family jewel concealed in a statuette of Buddha that an international band of crooks are...

Jordi Llobregat / The Secret of Vesalius (Hardback)

A gripping new Frankenstein set in 19th century Barcelona - a historical thriller sold in 18 countriesFrankenstein meets The Shadow of the Wind in a Gothic thriller set in the diabolical city of...

Juan Gabriel Vásquez / The All Saints' Day Lovers (Hardback)

From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Sound of Things Falling, a brilliant collection of stories that showcases why he is one of the best writers—in any language—working...

Karine Tuil / The Age of Reinvention (Large Paperback)

On his eighteenth birthday, Samuel Baron finds out he is not who he thought he was. He is shocked to find that the people who raised him are not his real parents and that his real name is a variation...

Karl Ove Knausgård / My Struggle: Book One (Hardback)

Almost ten years have passed since Karl Ove Knausgaard's father drank himself to death. Vulnerable and assailed by doubts, he is now embarking on a new novel. With an uncanny eye for detail,...