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The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection) By Valeria Luiselli (Editor), Jenny Minton Quigley (Series edited by) Cover Image
By Valeria Luiselli (Editor), Jenny Minton Quigley (Series edited by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593467541
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Published: Anchor - September 13th, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lorrie Moore, Olga Tokarczuk, Joseph O'Neill, and Samanta Schweblin.

"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." —The Atlantic Monthly


The Years By Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Translated by) Cover Image
By Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781609807870
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Published: Seven Stories Press - November 21st, 2017

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008


Novelist as a Vocation By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by) Cover Image
By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780451494641
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Published: Knopf - November 8th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.


The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by) Cover Image
By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593134092
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Published: Hogarth - February 1st, 2022

“The beautiful, horrible world of Mariana Enriquez, as glimpsed in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, with its disturbed adolescents, ghosts, decaying ghouls, the sad and angry homeless of modern Argentina, is the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time.”—Kazuo Ishiguro, The Guardian


Violeta [English Edition]: A Novel By Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (Translated by) Cover Image
By Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (Translated by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593496206
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Published: Ballantine Books - January 25th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.

“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—People


No Longer Human By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by) Cover Image
By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811204811
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Published: New Directions - January 17th, 1973

The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.


Before Your Memory Fades By Toshikazu Kawaguchi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781335429285
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Published: Hanover Square Press - November 15th, 2022

The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.


Men Without Women: Stories (Vintage International) By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by) Cover Image
By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101974520
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Published: Vintage - May 1st, 2018

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama).


Translating Myself and Others By Jhumpa Lahiri Cover Image
$21.95
ISBN: 9780691231167
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 17th, 2022

Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translator

Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.


Breasts and Eggs By Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator) Cover Image
By Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781609456702
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Published: Europa Editions - March 23rd, 2021

A BEST BOOK OF 2020
TIME MagazineThe AtlanticBook RiotElectric LiteratureThe New York Times (Notable Book of the Year)

The story of three women by a writer hailed by Haruki Murakami as Japan's most important contemporary novelist, WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE.


Trust By Domenico Starnone, Jhumpa Lahiri (Translator) Cover Image
By Domenico Starnone, Jhumpa Lahiri (Translator)
$17.00
ISBN: 9781609457037
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Published: Europa Editions - November 9th, 2021

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2021


Following the international success of Ties and the National Book Award-shortlisted Trick, Domenico Starnone gives readers another searing portrait of human relationships and human folly.


Fresh Water for Flowers By Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781609456764
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Published: Europa Editions - May 4th, 2021

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2021
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK


A #1 international best-seller, Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all.


Empty Wardrobes By Maria Judite de Carvalho, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Kate Zambreno (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Maria Judite de Carvalho, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator), Kate Zambreno (Introduction by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781949641219
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Published: Two Lines Press - October 12th, 2021

"There is no doubting the authenticity of Carvalho's vision and the originality and severity of her voice." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books


Waiting for the Waters to Rise By Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) Cover Image
By Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator)
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ISBN: 9781642860733
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Published: World Editions - August 5th, 2021

Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed mother and his ex-lover Azelia, both now gone, as are the hopes and aspirations he's carried with him since his arrival in Guadeloupe. Until, one day, the child Ana's comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude.


On the Origin of Species and Other Stories By Bo-Young Kim, Sunyoung Park (Editor), Joungmin Lee Comfort (Translator) Cover Image
By Bo-Young Kim, Sunyoung Park (Editor), Joungmin Lee Comfort (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781885030719
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Published: Kaya Press - May 25th, 2021

New adventures in posthuman sci-fi from the author of I'm Waiting for You

Longlisted for National Book Award in Translated Literature, 2021


When We Cease to Understand the World By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by) Cover Image
By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681375663
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Published: New York Review Books - September 28th, 2021

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature

A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining.


Winter in Sokcho By Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator) Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781948830416
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Published: Open Letter - April 27th, 2021

2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman--a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French Korean author


In Memory of Memory By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translated by) Cover Image
By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780811228831
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Published: New Directions - February 9th, 2021

An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers
Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize
Winner of the MLA Lois Roth Translation Award


A Single Rose By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator) Cover Image
By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781609456771
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Published: Europa Editions - September 28th, 2021

The Italian By Shukri Mabkhout, Miled Faiza (Translator), Karen McNeil (Translator) Cover Image
By Shukri Mabkhout, Miled Faiza (Translator), Karen McNeil (Translator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781609457013
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Published: Europa Editions - October 19th, 2021

Winner of the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the most important literary prize in the Arab world, The Italian tells an emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Springs.


Nives By Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford (Translator) Cover Image
By Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford (Translator)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781609456665
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Published: Europa Editions - May 4th, 2021

Shortlisted for the 2022 Italian Prose in Translation Award


One of the most exciting new voices in Italian literature brings to life a hauntingly beautiful story of undying love, loss, and resilience, and a fierce, unforgettable new heroine


Life Sciences By Joy Sorman, Lara Vergnaud (Translator), Catherine Lacey (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Joy Sorman, Lara Vergnaud (Translator), Catherine Lacey (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781632062956
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Published: Restless Books - October 12th, 2021

"Joy Sorman's Life Sciences takes an overtly political premise--the medical establishment's inability or perhaps refusal to take seriously the physical struggles of women--and transforms it into a surreal and knife-deep work of fiction that asks: What pain can we abide, and what pain must we fight back against, even if the fight hurts more than the disease itself?" --Lena Dunha


The Flowers of Evil: (Les Fleurs du mal) By Charles Baudelaire, Aaron Poochigian (Translated by), Dana Gioia (Introduction by), Daniel Handler (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Charles Baudelaire, Aaron Poochigian (Translated by), Dana Gioia (Introduction by), Daniel Handler (Afterword by)
$27.95
ISBN: 9781631498596
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Published: Liveright - December 7th, 2021

On the 200th anniversary of Baudelaire’s birth comes this stunning landmark translation of the book that launched modern poetry.


Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (Bilingual Edition): Bilingual Edition By Amara Lakhous, Ann Goldstein (Translator) Cover Image
By Amara Lakhous, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781609457228
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Published: Europa Editions - March 23rd, 2021

The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author (Publishers Weekly).