Travel the World in Bury Place
Selected by the Bookshop
Travel the World in Bury Place
Books in translation go from strength to strength here in Bloomsbury, countering the suspicion that our small island is growing more insular in its outlook. This selection of our bestselling fiction titles from this year features books from Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Norwegian, Korean, French, German, Spanish and Swedish.
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Translated by Kate WebsterWhite Nights, the debut short story collection from poet Urszula Honek, is a series of thirteen interconnected stories concerning the various tragedies and misfortunes that befall a group of people who all…
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Translated by Polly Barton'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY'Delicious' i-D Magazine'Salivatingly well-written' RENA MATSUIThe cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the…
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Translated by Ken LiuRead the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses…
Recommended by Charlie
‘The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas is a deceptively simple novel of immense power. In spare and beautiful prose, Vesaas evokes the icy Norwegian landscape and the uncertainty and longing of the young girls Siss and Unn, whose intense friendship has devastating consequences. It is a remarkable book – profound, disturbing, unforgettable.’
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Translated by John LambertThe major new novel from the international bestselling author Edouard Louis - about social class, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind.One question took centre stage in my life, it focused…
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Translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewonBook of the Year 2023 according to New Yorker, TIME magazine, KirkusA powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The…
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'In this masterpiece Kawabata, his brush dipped in silver, renders all the excruciating anguish and beauty of post-war Japan' Edmund WhiteWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two…
Recommended by Victoria
‘Bachmann – one of Austria’s greatest twentieth century writers – died fifty years ago, and yet her only completed novel Malina is as relevant as ever: a woman, a successful writer using her sense of humour to deal with memories of war and violence, and the two mediocre men in her life.’
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Translated by Christopher Middleton and othersOne of the great works of European short fiction, by turns funny, reflective and profoundRanging from one-page fantasies to novella-length studies of everyday existence, The…
Recommended by Claire
‘Sjöwall and Wahlöö wrote a series of 10 crime novels, not only to entertain, but also to provide important social commentary on 1960s Sweden. These are the Scandi noir OGs who influenced everyone from Mankell to The Killing.’
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Translated by Anton HurBy the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia,…
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Translated by Jesse Kirkwood'A classic of postwar Japanese crime fiction' Financial Times'It was a puzzle with no solution. But he did not lose heart.'In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and…
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Translated by Annie McDermottThree men go out fishing, returning to a favourite spot on the river despite their memories of a terrible accident there years earlier. As a long, sultry day passes, they drink and cook and talk and dance, and…
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Translated by Kay Heikkinen A daring and captivating novel about a Palestinian family, told with love, wisdom and black humour*As featured as an editor's pick on Radio Four's OPEN BOOK**One of the Guardian's books to look out for…
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THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE“A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever.” Financial TimesGuatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup…
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