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Take a journey through time and across continents with our handpicked selection of the best fiction in translation. As you browse what’s on offer, explore cities as diverse as Buenos Aires, Naples and Algiers on shelves boasting a range of genres, from thriller to comedy to historical saga.

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Market Day!

An online bookshop is all very well, but there is nothing like engaging face to face with readers and booklovers of all ages and tastes. Today was my second ever market stall -- in May I had a successful day at the Wigtown market -- and this time I was at The Vault...

Recent Book Reviews

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest...

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The Unwomanly Face of War

The Unwomanly Face of War

"Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and...

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A Heart So White

A Heart So White

In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill...

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Oblomov

Oblomov

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy - a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his...

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