Fiction in translation
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From communism to the Brexit referendum and conflict in Europe, this funny yet frightening Bulgarian novel explores the weaponisation of nostalgia
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An Albanian and a Serbian in Kosovo are wrenched apart by homophobia and conflict in this dark, powerful novel
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady by María Gainza; The Trouble With Happiness by Tove Ditlevsen; The Land of Short Sentences by Stine Pilgaard; The Old Woman With the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo
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In this atmospheric and gripping fable set in 70s Korea, a fragile young florist dedicates herself to flowers
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These rich and playful stories by a member of India’s lowest caste capture a childhood full of fun and games – and discrimination
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Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson; Reputation by Sarah Vaughan; Lady Joker by Kaoru Takamura; Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson; Hot Water by Christopher Fowler
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Animals, ghosts, humans, mountains and clouds share the narrative in this playful, deeply felt portrait of Catalonia and its people
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The closest Ferrante has come to an articulation of why and how she writes
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Untold Narratives founder Lucy Hannah’s just-published collection showcases the fiction of marginalised writers in Afghanistan
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The Holocaust and history; a young gay man in South Korea; a wartime epic from Finland; plus two tales of love and abandonment
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Exploring themes of religious faith and sexuality, the French-Algerian author’s interrogation of identities is a gorgeous and galvanising read
Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages by Maria Matios – a strange, bewitching Ukrainian saga