Fiction in translation

Most have heard about Nordic crime fiction with its dark noir flare or the Icelandic Sagas. This anthology combines all that is unique about Nordic speculative fiction, from the darkest dystopian science fiction to terrifying horror. From the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a dee...

For anyone interested in European literature these stories are an undiscovered snapshot of some of the most interesting and important writing of the 20th and 21st century. From the same culture that consistently draws worldwide attention for its groundbreaking and avante-garde movements in the vi...

Jhumpa Lahiri sets her gaze on the eternally beautiful city, illuminating the frailties of the human condition and dissecting lives lived on the margins. A man recalls a summer party that awakens an alternative version of himself. A couple haunted by a tragic loss return to seek consolation. An o...

Playful and unsettling, teeming with the energy of barely contained violence, 'Seven Empty Houses' dismantles the neat appearance of domesticity to expose the darkness and discomfort that lies beneath.

A stunning new collection of the best of modern Chinese science fiction, translated into English. Featuring stories by Jian Bo, Bao Shu, Regina Kanyu Wang, Anna Wu and more.

This is a collection of short stories from the legendary German-Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). As well as highlighting the themes that run throughout his work, the collection demonstrates that his singular style could create extraordinary imaginative worlds that will d...

A new collection of the most compelling, strange and fantastical German stories from the past 200 years.

This collection contains dark, dreamlink love stories with a twist from the author of 'There One Lived a woman Who Tried to Kill her Neihgbour's Baby'.

Cixin Liu is China's bestselling science fiction author and one of the most important voices in world SF. His novel, 'The Three-Body Problem', was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Here is the first collection of his short fiction: 11 stories, including 5 Chinese Galaxy ...

Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work. The great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck tunnels so deep...