Fiction in translation

A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode after work hours, so no one will be hurt. But the authorities have been watching. He is caught, the bomb is defused, and he is tortured, tried in a day, condemned to ...

Twenty-four-year-old Andreas, a disillusioned German soldier, is travelling on a troop train to the Eastern Front when he has an awful premonition that he will die in exactly five days. As he hurtles towards his death, he reflects on the chaos around him - the naive soldiers, the painfully thin g...

Montalbano opened the door to step out. But Gallo held him back, putting one hand on his arm. What's in there, Chief? If it's what I think, it's something so horrific that it'll haunt your dreams for the rest of your life. When a crazed elderly man and his sister begin firing bullets from their b...

First published in 1925, 'The Trial' is a classic story of totalitarianism, sadism, and hysteria. With a labyrinth of meanings, author Franz Kafka explores the darkness of the terror state.

Thora, August, and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically. The novel opens years later, when Hugo, l...

When Inji takes a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service, she never imagines her role will be with NM, their secretive marriage division that rents out 'field husbands and wives' to their wealthiest clientele for a limited time. Just like a real marriage, Inji's assignments involv...

The summary execution of three dealers - one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team - is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France's most notorious suburb. Now there's a new kingpin in charge, using his ruthless teenage enforcer to assert an iron grip on his territory. And the lo...

'The Royal Game' takes place on a cruise ship bound for Buenos Aires, where an encounter occurs between the reigning world chess champion and an unknown passenger. 'Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman' is the story of a middle-aged English widow who travels through Europe to escape lonelines...

When a condemned man reveals the whereabouts of an unpunished murderer, Chief Inspector Maigret puts his holiday on hold. His investigation takes him to a bar on the Seine where the old crime is upstaged by a killing and Maigret finds a new drinking companion. 'The father of contemporary European...

Deep in mourning, 12-year-old Ana and her neighbours would like nothing more than to turn time around. There's Ana's best friend's mum, who fled, leaving behind a letter her dad refuses to share. There's Ana's own mother, in shock since her youngest daughter entered a lake and failed to return. T...