Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Novum Publishing Gems of Dominion 2
£16.72
Papierfresserchens Mtm-Verlag + Cat Creativ Auf den Kern gebracht - Die Kürbis-Anthologie
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Papierfresserchens Mtm-Verlag Mein Garten ... und ich: Von Gartenträumen und
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£12.75
Novum Publishing Frau Kaiser und die Steine auf ihrem Weg
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£13.20
Novum Premium Scolari: Sieben Gestalten des Zorns
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£22.41
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La región más transparente / Where the Air is Clear
£15.68
Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd Living With The Himalayan Masters
£26.34
Greenbooks Just Like That
£999.99
Mehta Publishing House The Runaway Jury
£21.84
Mehta Publishing House The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
£999.99
Mehta Publishing House Tears of the Giraffe
£14.24
Mehta Publishing House Morality for Beautiful Girls
£11.99
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Cinco esquinas / The Neighborhood
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Lindhardt Og Ringhof Erindringer om Sherlock Holmes
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Lindhardt Og Ringhof Midt i en klunketid: eller erindringer fra en
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Lindhardt Og Ringhof Rosemarys baby
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Lindhardt Og Ringhof Søstrenes hemmeligheder
£35.01
Books on Demand Fra hytterne
£9.40
Books on Demand Tulo: Et nyt liv
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£11.97
Books on Demand The Luminous Planet
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£12.15
Books on Demand När jag var Kungen av Atlantis
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£14.85
Books on Demand Landslide
£14.50
Mehta Publishing House Fish! for Life
£13.84
Mehta Publishing House Prescriptions for Living
£15.13
Prabhat Prakashan The Boy Who Loved
£16.99
Prabhat Prakashan The Power of Focus
£17.09
Bluerose Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Srimad Bhagavad Gita (Hindi Padyanuvada)
£26.22
Insight Publica Meditation
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Chintha Publishers Mathemagic
£999.99
Chintha Publishers Yerma
£12.87
Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd The art of dealing with Peoples
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Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd Buffettology
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Delhi Open Books The Metamorphosis and Other Writings
£18.89
Books on Demand Mökkihöperö
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Books on Demand Salpalinja kestää: Suomen jatkosota 1941-1945
£19.97
LMH Publishing Chasing The Banyan Wind
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The American University in Cairo Press Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs: An Omani Novel
Book SynopsisEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs opens with the return of Khalid Bakhit, a government employee, to his hometown in Oman after a time away in the big city, and concludes with his return to the city with a new maturity born of a series of wrenching encounters with reality. Khalid’s return home, sparked by his flight from a painful love affair, coincides with events that reveal the force of long-established traditions that have a stranglehold on the town: from racial prejudice, to religious bigotry, to ossified patterns of leadership. Khalid’s awakening and transformation are catalyzed by his encounters with a certain “Saturnine poet” who, in the course of chasing after an elusive ode, has stumbled upon this unnamed village. For a period of time “the Saturnine” becomes Khalid’s closest companion: listening to his woes, helping him see himself with new eyes, and imparting to him a wisdom from a world beyond, untainted by human smallness.
£15.87
The American University in Cairo Press The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and
Book SynopsisIbn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wristwatch, he bounces uncontrollably through Egypt’s rich and varied past, with occasional return visits to the 1990s. Through his wild and whimsical adventures, he meets, befriends, and falls out with sultans, poets, and an assortment of celebrities - from Naguib Mahfouz to the founder of the city of Cairo. Khairy Shalaby’s nimble storytelling brings this witty odyssey to life.Trade Review"Fantastical and surreal."--Cairo 360
£16.38
Le Lys Bleu Tandem
£23.36
Culturea La Curée
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Jayne M Wesler Everybody's Darling
£11.69
Doriot Books Idioms
£12.75
Columbia University Press Running Mother and Other Stories
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGuo's compassion, insight and understated style shine through, tying his characters' lives to the contemporary cultural questions with grace and skill. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Guo's impressionistic style hones in on the details of everyday life... [and] captures moments of rare beauty. -- Melissa McClements Financial Times Guo refreshingly and poignantly portrays the political reverberations of Taiwan's turbulent 20th century. -- Paul Mozur Far Eastern Economic Review A very valuable publication, and an important addition [to] Columbia's indispensable Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan series. -- Bradley Winterton Taipei TimesTable of ContentsForeword: Summer 1961 Introduction: Guo Songfen, Taiwan's "Lost" Modernist Moon Seal Wailing Moon Running Mother Clover Snow Blind Brightly Shine the Stars Tonight
£27.00
Columbia University Press Light and Dark
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is Natsume Soseki's longest and most complex work, his most ambitious in terms of social description and psychological analysis, and his most intricately plotted. It is a book for the ages, a modernist masterpiece, masterfully translated. -- Alan Tansman, University of California, Berkeley With its dramatic expansion of the use of stream-of-consciousness narration, which Natsume Soseki had experimented with in previous novels, Light and Dark is a landmark in world literature. This new rendering by one of the very best translators of Japanese fiction reintroduces this modern masterpiece to a twenty-first-century audience. -- Michael K. Bourdaghs, University of Chicago Light and Dark is the greatest novel by modern Japan's greatest novelist. What Natsume Soseki achieved in this, his last, work is a pure miracle: no other word can do justice to the irony and precision of his character delineations and the gripping reality of his portrayal of a Japan in transition. Thanks to John Nathan's fine new translation, literature lovers everywhere can finally share in savoring this treasure, a detailed and unforgiving limning of love and marriage, faith and betrayal. -- Minae Mizumura, author of A True Novel and The Fall of the Japanese Language in the Age of English Natsume Soseki's Light and Dark is one of the most gripping novels in modern Japanese literature. It represents a historical turning point in the development of Japanese fiction. John Nathan, a distinguished translator, has produced a masterful rendition that captures the subtle nuances of the original. -- Haruo Shirane, Columbia University, author of Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons An enduring masterpiece. Times Literary Supplement Unusual, in several respects, Light and Dark is nevertheless an accomplished work of art and a fascinating example of Japanese fiction of its time. -- M.A. Orthofer Complete Review Light and Dark is a masterful novel, and Nathan's is a superior translation. For readers of Japanese literature it will be enlightening as it is one of the most important modern Japanese novels that inspired a rich literary tradition. Asian Review of Books A pitch-perfect new translation by John Nathan. Public CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction A Note on the Translation Light and Dark
£69.26
Columbia University Press Horses Horses in the End the Light Remains Pure
Book SynopsisA fusion of fiction, history, and memoir that replicates the experience of trauma and its effect on memory in ways reminiscent of Nabokov’s Speak, Memory and Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn.Trade ReviewThis novel, which depicts the 3/11 triple disaster in northeastern Japan in all its complexity, is a marvel. Furukawa's austere writing is as sober as it is inventive and as elegiac as it is hopeful. -- Davinder Bhowmik, author of Writing Okinawa: Narrative Acts of Identity and Resistance Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is a stunning work of post-Fukushima literature by one of Japan's most prolific authors. Furukawa's powerful prose weaves together the fictional and documentary, guiding the reader through the disaster zone and an alternate history of the author's native Tohoku. A must for readers of natural and nuclear disaster fiction. -- Rachel DiNitto, author of Uchida Hyakken: A Critique of Modernity and Militarism in Prewar Japan Furukawa's documentary-cum-novel is a response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster that disorients even as it coheres. Featuring fictional characters come to life and a ravaged landscape, Horses, Horses... is a profoundly unsettling take on our transience. Lit Hub Horses, Horses is an essential text from one of Japan's most prolific and inventive novelists, likely to remain important long beyond our current five-year remove from the events of 3/11. Asymptote Unexpected and rewarding for ambitious readers. Library Journal There's a lot to reflect on in Horses, Horses. It's a powerful, stirring, and deeply personal commentary on the tragedy of 3/11. It's also a literary intervention of prodigious quality. -- Hans Rollman PopMatters Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is an emotional, historical and, above all, literary triumph that really must be experienced first-hand... An absolute must-read. -- Alice French Japan Society Review Literary balm for the pain of 2016, Hideo Furukawa's Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is a triumph of imagination... This is a book that will stay with you. Japan TimesTable of ContentsHorses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima Translator's Afterword Translator's Acknowledgments
£16.19
Columbia University Press Contemporary Chinese ShortShort Stories
Book SynopsisThis book presents Chinese short-short stories in English and Chinese, integrating language learning with cultural studies for intermediate to advanced learners of Mandarin Chinese and students of contemporary Chinese literature. Each chapter begins with a critical introduction, followed by two or more stories in parallel Chinese and English texts.Trade ReviewWith the addition of the parallel Chinese text and the thoughtfully designed teaching materials, including introductory essays, glossaries, reading questions, and author biographies, the book makes an easy-to-use and much-needed textbook for teachers and advanced students of Chinese language and culture. -- Yan Liang * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture *[Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories] is not only an enjoyable read for general readers but can also be used as a wonderful study guide for Chinese language, culture and translation students and instructors. -- Maialen Marin-Lacarta * Cha: An Asian Literary Journal *This collection has so much to recommend it, from the discriminating selection of stories and their artful translation, striking a delicate balance between intimacy and alterity; to the unique organization of the stories around key concepts in Chinese culture; to the notes and commentary, which elucidate without overwhelming. This volume is a must-have for teachers and students of Chinese language, literature, and culture—and for anyone interested in modern literature and in the art of translation. -- Brian James Baer, Kent State UniversityContemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories makes a wonderful tool for students wishing to improve their reading skills while deepening their understanding of Chinese culture. The result is a highly teachable book on a wide variety of relevant themes of works short enough that they are digestible for the nonnative speaker yet substantive enough to leave a lasting impression. I strongly recommend this book as a text for a fourth-year Chinese language course or a hybrid language/literature course. Much can be learned from reading these pithy stories. -- Christopher Lupke, University of AlbertaRecommended for upper level Chinese classes and for those already out of college who wish to retain their Chinese proficiency or to regain it after moving off for a while into other fields. -- Carrie (Reed) Wiebe, Middlebury CollegeRich in content and featuring authors of different backgrounds and writing styles, this book offers teachers and students a wide range of choices in terms of cultural themes and social topics. . . . This reviewer would highly recommend it as a major textbook for the advanced level, especially for a course that combines language and content. It represents the results of decade-long rigorous efforts to integrate language learning and cultural learning through the exclusive use of authentic materials. -- Jun Yang * Chinese as a Second Language *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction1. Li and Ren Skull Shave, by Zhao Xin“Star” Grandma, by Liu ZhenyunCatharsis, by Nie Xinsen2. Xiao Father Makes the Lantern, by Chi ZijianLittle She, by Han ShaogongMoney Order, by Bai XuchuHeaven-Bound, but After Summer, by Mo Zhongbai3. Yin-Yang Two Minds, by Wang Qionghua Cuilan’s Love, by Li LinglingForever by Your Side, by Wu Zhongzheng4. Governance The Stone-Paving Project, by Zhou BoThe Clear Pond, by Cai NanBig Sweet Potatoes, by Zeng Ping5. IdentityAuntie, by Yu ShengliBrothers, by Zhou TaoThe Love of Her Life, by Shi TieshengWater in the Well, by Gao Huaichang6. FaceA Golden Rain, by Wu NianzhenFace, by Wei Yonggui At the Teahouse, by Chen YongChickens Hate Pecked Faces, by Liu Xinwu7. (Romantic) LoveLittle Heartaches, by Zhao Yu Fake Love Letter, by Zou JingzhiA Gentleman’s Love, by Wang Kuishan Give Him Peace, by An Shiliu8. MarriageMary Zhang, by Xing HuaThe Cost of Marriage, by Zhao YuMissing Zhang Meili, by Ye ZhongjianThe Mint’s Invitation, by Tian Shuangling9. Changes Future, by Wang MengUnknowable Possibilities, by Ge FeiPinyin Vocabulary Index English Vocabulary Index BibliographyHow to Use This Parallel Text to Teach Chinese Language and Culture
£29.75
Columbia University Press City Folk and Country Folk
Book SynopsisAn unsung gem of nineteenth-century Russian literature, City Folk and Country Folk is a satire of Russia’s aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites in the 1860s. Sofia Khvoshchinskaya, writing under a male pseudonym, centers her story on a common-sense, hardworking noblewoman and her self-assured daughter living on their small rural estate.Trade ReviewA single man of property comes to a country village-unsettling young and older ladies. The village is in Russia, soon after the emancipation of the serfs; Ovcharov is a hypochondriac intellectual. "A comical people," he reflects at one point, and the women and the reader must agree. Admirers of Jane Austen will delight in this charming satire. -- Rachel Brownstein, The Graduate Center at CUNYTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction by Hilde Hoogenboom Notes on the Translation City Folk and Country Folk Notes
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Columbia University Press Hidden and Visible Realms
Book SynopsisHidden and Visible Realms is one of the most significant medieval Chinese collections of stories of the fantastic and otherworldly phenomena, distinguished by its varied contents, elegant writing style, and Buddhist influence. This annotated first complete English translation explains the key themes and textual history of the work.Trade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to the growing canon of translated primary source materials of medieval China. * Choice *The nearly three hundred miracle tales that survive of Liu Yiqing’s compilation offer fascinating insights into China’s society and imagination of the late third to early fifth centuries. This complete translation will be eagerly welcomed by all students and scholars of Chinese literature, religion, and thought, as it was precisely in this period that Buddhism had become part of Chinese life. -- Wilt L. Idema, Harvard UniversityHidden and Visible Realms is the most complete and critically annotated translation of the seminal collection of zhiguai (‘tales of anomalies’), Liu Yiqing’s Youming lu, in any language, one that will be enthusiastically welcomed by all who are interested in the history of Chinese fiction and religion. -- Victor H. Mair, University of PennsylvaniaThe fields of early Chinese studies will enthusiastically welcome this excellent work by Zhenjun Zhang that combines a skillfully rendered translation of Liu Yiqing’s Youminglu with an extensive treatise, providing the most comprehensive review of the long history of zhiguai studies we have to date. -- Kenneth J. DeWoskin, University of MichiganHidden and Visible Realms makes a valuable contribution to the study of Chinese zhiguai “Records of the Strange” literature. For the first time, Zhang’s translation of the Youming lu gives English readers a sense of the marvelous richness of the text’s contents and its diverse themes. -- Keith Knapp, The CitadelThis is a substantial study and translation that can serve as a model for future translations of zhiguai texts. Accurate and carefully annotated, Hidden and Visible Realms is in effect a new recension of the Youming lu. It is a valuable contribution to our growing understanding of early xiaoshuo. -- Daniel Hsieh, Purdue UniversityThis book is an appropriate work for Western students or non-native readers. For the beginner of zhiguai study, this work, and especially the “Introduction” is to be recommended. * Monumenta Serica *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsTerms Regarding Weights and MeasuresChronologyIntroduction1. The Wonder of Love2. A Garden of Marvels3. The Spectacle of Monsters4. The Realm of Ghosts5. The Netherworld and This World6. Animals and Men7. Anecdotes of Notable Figures8. Local LegendsAppendixTales Appearing in Other RenditionsWorks CitedIndex
£46.75
