Book reviews& excerpts from exceptional translated from a language other than English.
Books in Translation
Recommended books found: 160
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: Oct 2002
From within the hopelessness and terror of one of the darkest passages in human history, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening and the magical power of ...
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Embers
by Sandor Marai
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
The first English translation of a brooding, densely atmospheric Hungarian novel written in 1942. Mesmerizing. A small, beautifully fashioned masterpiece.
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Swift As Desire
by Laura Esquivel
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
An enchanting, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit; Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.
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A Heart of Stone
by Renate Dorrestein
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: Jan 2002
Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with Hitchcockian tension and warmed by a redemptive love story, A Heart of Stone tells a darkly humorous, yet ultimately compassionate tale.
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The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Tranströmer
by Tomas Transtromer
Hardcover: Oct 2001
A cherished and invaluable collection of the finest of Tranströmer's poems, carefully chosen and translated.
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Our Twisted Hero
by Yi Munyol
Hardcover: Feb 2001
This riveting allegory starts as a simple power play within a children's classroom, but turns into a chilling tale about the lust for power and desperate need for acceptance that reside within us all.
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The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
Hardcover: Mar 1999
Paperback: Mar 1999
This mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.
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The Diving Bell and The Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Hardcover: May 1997
Paperback: Jun 1998
Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body.
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