On the Marble Cliffs by Ernst Jünger
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A new translation of a work by the controversial author of “Storm of Steel”.
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The Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, translated by Kurt Beals
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A vibrant new translation of Hermann Hesse’s cult classic.
Read MoreYou Will Never Be Found by Tove Alsterdal
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A chilly new thriller about people going missing in the Nordic winter.
Read MoreCaptain Ni'mat's Last Battle by Mohamed Leftah
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The late Mohamed Leftah’s postumous 2008 novel about forbidden love gets an English-language translation.
Read MoreThe Hot Summer of 1968 by Viliam Klimacek
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A review of the newly-translated novel by a celebrated Slovak playwright.
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The Year of Our Love by Caterina Bonvicini
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A critically-acclaimed and best-selling Italian novel about star-crossed lovers gets a new translation into English.
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Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley
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A strange and challenging translation of “Beowulf” by the author of “The Mere Wife”.
Read MoreBerta Isla by Javier Marías
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The difference between material conservatism (née antiquarianism) and good old-fashioned, the-kids-aren’t-alright cultural conservatism is often hardly a difference at all.
Read MoreProfessor Andersen’s Night by Dag Solstad
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Solstad’s prose is efficient, curlicued with self-reflection, wrapping itself around patches of dry irony with ease.
Read MoreThe Ten Loves of Nishino By Hiromi Kawakami
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The intentionally drab prose throws extra emphasis on the plot.
Read MoreSherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Japan by Keisuke Matsuoka
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Meiji-era Japan is an appealingly exotic setting for a Holmes adventure.
Read MoreStalker by Lars Kepler
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A sharply whittled Scandanavian thriller by a husband and wife writing team.
Read MoreSoviet Milk by Nora Ikstena
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The story of three generations of women, as well as the effects of Soviet rule on their lives.
Read MoreWaiting for Tomorrow by Nathacha Appanah
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A smart and sure standout in the lists of English-translated literary fiction.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “It is what we fear that happens to us”
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Nothing is predictable in this edgy, riveting, beautifully-wrought thriller.
Read MoreLullaby by Leïla Slimani
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Winner of the Prix Goncourt last year, this character study alternates between the perspectives of its two central female characters.
Read MoreThe Divine Comedy by Dante, translated by Clive James
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There is an astonishment, a certain mad arrogance (or even madder humility) in presenting an English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to a 21st Century audience without any accompanying notes. Purists might say 'the poem - any poem - should be able to stand on its own, to speak clearly without the crutch of notes' - but such purists are seldom translators.
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