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Popular Music (2000) [Buy Direct]

by Mikael Niemi
Translated by Laurie Thompson

Infanta [Buy Direct]

by Bodo Kirchhoff
Translated by J Brownjohn
Original title: Infanta

In an imaginary (‘Don’t get lost on the way home. Bear right and keep heading for the silence.’) but well-detailed — including plant-names and climatic nuances — tropical outpost called Infanta, located somewhere between Guatemala and the Philippines, (more...)

Summer Rain [Buy Direct]

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray
Original title: La Pluie d’ été

Practicalities [Buy Direct]

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray
Original title: La Vie matérielle

The Lover [Buy Direct]

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray
Original title: L’Amant

Emily L. [Buy Direct]

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray

La Doleur

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray
Original title: La Doleur

Blue Eyes, Black Hair [Buy Direct]

by Marguerite Duras
Translated by Barbara Bray
Original title: Les Yeux bleus cheveux noirs

When Things of the Spirit Come First [Buy Direct]

by Simone De Beauvoir
Translated by P O’Brian
Original title: Quand prime le spirituel

She Came to Stay [Buy Direct]

by Simone De Beauvoir
Translated by Y Moyse
Original title: L’Invitée

She Came To Stay derives its inspiration from Simone de Beauvoir’s unique and rather convoluted relationship with her lifelong companion Jean-Paul Sartre. In this novel, (more...)

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