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North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell (Author)

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The Trial

Franz Kafka (Author) , Idris Parry (Translator)

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Selected Poems

Mary Oliver (Author)

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Howl

Allen Ginsberg (Author)

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Kalpa Imperial

Angélica Gorodischer (Author) , Ursula K. Le Guin (Translator)

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A Glastonbury Romance

John Cowper Powys (Author)

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Schoolgirl

Osamu Dazai (Author) , Polly Barton (Translator)

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White Rabbits/Down Below

Leonora Carrington (Author)

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The Anniversary

Andrea Bajani (Author) , Geoffrey Brock (Translator)

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Letters

Albert Camus (Author) , Maria Casarès (Author) , Sandra Smith (Translator) , Cory Stockwell (Translator)

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Roman Fever

Edith Wharton (Author)

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A Month in the Country

J L Carr (Author) , Penelope Fitzgerald (Introducer)

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Malina

Ingeborg Bachmann (Author)

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Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector (Author) , Benjamin Moser (Translator)

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Love in a Fallen City

Eileen Chang (Author)

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Natalja's Stories

Inger Christensen (Author) , Denise Newman (Translator)

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Crossing the Mangrove

Maryse Condé (Author) , Richard Philcox (Translator)

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Childhood, Youth, Dependency

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) , Tiina Nunnally (Translator) , Michael Favala Goldman (Translator)

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Kalpa Imperial

Angélica Gorodischer (Author) , Ursula K. Le Guin (Translator)

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Wildcat Dome

Yuko Tsushima (Author) , Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (Translator)

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Schoolgirl

Osamu Dazai (Author) , Polly Barton (Translator)

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Engagement cover

Engagement

Gun-Britt Sundström (Author) , Kathy Saranpa (Translator)

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Twilight in Musashino

Seicho Matsumoto (Author) , Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

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Tree

Aya Koda (Author) , Charlotte Goff (Translator)

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Cynics

Anatoly Marienhof (Author) , Bryan Karetnyk (Translator)

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Natalja's Stories

Inger Christensen (Author) , Denise Newman (Translator)

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Woman in the Pillory

Brigitte Reimann (Author) , Lucy Jones (Translator)

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The Magpie at Night cover

The Magpie at Night

Li Qingzhao (Author) , Wendy Chen (Translator)

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Vilhelm's Room

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) , Sophia Hersi Smith (Translator) , Jennifer Russell (Translator)

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Grave of the Fireflies

Akiyuki Nosaka (Author) , Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

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Chinatown

Oh Jung-hee (Author) , Bruce Fulton (Translator) , Ju-Chan Fulton (Translator)

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Wildcat Dome

Yuko Tsushima (Author) , Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (Translator)

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Suspicion

Seicho Matsumoto (Author) , Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

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Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Torborg Nedreaas (Author) , Bibbi Lee (Translator)

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Lies and Sorcery

Elsa Morante (Author) , Jenny McPhee (Translator)

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There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cover

There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) , Sophia Hersi Smith (Translator) , Jennifer Russell (Translator) , Olga Ravn (Introducer)

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Childhood

Tove Ditlevsen (Author)

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Dependency

Tove Ditlevsen (Author)

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Youth

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) , Tiina Nunnally (Translator)

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The Red Book of Farewells cover

The Red Book of Farewells

Pirkko Saisio (Author) , Mia Spangenberg (Translator)

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Claudine's House cover

Claudine's House

Colette (Author) , Belinda Jack (Translator)

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The Psalms

Susan Gillingham (Edited by)

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America

Andy Warhol (Author)

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Vilhelm's Room

Tove Ditlevsen (Author) , Sophia Hersi Smith (Translator) , Jennifer Russell (Translator)

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Treatise on Superfluous Things

Wen Zhenheng (Author) , Tony Blishen (Translator) , Craig Clunas (Foreword By)

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The Death Ship

B. Traven (Author)

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

B. Traven (Author)

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The Bridge in the Jungle

B. Traven (Author)

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La Brava

Elmore Leonard (Author)

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Decoded

Mai Jia (Author) , Olivia Milburn (Translator) , Christopher N. Payne (Translator)

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In the Dark cover

In the Dark

Mai Jia (Author) , Christopher N. Payne (Translator)

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The Red Book of Farewells

Pirkko Saisio (Author) , Mia Spangenberg (Translator)

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A Leopard-Skin Hat

Anne Serre (Author) , Mark Hutchinson (Translator)

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Women Without Men

Shahrnush Parsipur (Author) , Faridoun Farrokh (Translator)

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You Are the Führer's Unrequited Love

Jean-Noël Orengo (Author) , David Watson (Translator)

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Backlight

Pirkko Saisio (Author) , Mia Spangenberg (Translator)

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Lowest Common Denominator

Pirkko Saisio (Author) , Mia Spangenberg (Translator)

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Blinding: The Left Wing

Mircea Cartarescu (Author) , Sean Cotter (Translator)

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I Don't Care

Ágota Kristóf (Author) , Chris Andrews (Translator)

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The Odyssey

Homer (Author) , Daniel Mendelsohn (Translator)

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas (Author) , Robin Buss (Introducer) , Robin Buss (Translator)

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East of Eden

John Steinbeck (Author) , David Wyatt (Introducer)

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë (Author)

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen (Author) , Tony Tanner (Introducer) , Vivien Jones (Edited by)

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Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen (Author) , Ros Ballaster (Introducer) , Ros Ballaster (Notes by) , Tony Tanner (Preface By)

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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens (Author) , Richard Maxwell (Introducer) , Richard Maxwell (Notes by)

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