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Books That Travel 2021

These outstanding German books in translation will travel to book fairs all over the world–when so many of us are keeping our distance and staying close to home, we can still travel through these books.

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The Third Walpurgis Night

The Third Walpurgis Night

Austrian author Karl Kraus was the foremost German-language satirist of the early twentieth century. This is the first complete English...

Austrian author Karl Kraus was the foremost German-language satirist of the early twentieth century. This is the first complete English translation of a complex and essential work.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-0-300-23600-2
Author:
Karl Kraus, Fred Bridgham, Edward Timms
Pages:
320
Price:
€ 14.00
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
Elly

Elly

A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back? Elly is a literary...

A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back? Elly is a literary novel with all the best qualities of a thriller.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-1-912854-12-7
Author:
Maike Wetzel, Lyn Marven
Pages:
144
Format:
98mm × 129mm
Price:
€ 20.00
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
The Coral Merchant: Essential Stories

The Coral Merchant

Essential Stories

Best known for his 1932 novel The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth was also a gifted author of short stories and...

Best known for his 1932 novel The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth was also a gifted author of short stories and novellas. This collection of his most essential stories showcases his astonishing range and power.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-1-78227-597-8
Author:
Joseph Roth, Ruth Martin
Pages:
256
Format:
12.07 x 1.8 x 16.46
the Joy of Sorcery

The Joy of Sorcery

As a young boy in Germany before World War I, Pahroc discovers that he has special abilities. He is a...

As a young boy in Germany before World War I, Pahroc discovers that he has special abilities. He is a sorcerer. Now, at 106, he is recounting his life for his infant granddaughter, his only descendant with talents like his own.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-1-58988-146-4
Author:
Sten Nadolny, Breon Mitchell, Lynda Mitchen
Pages:
265
Format:
13.97 x 2.29 x 21.34
Price:
€ 17.99
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
Mexico Street

Mexico Street

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to...

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-1-913193-15-7
Author:
Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward
Pages:
276
Format:
12.7 x 1.78 x 19.69
Price:
€ 9.99
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
The Lost Writings

The Lost Writings

Selected by Kafka biographer and scholar Reiner Stach these seventy-four marvels by Franz Kafka were long forgotten or overlooked. A...

Selected by Kafka biographer and scholar Reiner Stach these seventy-four marvels by Franz Kafka were long forgotten or overlooked. A windfall for every reader of German literature.

Publisher:
Topic:
Fiction
ISBN:
978-0-8112-2801-5
Author:
Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann
Pages:
128
Format:
12.19 x 1.78 x 19.3
Price:
€ 16.49
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
Date:
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