Amazon Crossing: Upcoming Works in Translation
With 2021 just around the corner, we are delighted to bring you news of an exciting new selection of books from in-translation specialists Amazon Crossing, bringing fresh insights, gripping stories, and brilliant new writers from across the world onto your bookshelves.
Take a peek at what's coming up below!
YOUR STORY, MY STORY
BY CONNIE PALMEN
Translated by Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury | UK Publication: 4 March
From the award-winning author of The Friendship comes a shattering novel based on the story of literary icons Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes, told from Hughes’ perspective.
GERTA: A NOVEL
BY KATEŘINA TUČKOVÁ
Translated by Véronique Firkusny | UK Publication: 18 March
Spanning generations, Tučková’s breathtaking novel illuminates a long-neglected episode in Czech history: the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia following WWII.
I’M IN SEATTLE, WHERE ARE YOU? A MEMOIR
BY MORTADA GZAR
Translated by William Hutchins | UK Publication: 1 April
In his deeply affecting memoir, Mortada Gzar interweaves tales of his childhood work as a scrap-metal collector in a war zone and the indignities faced by openly gay artists in Iraq with his impossible love story and journey to the US.
THE ARDENT SWARM: A NOVEL
BY YAMEN MANAI
Translated by Lara Vergnaud | UK Publication: 15 April
In this modern parable, Yamen Manai masterfully blends humour & drama to portray a new chapter in Tunisia’s history after the Arab Spring, on the eve of the country’s first democratic election.
AT THE END OF THE MATINEE: A NOVEL
BY KEIICHIRO HIRANO
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter | UK Publication: 20 May (Cover to be confirmed)
Blending the harmonies of Ishiguro’s Nocturnes and the sensuality of McEwan’s Enduring Love, At the End of the Matinee is an enchanting and thought-provoking love story set in Tokyo.
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