Contemporary Translated Fiction

Shop the best contemporary translated fiction books at Harry Hartog Bookseller, featuring contemporary international novels, award-winning authors, and must-read global stories. This collection highlights outstanding fiction in translation from around the world.

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Notes from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda - 9781786584670
$24.99
Notes from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
Kenji Ueda
A touching tale of connection, healing and the magic of handwritten words from the author...
Art on Fire by Yun Ko-eun - 9781915590909
$29.99
Art on Fire
Yun Ko-eun
A darkly comic and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The...
The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa - 9781529959871
$45.00
The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa
Fabulous double volume of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES and THE GOODBYE CAT, two sensational global...
Summer at Mount Asama by Masashi Matsuie - 9781917378000
$29.99
Summer at Mount Asama
Masashi Matsuie
**Winner of The Yomiuri Prize for Literature, 2012** The Japanese novel comes of age in...
The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin - 9781405966771
$24.99
The Healing Season of Pottery
Yeon Somin
A heart warming and irresistible Korean novel about the rejuvenating power of pottery, perfect for...
Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa - 9781529933536
$24.99
Mina's Matchbox
Yoko Ogawa
A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of...
On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle - 9780571383429
$29.99
On the Calculation of Volume III
Solvej Balle
I have met someone who remembers. Yesterday. That is to say, I met him yesterday....
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 9781405964272
$24.99
Until August
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF...
The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard - 9781787304215
$34.99
The School of Night
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Night and blood were unchanged, night and blood had been with us always. The utterly...
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn - 9780241752746
$35.00
The Wax Child
Olga Ravn
Unlike anything you've read before, The Wax Child is an extraordinary tale of witchcraft from...
Before I Knew I Loved You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 9781035046300
$22.99
Before I Knew I Loved You
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers...
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi - 9781035075416
$39.99
The Lantern of Lost Memories
Sanaka Hiiragi
One photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back . . . In a...
Your Neighbour's Table by Gu Byeong-mo - 9781035416486
$22.99
Your Neighbour's Table
Gu Byeong-mo
'An important literary piece of feminist activism' 'Taps into the everyday minutiae of motherhood, baring...
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami - 9781529957754
$24.99
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami
A newly translated, unabridged edition of Murakami's most mind-bendingly brilliant novel. Murakami's surreal, mind-bending masterpiece,...
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer - 9781784879976
$24.99
The Wall
Marlen Haushofer
This cult classic is the ultimate work of sustained dread - the story of a...
The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai - 9781781256244
$24.99
The Melancholy of Resistance
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events...
With Love from the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa - 9781786584960
$34.99
With Love from the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES BOOKS, TRANSLATED FICTION OR JAPAN The two phenomenal...
Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes - 9780857055422
$22.99
Vernon Subutex One
Virginie Despentes
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018** WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX? An urban legend. A...
HHhH by Laurent Binet - 9780099555643
$24.99
HHhH
Laurent Binet
An astonishing, unforgettable novel: a thrilling Second World War assassination plot told with rare literary...
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami (Y) - 9781803513157
$24.99
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
Hiromi Kawakami (Y)
Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again....
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami - 9781803513164
$24.99
The Nakano Thrift Shop
Hiromi Kawakami
Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano's thrift store,...
Diary of a Cat by Mayumi Nagano - 9781529435337
$32.99
Diary of a Cat
Mayumi Nagano
The perfect cosy read for 2025 - cats and food come together as the seasons...
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - 9781529926941
$26.99
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami
A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house...
Hooked
$34.99
Hooked
Asako Yuzuki
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BUTTER IS BACK WITH A NEW NOVEL OF...
The Deserters by Mathias Enard - 9781804271636
$32.99
The Deserters
Mathias Enard
Fleeing a nameless war, an unknown soldier emerges from deep within the Mediterranean scrubland, dirty...
Swallows by Natsuo Kirino - 9781837264285
$34.99
Swallows
Natsuo Kirino
Twenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since...
We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida - 9781529936735
$34.99
We'll Prescribe You Another Cat
Syou Ishida
By the author of the sensational worldwide bestseller WE'LL PRESCRIBE YOU A CAT - meet...
Blood Book by Jamie Lee Searle - 9781399731430
$34.99
Blood Book
Jamie Lee Searle
WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE, THE SWISS BOOK PRIZE AND THE JURGEN PONTO LITERATURE...