Translated Fiction - Asia

Explore powerful stories from across Asia with our curated collection of translated fiction at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Featuring acclaimed titles from Japan, Korea, China, India, and beyond, these books offer deep cultural insight, and unforgettable storytelling. Discover new international authors online or in-store today.

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Hunchback
$26.99
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE: An extraordinary, thrilling novel about sex, disability and power...
Hunger by Choi Jin-young - 9781840919011
$29.99
Hunger
Choi Jin-young
IF PARASITE WERE A RECORD-BREAKING BOOK SENSATION When hunger consumes you, what can be left...
The Gambler: New Translation by Fyodor Dostoevsky - 9781847493828
$14.99
The Gambler: New Translation
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off...
Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee - 9781035412778
$14.95
Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store
Miye Lee
THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD It has been a year...
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
$34.99
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
Mizuki Tsujimura
By the author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror: first of a major multi-book launch...
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We Do Not Part
$39.99
We Do Not Part
Han Kang
Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize...
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa - 9781529949100
$24.99
Revenge
Yoko Ogawa
Elegant novellas-in-translation, VINTAGE EDITIONS celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers...
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida - 9781529936711
$32.99
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida
For fans of TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, SHE AND HER CAT and THE GOODBYE CAT -...
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 9781529029581
$19.99
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
One of the most popular Booktok books on Tiktok in 2022 In a small back...
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories by Bruce Fulton - 9780241448519
$26.99
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
Bruce Fulton
A revelatory and richly varied collection of Korea's greatest short stories This eclectic, moving and...
Death in Midsummer by Yukio Mishima - 9780241678947
$24.99
Death in Midsummer
Yukio Mishima
Ten tales of loss and longing, from one one Japan's greatest writers Bringing together Yukio...
A Past Unearthed by Jin Yong - 9781529417531
$24.99
A Past Unearthed
Jin Yong
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE...
What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama - 9781804994139
$24.99
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama
The irresistible hardback Times bestseller and bookshop favourite about the healing power of books and...
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima - 9781784879723
$36.99
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese...
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
$34.99
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Mai Mochizuki
A TALE OF CATS, CAKES AND ASTROLOGY FOR READERS OF BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD...
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More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa - 9781786584328
$24.99
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world....
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Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 9781035046256
$19.99
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, the mysterious...
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - 9781787304475
$49.99
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling...
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Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata - 9781783787388
$24.99
Life Ceremony
Sayaka Murata
From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction:...
The Library of Heartbeats by Laura Imai Messina - 9781786583123
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The Library of Heartbeats
Laura Imai Messina
From the international bestselling author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World:...
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The Three-Body Problem Boxset by Cixin Liu - 9781035905874
$59.99
The Three-Body Problem Boxset
Cixin Liu
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES THE AWARD-WINNING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, MILLION-COPY-SELLING SCI-FI PHENOMENON Imagine a universe...
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai - 9781035009589
$19.99
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Hisashi Kashiwai
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner...
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The Goodbye Cat
$32.99
The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa
Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the...
The Devil's Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo - 9781782278849
$24.99
The Devil's Flute Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
Amid the rubble of post-war Tokyo, inside the grand Tsubaki house, a once-noble family is...
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi - 9781529114812
$24.99
Diary of a Void
Emi Yagi
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at...
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki - 9780143106036
$29.99
Kokoro
Natsume Soseki
"Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature."-Haruki Murakami The...
All The Lovers In The Night by Mieko Kawakami - 9781509898299
$22.99
All The Lovers In The Night
Mieko Kawakami
'Mieko Kawakami is a genius' - Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times From international literary...
Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en - 9780141393445
$45.00
Monkey King
Wu Cheng'en
One of the greatest classics of Chinese literature, in a new translation by the award-winning...