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Found in Translation by Frank Wynne (Editor)
59.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
'Without translation, we would be living in provinces bordering on silence' George Steiner. It is impossible to overstate the influence world literatures have had in defining each other. No culture exists in isolation; all writers are part of the intertwining braid of literature. Found In Translationbri ...Show more
Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday by Frank Wynne
44.99 NZD
Category: Literature
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of literature, queer people have turned to writing to document their existence: to share great triumphs and deep despairs; to praise the virtues of their lover, extol their loneliness and proc ...Show more
The Art of Patience by Frank Wynne Sylvain Tesson
32.99 NZD
Category: Animals
"The Art of Patience sees the renowned French adventurer and writer Sylvain Tesson undertake an expedition to the mountains of Tibet in search of the famously elusive snow leopard. After the publication of The Consolations of the Forest (2014), Sylvain Tesson had a devastating climbing accident that br ...Show more
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre; Frank Wynne (Translator)
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
Now a major French film Au revoir l#65533;-haut - Prix Goncourt-winning masterpiece by the writer who brought you Alex, Ir#65533;ne and Camille.October 1918: the war on the Western Front is all but over. Desperate for one last chance of promotion, the ambitious Lieutenant Henri d'Aulnay Pradelle sends t ...Show more
The Impostor by Javier Cercas; Frank Wynne (translator)
27.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018 A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCO But who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death ca ...Show more
The Wide World by Pierre Lemaitre; Frank Wynne (Translator)
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Literature with conviction; a furious talent' L'Obs The first volume of THE GLORIOUS YEARS series, translated by Frank Wynne Beirut, 1948. The Pelletier family returns... The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business manufacturin ...Show more
Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes; Frank Wynne (Translator)
37.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: MacLehose Press Editions Ser.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018** WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX?An urban legend.A fall from grace.The mirror who reflects us all. Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout Paris. But by the 2000s his shop is struggl ...Show more
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