Fitzcarraldo Editions Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and essays, both in translation and in the English language.

The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
THE DAYS OF ABANDONMENT by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein. Published by @EuropaEdUK.
Paperback, 2005
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mild Vertigo
Mieko Kanai
'Anglophone readers of Mieko Kanai’s whirling, urgent novel MILD VERTIGO will face only one disappointment: there’s not yet much more where it came from..' @lilyjmeyer on MILD VERTIGO by Mieko Kanai, tr. Polly Barton, for @theatlantic: https://t.co/AiQDrH6dNZ
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Ian Penman
‘It’s a book about a film-maker but also, hauntingly, about the way our tastes and passions change over time.' Anthony Quinn reviews FASSBINDER THOUSANDS OF MIRRORS by @pawboy2 for THE OBSERVER: https://t.co/5lwUZGHgkM
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Second Body
Daisy Hildyard
Bids for #BooksForPakistan are open now. You can bid on a signed book bundle of EMERGENCY and THE SECOND BODY by Daisy Hildyard and much, much more! https://t.co/D1uvsZHpsI
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Axiomatic
Maria Tumarkin
🌟Thursday, 18th March join Maria Tumarkin, author of AXIOMATIC, and Jessica Zhan Mei Yu in conversation, hosted online by @TheWhiteReview.🌟 This event is free, just register via this link: https://www.thewhitereview.org/news_and_events/all-the-stain-is-tender/
Paperback, 2019
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mild Vertigo
Mieko Kanai
🏙️MILD VERTIGO by Mieko Kanai, tr. by Polly Barton publishes today!🌆 This verbally acrobatic novel is a disconcerting and radically imaginative portrait of selfhood in late-stage capitalist society. Read an excerpt on our website: https://t.co/9dDDRjeIAQ https://t.co/ks5Immixq7
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT by @mieko_kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd. Published by @picadorbooks.
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Appointment
Katharina Volckmer
@roryisconfused POND fans might like THE APPOINTMENT by Katharina Volckmer, or Annie Ernaux – MAN'S PLACE or HAPPENING good places to start (tr. Tanya Leslie) – or Fernanda Melchor (tr. Sophie Hughes). Lerner adjacent: Brian Dillon or Moyra Davey or Zambra's NOT TO READ (tr. Megan McDowell).
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Chilean Poet
Alejandro Zambra
Jacques: CHILEAN POET by Alejandro Zambra, tr. @meganalimcd (@GrantaBooks) RADIUS: A STORY OF FEMINIST REVOLUTION by Yasmin El-Rifae (@VersoBooks) A SHOCK by Keith Ridgway (@picadorbooks)
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Is Not Miami
Fernanda Melchor
'THIS IS NOT MIAMI functions as a counternarrative: Melchor presents a corrective simply by getting close to her subjects and telling their stories...' Laura Adamczyk on THIS IS NOT MIAMI by Fernanda Melchor, tr Sophie Hughes for @thenation: https://t.co/1xzz6WeiU1
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book