MacLehose Press & Arcadia Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Enigma of Room 622
Joël Dicker
Joël Dicker's latest novel, THE ENIGMA OF ROOM 622, is out TODAY! 🗝️ A masterful mystery novel, crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch, The Enigma of Room 622 dazzles with twists, turns and delicious intrigue. 🏔️ Translated by Roberto Bononno. 📚 #newbooks #crimefiction https://t.co/E7NmyBAazz
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China
Erika Fatland
Erika Fatland @StanfordsTravel for tonight’s Travel Writing Awards, shortlisted for #High https://t.co/oVpez6tdhF
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Just a Mother
Roy Jacobsen
Four paintings by Norwegian artist Kjell Nupen on the covers of Roy Jacobsen’s sublime Barrøy series. JUST A MOTHER (bk4) is out now in Don Bartlett & Don Shaw’s translation https://t.co/2hK4wkTv7r
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Austral
Carlos Fonseca
A very happy publication day to Carlos Fonseca. AUSTRAL was described in @IrishTimesBooks as “An exceptional and intricate novel of depth, insight and understanding, translated with great care by Megan McDowell”. https://t.co/MfONgk3I3w
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Return
Dulce Maria Cardoso
@A_B_Morgan We've got a few! THE RETURN, Dulce Maria Cardoso, tr @AngelGurriaQ; ABIGAIL, Magda Szabo, tr Len Rix; PAINTING TIME, Maylis de Kerangal, tr Jessica Moore. And many others I can't immediately think of...
Paperback, 2018
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithu
Erika Fatland
On Thursday, Erika Fatland, author SOVIETISTAN and THE BORDER will be in conversation with James Lamont at @StanfordsTravel to discuss her new book, HIGH: A Journey Across the Himalayas. 📅 6 Oct, 7pm 🎫https://t.co/8UdPpMehUy
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Inventory of Losses
Judith Schalansky
On our non-fiction shelf we have the awardwinning AN INVENTORY OF LOSSES by Judith Schalansky, tr. @jackietransl8, a beautiful collection of essays meditating on loss. https://t.co/WxeIrxvelS #WITMonth #womenintranslation #readwomen https://t.co/66wFKUz8Sz
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Retrospective
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
A couple of weeks ago the great Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez met the @BehindTheSpine podcast to discuss his new book #Retrospective (translated masterfully by Anne McLean). Listen in https://t.co/XCcQIEMUzf @SwainsonBill
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mud Sweeter Than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania
Margo Rejmer
ALICE'S BOOK - Karina Urbach, tr. @jamiebulloch MUD SWEETER THAN HONEY - Margo Rejmer, tr. @zosia_kj & Antonia Lloyd-Jones IN EVE'S ATTIRE - Delphine Horvilleur, tr. Ruth Diver AN INVENTORY OF LOSSES - Judith Schalansky, tr. @jackietransl8 📚 #WITmonth #womenintranslation https://t.co/TRVjhgi4FD
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
18 Afghan Women
You can buy your own copy* of My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women from all good bookshops! 🕊 *Kite not included 🪁🪁🪁 #afghanistan #shortstory @WritersUntold @QuercusBooks https://t.co/fIffHhxPmV
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book