France

Translated by Nguyễn An Lý A Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Sai Gon for her estranged mother's funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house and...

The autobiography of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker, published in English for the first time.This is the iconic Josephine Baker in her own words.Funny, candid and unconventional- the wildly...

Translated by Gila Walker Challenging conventional notions of racial and regional identity, Léonora Miano provides a fresh perspective on the complexities of self-perception. In this ground-breaking exploration, French-Cameroonian author Léonora Miano...

Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, this collection of 3 tales of memory in wartime France is perfect for fans of Helen Oyeyemi and Banana Yoshimoto Visiting a friend in...

Translated by Natasha Lehrer In this dystopian novel about total collapse by internationally renowned author Amin Maalouf, a complete blackout hits a small island with only two solitary inhabitants, who...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins Tonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon the tent...

The half-million copy global literary quest bestseller for fans of The Name of the Rose- 'a masterpiece' The Times; 'Bolano-esque' ObserverParis, 2018. Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book...

Translated from the French by Jordan Stump. The Cheffe is born into an impoverished family in Sainte-Bazeille in south-western France, but when she takes a job working in the kitchen...

Translated by Gila Walker One might say that the womb of death — the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonisation — gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her...

Translated by Gila Walker In Blind Spot, Myriam Tadessé exposes the difficulty, even the impossibility, for France to truly understand and celebrate the lived realities of mixed or biracial French...

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman— a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author. It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and...

Tales from my eleven-year-old life Translated by Sam Taylor Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's daughter, Esther. She tells him about her...

Tales from my twelve-year-old lifeTranslated by Sam TaylorEvery week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about...

Japanese rice balls made easy!When a snack stands the test of time, you know it’s good! Onigiri — balls of rice that can be served plain or stuffed with tuna,...

Translated by Alison Anderson Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss. Tokyo,...

A rediscovered classic memoir - the scintillatingly witty account of one extraordinary woman's life during a turbulent century'A voice so vivid it seems impossible that it should ever have been...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins A haunting, lyrical French bestseller set in Paris and Algiers about desire, shame and violence In All Men Want to Know the author traces her...

From the bestselling author of Lullaby, the prizewinning debut novel about all our attempts to discover who we are — deep down — and what we actually want. Her obsessions...

Winner of the Prix Ethiophile, the Prix des racines et des mots, and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie AN AWARD WINNING NOVEL FOLLOWING THREE GENERATIONS TORN APART...

Translated by Lara Vergnaud *Winner of the Prix Eugène Dabit* Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful prize-winning novel explores the darker side of human nature — and the...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins From the author of Winter in Sokcho, which won the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The days are beginning to draw in. The...

The prize-winning story of a Senegalese soldier in the trenches, told in hypnotic, powerful prose. Alfa Diaye and Mademba Diop are two of the many Senegalese tirailleurs who fight in...

Translated by Sam Taylor Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of Andre Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and the exquisite sense of place...

A Philosophy of Violence Translated from the French by Kieran Aarons. A brilliant study of violent self-defense in the struggle for liberation by an award-winning philosopher Is violent self-defense ethical?...

Translated by Anne Thompson-Ahmadova A brilliantly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle for freedom The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is...

From the prize winning and bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele: a fascinating and witty collection of essays on the lives of women grappling with sexual politics in a deeply...

Translated by Sam Taylor From the author of the International Booker Prize-winning At Night All Blood is Black: a moving and immersive adventure story set in eighteenth century Senegal The...

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and 2016. Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj,...

The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt — a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood. The baby is dead. It took...