TRANSLATED LITERATURE
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Translation: Eleni Michaloyianni
In Islam, it is permissible for a man who travels to marry for a fixed duration, so as not to be tempted to engage in prostitution. They call it “the happy marriage”.
In such circumstances Amir, a wealthy Fès trader, temporarily marries Nabu, a Fulani from Dakar where he comes every year to procure goods. However, Amir discovers that he has fallen in love with Nabu and proposes to take her with him to Fès. Nabu accepts, becomes his second wife and shortly afterwards gives birth to twin boys. One white, the other black. From then on she will be confronted with the first white wife's dreadful jealousy and the racism of everyday life.
A few decades later, twins, adults, have taken very different paths. White is fully integrated. Black has a lot more trouble in his life and fails to offer his son, Salim, a better future. Now it's Salim's turn to become a victim of the colour of his skin.
Pages: 264
ISBN: 978-960-6893-47-6
Price: €12.00
Camille Laurens
Translation: Niki Karakitsou- Dougé, Maria Kasabaloglou- Roblin
Claire is a 50 years old college professor who is lost in the fascinating and dark world of Facebook. She builds a fake 24 years old profile on Facebook to reach out to her ex-boyfriend through his roommate. Yet it is this fantasy creature that Christophe - nickname KissChris - will fall in love.
In a dizzy reflection between the real and the virtual, Camille Laurens narrates the dangerous relationships of a woman who does not want to give up her passion.
The film “Who you think i am” ,based on Camille Laurens’s book, released in July 2019 by director Safy Nebbou and Juliette Binoche as Claire.
Σελ: 196
ISBN: 978-960-6893-38-4
Τιμή: €12.00
Neel Mukherjee
Translation: Michalis Laliotis
Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note.
At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Poisonous rivalries grow, the once- thriving family business implodes and destructive secrets are unearthed. And all around them the sands are shifting as society fractures, for this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change.
Pages: 620
ISBN: 978-960-6893-35-3
Price: €17.00
Elizabeth Haynes
Translation: Efi Fryda
Human Remains is a deeply disturbing and powerful psychological thriller that will have you checking the locks on your doors and windows.
When Annabel, a police analyst, discovers her neighbour’ s decomposing body in the house next door, she’ s appalled to think that no one, including herself, noticed that anything was wrong.
Back at work, she feels compelled to investigate, despite her colleagues' lack of interest, and finds data showing that such cases are common – too common – in her home town. As she’ s drawn deeper into the mystery and becomes convinced she’ s on the trail of a killer, she also must face her own demons and her own mortality. Would anyone notice if she just disappeared?
Pages: 418
ISBN: 978-960-6893-36-0
Price: €15.00
Jane Hawking
Translation: Efi Fryda
Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and author of the scientific bestseller "A Brief History of Time", which sold over 25 million copies across the world and will be adapted as a children's book in the Autumn of next year. In this compelling memoir his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family will be inspirational to anyone dealing with family illness. The inner-strength of the author, and the self-evident character and achievements of her husband, make for an incredible tale that is always presented with unflinching honesty; the author's candour is no less evident when the marriage finally ends in a high-profile meltdown, with Stephen leaving Jane for one of his nurses, while Jane goes on to marry an old family friend. In this exceptionally open, moving and often funny memoir, Jane Hawking confronts not only the acutely complicated and painful dilemmas of her first marriage, but also the faultlines exposed in a relationship by the pervasive effects of fame and wealth. The result is a book about optimism, love and change that will resonate with readers everywhere.
Pages: 672
ISBN: 978-960-6893-33-9
Price: €17.00
