Maybe This Time

Alois Hotschnig

GUARDIAN PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2011

A spellbinding short story collection by one of Austria’s most critically acclaimed authors.

A man becomes obsessed with observing his neighbours. A large family gathers for Christmas only to wait for the one member who never turns up. An old woman lures a man into her house where he finds dolls resembling himself as a boy. Mesmerizing and haunting stories about loss of identity in the modern world.

‎"Not since Julio Cortazar's game of Hopscotch ... has an author so daringly undertaken to challenge the reader." The Independent

"Hotschnig's stories have the weird, creepy and ambiguous quality of disturbing dreams." The Guardian

Translated from Austrian German by Tess Lewis.

110pp, Paperback with Flaps, £8.99
ISBN 978-0-9562840-5-1
ebook 978-0-9562840-9-9

Tomorrow Pamplona

Jan van Mersbergen

A story about anger, aggression and the desire for intimacy by a rising star of modern Dutch literature.

A professional boxer and a family man meet by chance on a journey to the Pamplona Bull Run. The boxer is fleeing an unhappy love. The father hopes to escape his dull routine. Both know that, eventually, they will have to return to the place each calls “home”.

"An impressive work from a leading Dutch writer." Daily Mail

"Flawlessly translated from Dutch ... A book that is likely to divide readers, possibly along gender lines." Financial Times

Translated from Dutch by Laura Watkinson.

180pp, Paperback with Flaps, £8.99
ISBN 978-0-9562840-4-4
ebook 978-1-908670-03-8

Next World Novella

Matthias Politycki

INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2012 LONGLIST
THE INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2011
GUARDIAN PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2011

Germany’s master of wit and irony now for the first time in English.

Hinrich takes his existence at face value. His wife, on the other hand, has always been more interested in the after-life. Or so it seemed. When she dies of a stroke, Hinrich goes through her papers, only to discover a totally different perspective on their marriage. Thus commences, a dazzling intellectual game of shifting realities.

"Inventive and deeply affecting." The Independent

"A page-turning pleasure... this novella has a supreme lightness of touch... It never feels weighed down by its own significance." Rosie Goldsmith, BBC

Translated from German by Anthea Bell.

144pp, Paperback with Flaps, £8.99
ISBN 978-0-9562840-3-7
ebook 978-1-908670-02-1