Peirene Gift Subscription
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The latest in international translated fiction, and sent straight to your door. We search high and low for the most exciting voices from around the world, and introduce them to English-language readers.A one year Peirene subscription is the perfect surprise gift for a loved one. Gift subscribers also benefit from 15% off all Peirene books and subscriptions – so it’s a gift that keeps on giving!
This is the six-book-a-year Peirene gift subscription. Gift recipients receive their first book immediately, followed by five further books over the next year. A gift note can be added at checkout. Free p&p within the UK. International postage costs apply.
Please note that Christmas gifts will be sent out gift wrapped, with a gift note inside, which you can specify at checkout. The outside of the parcel will be marked ‘Not to be opened until 25th December’.
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Up Next
OCTOBER 2023:
THE UNDERSTORY BY SANEH SANGSUK, TRANSLATED FROM THAI BY MUI POOPOKSAKUL.
An ancient monk tells fireside stories of the jungle, and his lifelong obsession with its most fearsome beast: the tiger. The Understory is a novel about the awesome power of nature, and the lives of those who live alongside it, from one of the most beloved of Thai authors.
DECEMBER 2023:
ABOUT UNCLE BY REBECCA GISLER, TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY JORDAN STUMP.
A young woman moves to a quiet seaside town to care for her uncle, a disabled veteran with questionable habits. As her world grows smaller, she finds herself relying on this man – her only companion. The debut novel from one of Switzerland’s most exciting young writers.
FEBRUARY 2024:
ANOMALY BY ANDREJ NIKOLAIDIS, TRANSLATED FROM MONTENEGRIN BY WILL FIRTH.
Set on New Year’s Eve on the last day of human existence, Anomaly is an exhilarating, carnival of a novel, with a dark humour and remorselessness reminiscent of Thomas Bernhard and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
APRIL 2024:
UN AMOR BY SARA MESA, TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY KATIE WHITTEMORE.
On the heels of a cryptic mistake, Nat begins a new life in a rural Spanish village. But mutual misunderstanding thrums below the surface, and as tensions mount, the community’s most unexpected impulses emerge.
JUNE 2024:
GLORIA BY VICTOR HERINGER, TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE BY JAMES YOUNG & SOPHIE LEWIS.
From the author of The Love of Singular Men comes a book about three brothers with a dark inheritance.
AUGUST 2024:
A SIMPLE INTERVENTION BY YAEL INOKAI, TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY MARIELLE SUTHERLAND.
A ground-breaking surgical intervention promises to free women from mental illness. But at what cost? Meret, a nurse on the surgical ward, is proud to be part of the solution, but when she falls in love with another nurse, her certainty in the system begins to crumble.
OCTOBER 2024:
DJINNS BY FATMA AYDEMIR, TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY JON CHO-POLIZZI
The Spiegel Bestseller set between Germany and Turkey at the end of the 20th century, this sweeping saga portrays a family in all its complexity: full of secrets, questions, silence and love.
