Istros books is a London-based independent publisher of writers from South-East Europe and the Balkans, in English translation.
Publications
Notable publications include:
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Doppelgänger by Daša Drndić (Croatia), translated by Celia Hawkesworth & S.D. Curtis, 2018.
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Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić (Bosnia), translated by Coral Petkovich
Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (2019):
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Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent (2016) and Gaudeamus (2018) by Mircea Eliade (Romania), translated by Christopher Moncrieff and Christopher Bartholomew.
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Exile by Çiler İlhan (Turkey), translated by Aysegul Tososer Artes, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.
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The Son by Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegro), translated by Will Firth, 2013.
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Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu (Romania), translated by Alistair Ian Blythe, with an afterword by Mircea Cărtărescu, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.
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Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2016. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.
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Fairground Magician by Jelena Lengold (Serbia), translated by Celia Hawkesworth, 2013. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.
Other authors
Other authors that Istros Books have published include: Dušan Šarotar, Robert Perišić,
Julio Llamazares, Aleš Šteger, Ognjen Spahić, Goran Vojnović, Srećko Horvat, Slavoj Žižek,
Alek Popov, Marija Knežević,
Octavian Paler, Ayfer Tunç,
Evald Flisar and Marinko Koščec.
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