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Envy<br />

MODERN BACKLIST<br />

ala<strong>in</strong> elKann<br />

A writer falls victim to an obsessive curiosity about a famous<br />

artist. The narrator’s envy grows as he beg<strong>in</strong>s to fear that his<br />

wife could succumb to the charm of this seductive man who<br />

attracts women, pa<strong>in</strong>ts them and then discards them ...<br />

Translated by alaStair MCewen<br />

ISBN 9781901285819 • 128pp • £7.99<br />

I Was beh<strong>in</strong>d you<br />

niColaS fargueS<br />

“For all this time, all these years, I’ve been right beh<strong>in</strong>d you, as close as can be,<br />

and you didn’t notice me. It’s obvious you and I were meant to be together ... ”<br />

An impressive and subtle account of gender relations<br />

and exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the choices one has made <strong>in</strong> the past.<br />

Translated by Sue roSe<br />

ISBN 9781906548056 • 192pp • £12<br />

Open Secret<br />

CarloS gaMerro<br />

Darío Ezcurra is one of the thousands of Argent<strong>in</strong>ians ‘disappeared’<br />

by the military government. Twenty years later,<br />

young Fefe returns to Darío’s town and attempts to discover<br />

how the community permitted such a crime to occur.<br />

Translated by ian barnett<br />

ISBN 9781906548483 • 286pp • £9.99<br />

Fists<br />

Pietro groSSi<br />

Three stories, three portraits of young men learn<strong>in</strong>g the realities<br />

of adult life. Characters, bound together by fate, struggle<br />

to f<strong>in</strong>d mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> human existence.<br />

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010.<br />

Translated by howard CurtiS<br />

ISBN 9781906548384 • 160pp • £7.99<br />

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