Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell ; introduction by Jenny Erpenbeck. Kurt Tucholsky ; translated from the German and with an introduction by Michael Hofmann. Gaito Gazdanov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Bryan Karetnyk. selected and translated [from the German] with an introduction by R.J. Hollingdale. Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German by Hilda Rosner ; with an introduction by Paulo Coelho. Werner Herzog ; translated from the German by Marje Herzog and Alan Greenberg. Varlam Shalamov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Donald Rayfield. Akira Yoshimura ; translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey ; introduction by David Mitchell. Jean Giono ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters ; introduction by Susan Stewart. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; introduction by Will Self.