FICTION
Tongues of Flame, a novel, Heinemann, 1985, winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask prizes.
Loving Roger, a novel, Heinemann, 1986, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys prize.
Home Thoughts, a novel, Collins, 1987.
Keeping Distance, short story, published in the collection 20 Under 35, Sceptre, 1988
Family Planning, a novel, Collins, 1989.
The Room, published in the collection, New Woman, New Fiction, Pan Books, 1990
Cara Massimina, a novel, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
Goodness, a novel, Heinemann, 1991.
Italian Neighbours, non fiction, Heinemann, 1992.
Shear, a novel, Heinemann, 1993.
Mimi's Ghost, a novel, Secker & Warburg, 1995.
An Italian Education, non-fiction.
Europa, a novel, Secker & Warburg, 1997, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Adultery and Other Diversions, essays, Secker & Warburg, 1998.
Destiny, a novel, Secker &Warburg, 1999.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Translation, a Tool for Criticism, published in the proceedings of the FIT XIII World Congress, 1993.
Discovering Joyce through Translation, published in the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Translation, Kuala Lumpur, 1993.
Translating the Evocative Spirit in 'A Portrait of the Artist' and 'Ulysses', Il confronto letterario, University of Pavia, 1994.
Barbara Pym and the Untranslatable Commonplace, published in a collection of essays on Barbara Pym, IULM University, Milan, 1996.
'Translating Distance: an approach to Beckett through a consideration of the Italian tranlations of 'Murphy' and 'Watt', Il confronto letterario, University of Pavia, 1996.
Rethinking the Task of the Translator, Rivista internazionale di tecnica della traduzione, Trieste, 1995.
Joyce, Saba, and Svevo in Trieste, The New York Review of Books, 1995
Translating Style: English Modernists and their Italian Translations, a full-length book, Cassells, 1997.
Prajapati: upon translating a paragraph of Roberto Calasso, The London Review of Books, 1998.
Different Worlds, an essay on the limits of translation (in 'Translation of Poetry and Poetic Prose - Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 110', The Nobel foundation, Stockholm, 1999)
A Prisoner's Dream: Montale in English, (New York Review vol. XLVI no.2, 4/2/1999)
Sightgeist, an essay on José Saramago New York Review vol. XLVI no.3, 18/2/1999)
Gods and Monsters, an essay on Salman Rushdie, (New York Review vol. XLVI no.8, 6/5/1999)
Sentimental Education, an essay on Vikram Seth (New York Review vol. XLVI no.12, 15/7/1999)
Unlocking the Mind's Manacles, an essay on Gregory Bateson e i suoi discepoli italiani (New York Review vol. XLVI no. 17, 7/10/1999)
On and off the High Road, an essay on the idea of national character as developed in Ian Buruma's, Voltaire's Coconuts (London Review vol 21, no.11, 27/5/1999)
Imagining Robert (Lancet UK and New York Review, January 2000)
In Love with Leopardi (New York Review, March 2000)
TRANSLATIONS
La cosa (Erotic Tales) by Alberto Moravia, Secker & Warburg 1985.
L'uomo che guarda (The Voyeur) by Alberto Moravia, Secker & Warburg, 1986.
Viaggio a Roma (Journey to Rome) by Alberto Moravia, Secker & Warburg, 1989.
Notturno indiano (Indian Nocturne) by Antonio Tabucchi, Chatto & Windus, 1988.
Il filo dell' orizzonte (Vanishing Point) by Antonio Tabucchi, Chatto & Windus, 1989.
La donna di Porto Pim (The Woman of Porto Pim), by Antonio Tabucchi, Chatto & Windus, 1989.
I volatili del Beato Angelico (The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico), by Antonio Tabucchi, Chatto & Windus, 1989.
C'è un punto della terra (A place on Earth... A Woman in Birkenau) by Giuliana Tedeschi, Pantheon Books, 1992.
I beati anni del castigo (Sweet Days of Discipline) by Fleur Jaeggy, Heinemann, 1991. The translation was awarded the John Florio Prize.
Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia (The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony) by Roberto Calasso, Knopf, 1993. The translation was awarded the Italo Calvino Prize.
La strada di San Giovanni (The Road to San Giovanni) by Italo Calvino, Pantheon Books, 1993. The translation was awarded the John Florio Prize.
Prima che tu dica pronto (Numbers in the Dark) by Italo Calvino, Pantheon Books, 1995
La paura del cielo, (Last Vanities) by Fleur Jaeggy, New Directions, 1998
Ka, (Ka) by Roberto Calasso, Knopf, 1998.