An English edition was first published in 1951 by New Directions Publishing with a translation by Hilda Rosner. Several American publishers have commissioned new translations of the novel since it left US copyright in 1998. The translations include:
- 1951: Hilda Rosner, for New Directions Publishing
- 1998: Sherab Chödzin Kohn, for Shambhala Classics, introduction by Paul W. Morris and translator's preface
- 1999: Joachim Neugroschel, for Penguin, introduction by Ralph Freedman and translator's note
- 1999: Stanley Applebaum, for Dover Thrift Edition, introduction and glossary anon.
- 2006: Susan Bernofsky, for Modern Library, foreword by Tom Robbins and translator's preface
- 2007: Rika Lesser, for Barnes & Noble, introduction by Robert A. Thurman
- 2022: Stefano Di Lorenzo, for East & West Books