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Nina
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Finland
Inlands by Elin Willows, translated by Duncan J Lewis and published in 2020 by Nordisk Books. Born in Sweden, Elin Willows has lived in...
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Nina
Oct 19, 20211 min read
China
Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu. I read a first edition hardback, published by Head of Zeus in 2020. This...
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Nina
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Italy
This Italian novel, Almarina by Valeria Parrella, was originally published in 2019. Translated from Italian to English by Alex Valente,...
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Nina
Aug 1, 20211 min read
Germany
Marion Poschmann's The Pine Islands was translated by Jen Calleja and first published in German in 2017. I read a paperback published in...
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Nina
Jan 9, 20212 min read
At the end of the year
Over 2020 I chose to travel from continent to continent as I read novels, partly to get a sense of travel as our movement was limited by...
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Nina
Oct 6, 20201 min read
Mexico
Fernanda Melchor's Hurricane Season, translated by Sophie Hughes was originally published in 2017. The edition I read was published in...
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Nina
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Netherlands
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated in to English by Michele Hutchison, originally published in 2018, the...
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Nina
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Norway
It's odd to be reading international fiction when a pandemic is working its way around the globe. The fiction I am reading reflects a...
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Nina
Mar 8, 20201 min read
Israel
While browsing in my local bookshop I found Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Originally written in Hebrew, first published in Tel Aviv and...
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Nina
Feb 29, 20201 min read
France
I always enjoy novels by Amelie Nothomb and look out for new translations. They are short, pointed and effective, often a little...
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Nina
Feb 27, 20201 min read
Iceland
History. A Mess. written by Sigrun Palsdottir and translated in to English by Lytton Smith. A novel that feels like it deserves a...
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Nina
Feb 24, 20201 min read
United States
Written in English, coming from a dominant culture, it's easy to find books written by people from the US in the native language, no...
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Nina
Feb 23, 20201 min read
An old idea, a beginning
I couldn't tell you when I first started to read and enjoy translated fiction but there are notable books that stick out from my...
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