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Nina

Jan 13, 20221 min read

Romania

Fem by Magda Carneci, translated by Sean Cotter and published in 2021 by Deep Vellum Publishing. This novel was originally published in...

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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 11, 20211 min read

Switzerland

Proleterka is a short novel by Swiss author, Fleur Jaeggy. Written in Italian, it was originally published in 2001 and translated into...

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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 30, 20211 min read

Algeria

I chose a novel that was written by a woman who was born and brought up in Algeria but currently lives in France, is in fact both French...

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Nina

Aug 28, 20211 min read

Spain

Published by Pushkin Press in 2020 and originally published in 2018, Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols was translated from...

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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

Jul 18, 20211 min read

Denmark

Browsing through my local bookshop I was pleasantly surprised to find The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated into English from the...

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Nina

Jul 17, 20211 min read

Cuba

Havana Year Zero by Karla Suarez, translated by Christina MacSweeney and published in 2020 by Charco Press was a pleasure to read, both...

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Nina

Jan 20, 20211 min read

Japan

There's No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Polly Barton. I read the paperback edition published by Bloomsbury...

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Nina

Oct 27, 20201 min read

Republic of Korea

Bae Suah's Untold Night and Day, translated by Deborah Smith and published by Jonathan Cape in 2020. The story of Ayami, starts quite...

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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

Jul 9, 20201 min read

Oman

Celestial Bodies, written by Omani author Jokha Alharthi and translated from Arabic in to English by Marilyn Booth, was published by...

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Nina

Jun 1, 20201 min read

Argentina

Tender is the Flesh was published by Pushkin Press this year. Translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses, Agustina Bazterrica's novel is a...

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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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