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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...
Nina
Nov 3, 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...
Nina
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Italy
This Italian novel, Almarina by Valeria Parrella, was originally published in 2019. Translated from Italian to English by Alex Valente,...
Nina
Oct 4, 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...
Nina
Aug 1, 20211 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...
Nina
Jan 9, 20212 min read
Mexico
Fernanda Melchor's Hurricane Season, translated by Sophie Hughes was originally published in 2017. The edition I read was published in...
Nina
Oct 6, 20201 min read
Netherlands
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated in to English by Michele Hutchison, originally published in 2018, the...
Nina
Oct 5, 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...
Nina
Apr 10, 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...
Nina
Mar 8, 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...
Nina
Feb 29, 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...
Nina
Feb 27, 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...
Nina
Feb 24, 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...
Nina
Feb 23, 20201 min read
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