READING A WORLD IN TRANSLATION

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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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