READING A WORLD IN TRANSLATION

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Romania

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

Nina

Jan 13, 20221 min read

Angola

A General Theory of Oblivion was written by José Eduardo Agualusa and published in the original Portuguese in 2012. Translated into...

Nina

Dec 5, 20211 min read

Slovenia

Mitja Cander's Blind Man was translated by Rawley Grau and published by Istros Books in 2021. I read a paperback that I found in...

Nina

Nov 3, 20211 min read

Sweden

Leif G.W. Persson's Another Time, Another Place, translated by Paul Norlen and published in 2012 by Doubleday. This novel was originally...

Nina

Oct 25, 20201 min read

Japan

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander. This thriller was initially...

Nina

Jun 25, 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

Haiti

Alphabet of the Night by Jean-Euphele Milce was first published in French in 2004. It was translated by Christopher Moncrieff and...

Nina

Mar 14, 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

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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READING A WORLD IN TRANSLATION

Romania

Angola

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Haiti

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