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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
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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
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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
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Switzerland
Proleterka is a short novel by Swiss author, Fleur Jaeggy. Written in Italian, it was originally published in 2001 and translated into...
Nina
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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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
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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...
Nina
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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Spain
Published by Pushkin Press in 2020 and originally published in 2018, Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols was translated from...
Nina
Aug 28, 20211 min read
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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
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Denmark
Browsing through my local bookshop I was pleasantly surprised to find The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated into English from the...
Nina
Jul 18, 20211 min read
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Cuba
Havana Year Zero by Karla Suarez, translated by Christina MacSweeney and published in 2020 by Charco Press was a pleasure to read, both...
Nina
Jul 17, 20211 min read
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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...
Nina
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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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...
Nina
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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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
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Oman
Celestial Bodies, written by Omani author Jokha Alharthi and translated from Arabic in to English by Marilyn Booth, was published by...
Nina
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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Argentina
Tender is the Flesh was published by Pushkin Press this year. Translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses, Agustina Bazterrica's novel is a...
Nina
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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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
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