Another Bibliophile Reads | 12 Unread Books in Translation from NYRB @anotherbibliophilereads | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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1. The Simple Past by Driss Charaibi (1926-2007)
Published 1954 in French
Translated by Hugh A Carter 1990
219 pages

2. The Strudlhof Steps by Heimtio von Doderer (1896-1966)
Published 1951 in German
Translated by Vincent Kling 2021
850 pages

3. A Posthumous Confession by Marcessus Emants (1848-1923)
Published 1894 in Dutch
Translated by J.M. Coetzee 1986

4. The Liar by Martin A. Hansen (1909-1955)
Published 1942 in Danish
Translated by Paul Larkin 2023
226 pages

5. Havoc by Tom Kristensen (1893-1974)
Published 1930 in Danish
Translated by Carl Malmberg 1968
505 pages

6. The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye (1928-1980)
Published 1954 in French
Translated by James Kirkup 1971
279 pages

7. Soul by Andrey Plat on ov (1899-1951)
Russian
Translated by Robert & Elizabeth Chandler 2008
335 pages

8. The Widow by Simenon (1903-1989)
Published 1942 in French
Translated by John Petrie
151 pages

9. The Flanders Road by Claude Simone (1913-2005)
Published 1960 in French
Translated by Richard Howard 1961

10. Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin (1955 - )
Published 2013 in Russian
Translated by Max Lawton 2022
333 pages

11. The Fawn by Magda Szabo (1917-2007)
Published 1959 in Hungarian
Translated by Len Rix 2023
285 pages

12. Temptation by Janos Szekely (1901-1958)
Published 1946 in Hungarian
Translated by Mark Baczoni 2020
685 pages

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