Scallydandling about the books | A bright and breezy August TBR full of #WITmonth choices @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Women in Translation Month is an annual event across the book world now. Find out more here: womenintranslation.org
I'm indulging to the full this year.

Apologies to the Belgian nation for saying Amélie Nothomb is French. She is a Francophone Belgian. Also the official languages of Cameroon are French and English although there are other recognised languages including Cameroon Pidgin English or Kamtok and Camfranglais.

Books mentioned:
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro trans Frances Riddle
The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada trans Kate Maude
Fieldwork In Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko trans Halyna Hryn
The Vegetarian by Han Kang trans Deborah Smith
Seasons of the Shadow by Leonora Miano trans Gila Walker
The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun trans Katharina von Ankum
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan trans Irene Ashe
Pétronille by Amélie Nothomb trans Alison Anderson
The Women of Tijucopapo by Marilena Felinto trans Irene Matthews

Plus The Mansion by William Faulkner for #faulknerinaugust

Booktubers mentioned:
@PageTurnersWithKatja
@JentheLibrarianreads for more on the LGBTQ Books in Translation group