Bouquins & Books | Around the World in Short Books: a Shorty September Pile of Possibilities @bouquinsbooks | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 18 minutes ago.
Shorty September is hosted by Sian and Bert @pastorytime2683 and Heather @TooManyHeathers
announcement videos: youtube.com/watch?v=y-tOINKwgDM and youtube.com/watch?v=CXLft9P8Tj0&t=0s
I mention this article in La Presse:
lapresse.ca/arts/chroniques/2023-08-26/l-eternel-retour-des-lectures-obligatoires.php
I mention a few other channels:
Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/watch?v=fAxp8z3JHEo&list=PL1gFZZW3aXa6oYtg4-VZW9vBkzfps4dnS
For the love of classics: youtube.com/watch?v=jCgH_kCj75Q&t=0s
Ange's book chatter: youtube.com/@anges_book_chatter
My pile of possibilities:
(*means the book is likely not translated in English)
The Double Hook; Sheila Watson (Canada)
Paper Houses; Dominique Fortier (Canada)
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop; Alba Donati (Italy)
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel; Marie-Claire Blais (Canada)
The Goddess of Fireflies; Geneviève Petterson (Canada)
The Tenth Man; Graham Greene (USA)
The Underdogs. A Novel of the Mexican Revolution; Mariano Azuela (Mexico)
*Trafiquants de Beauté; Zoé Valdés (Cuba)
*L’Ange de charbon; Dominique Batraville (Haiti)
Bonsai; Alejandro Zambra (Chile)
Evening Primrose; Kopano Matlwa (South Africa)
A General Theory of Oblivion; José Eduardo Agualusa (Angola)
*Zaynab ou les brèches de la mémoire; Aroussia Nalouti (Tunisia)
The Punishment; Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco)
Hunger; Mohammed El-Bisatie (Egypt)
Voices of the Lost; Hoda Marakat (Lebanon)
The Space Between Us; Zoya Pirzad (Iran)
*La Sterne Rouge; Antonythasan Jesuthasan (Sri Lanka)
*L’Hôtel du cygne; Zhang Yeran (China)
*Le Convoi d’eau; Akira Yoshimura (Japan)
*Sovki; Elena Botchorichvili (USSR)
Just the Plague; Ludmilla Ulitskaya (Russia)
An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good; Helene Tursten (Sweden)
*Au bord de la Sandà; Gyrdir Eliasson (Iceland)
84, Charing Cross Road; Helene Hanff (UK)
Siddartha; Hermann Hesse (Germany)
Guilt: stories; Ferdinand von Schirach (Germany)
Thirst; Amélie Nothomb (Belgium)
The Black City; George Sand (France)
*Djinns; Seynabou Sonko (France)
A Long Way Off; Pascal Garnier (France)
Simple Passion; Annie Ernaux (France)
The Church of Solitude; Grazia Deledda (Italy)
The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat; Sergi Pàmies (Spain)
*Matteo a perdu son emploi; Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal)
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age; Bohumil Hrabal (Czech Republic)
Mongolian Travel Guide; Svetislav Basara (Serbia)
Shorty September is hosted by Sian and Bert @pastorytime2683 and Heather @TooManyHeathers
announcement videos: youtube.com/watch?v=y-tOINKwgDM and youtube.com/watch?v=CXLft9P8Tj0&t=0s
I mention this article in La Presse:
lapresse.ca/arts/chroniques/2023-08-26/l-eternel-retour-des-lectures-obligatoires.php
I mention a few other channels:
Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/watch?v=fAxp8z3JHEo&list=PL1gFZZW3aXa6oYtg4-VZW9vBkzfps4dnS
For the love of classics: youtube.com/watch?v=jCgH_kCj75Q&t=0s
Ange's book chatter: youtube.com/@anges_book_chatter
My pile of possibilities:
(*means the book is likely not translated in English)
The Double Hook; Sheila Watson (Canada)
Paper Houses; Dominique Fortier (Canada)
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop; Alba Donati (Italy)
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel; Marie-Claire Blais (Canada)
The Goddess of Fireflies; Geneviève Petterson (Canada)
The Tenth Man; Graham Greene (USA)
The Underdogs. A Novel of the Mexican Revolution; Mariano Azuela (Mexico)
*Trafiquants de Beauté; Zoé Valdés (Cuba)
*L’Ange de charbon; Dominique Batraville (Haiti)
Bonsai; Alejandro Zambra (Chile)
Evening Primrose; Kopano Matlwa (South Africa)
A General Theory of Oblivion; José Eduardo Agualusa (Angola)
*Zaynab ou les brèches de la mémoire; Aroussia Nalouti (Tunisia)
The Punishment; Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco)
Hunger; Mohammed El-Bisatie (Egypt)
Voices of the Lost; Hoda Marakat (Lebanon)
The Space Between Us; Zoya Pirzad (Iran)
*La Sterne Rouge; Antonythasan Jesuthasan (Sri Lanka)
*L’Hôtel du cygne; Zhang Yeran (China)
*Le Convoi d’eau; Akira Yoshimura (Japan)
*Sovki; Elena Botchorichvili (USSR)
Just the Plague; Ludmilla Ulitskaya (Russia)
An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good; Helene Tursten (Sweden)
*Au bord de la Sandà; Gyrdir Eliasson (Iceland)
84, Charing Cross Road; Helene Hanff (UK)
Siddartha; Hermann Hesse (Germany)
Guilt: stories; Ferdinand von Schirach (Germany)
Thirst; Amélie Nothomb (Belgium)
The Black City; George Sand (France)
*Djinns; Seynabou Sonko (France)
A Long Way Off; Pascal Garnier (France)
Simple Passion; Annie Ernaux (France)
The Church of Solitude; Grazia Deledda (Italy)
The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat; Sergi Pàmies (Spain)
*Matteo a perdu son emploi; Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal)
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age; Bohumil Hrabal (Czech Republic)
Mongolian Travel Guide; Svetislav Basara (Serbia)
