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One of our Women in Translation month prompts is to read a genre novel by a woman in translation. There are so many exciting options. Here are a few I can recommend personally. Watch out for recommendations from my fellow hosts Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja and Angelia @readandre-read too.
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Books mentioned
The Lover by Marguerite Duras translated by Barbara Bray
The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas translated by Sian Reynolds
Murder at Mt Fuji by Shizuko Natsuki translated by Robert Rohmer
Betty Boo by Claudia Piñeiro translated by Miranda France
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor translated by Sophie Hughes
Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva translated by Angela Rodel
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zî translated by Lin King
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin translated by John Baker
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset translated by Tina Nunnally
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn translated by Martin Aitken
Vita Nostra by Maryna and Serkhiy Dyashenko translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami translated by Asa Yoneda
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin translated by Megan McDowell
The Tyranny of Flies by Elaine Vilar Madruga translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Solà translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Troll:A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo translated by Herbert Lomas
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem translated by Sinan Antoon
On the Calculation of Volume book 1 by Solvej Balle translated by Barbara Haveland
One of our Women in Translation month prompts is to read a genre novel by a woman in translation. There are so many exciting options. Here are a few I can recommend personally. Watch out for recommendations from my fellow hosts Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja and Angelia @readandre-read too.
Join us on Discord discord.gg/z2BsV2c6e
Books mentioned
The Lover by Marguerite Duras translated by Barbara Bray
The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas translated by Sian Reynolds
Murder at Mt Fuji by Shizuko Natsuki translated by Robert Rohmer
Betty Boo by Claudia Piñeiro translated by Miranda France
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor translated by Sophie Hughes
Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva translated by Angela Rodel
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zî translated by Lin King
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin translated by John Baker
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset translated by Tina Nunnally
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn translated by Martin Aitken
Vita Nostra by Maryna and Serkhiy Dyashenko translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami translated by Asa Yoneda
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin translated by Megan McDowell
The Tyranny of Flies by Elaine Vilar Madruga translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Solà translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Troll:A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo translated by Herbert Lomas
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem translated by Sinan Antoon
On the Calculation of Volume book 1 by Solvej Balle translated by Barbara Haveland
