translatedlit

[translatedlit]

Book 4 of #WITMonth: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) I wasn’t a fan of these short stories, the oddity felt a little juvenile, and reminds me too much of Agustina Bazterrica. This isn’t my thing and I know she does better stories than this. The best story here was Hatchling, if it wasn’t for that, I may have given this 2 stars.

Book 4 of #WITMonth: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) I wasn’t a fan of these short stories, the oddity felt a little juvenile, and reminds me too much of Agustina Bazterrica. This isn’t my thing and I know she does better stories than this. The best story here was Hatchling, if it wasn’t for that, I may have given this 2 stars.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #read in 2023 #translatedlit #women in translation #reading #literature #short stories #witmonth

[translatedlit]

Book 3 of #WITMonth Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo (translated by Jamie Chang) I’m so glad Cho Nam-Joo went back to exploring the gender gaps, this is where her writing really shines. I was so excited to see this short story collection existed, after Saha, I was worried about the future of her writing.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #women in translation #translatedlit #witmonth #read in 2023 #literature

[translatedlit]

Book 2 of #WITMonth: The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken) This was a great space opera that satirises the corporates world and late stage capitalism. It is scary how relatable this was to my working life.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #read in 2023 #translatedlit #women in translation #reading #literature #science fiction #witmonth #satire

[translatedlit]

Book 1 of #WITMonth: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica (translated by Sarah Moses) It seems I love horror short story collections from Argentina, so I was disappointed that this wasn’t better. The first few stories and the last was great but the rest left me wanting so much more.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #read in 2023 #translatedlit #women in translation #reading #literature #short story collection #witmonth

[translatedlit]

Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Megan McDowell) This what I love about Argentinean horror short story collections, a brilliant collection of tense and creepy, that leaves you uneasy and pondering the metaphors. Schweblin isn’t as good as Enríquez but still worth reading.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #read in 2023 #translatedlit #women in translation #literature

[translatedlit]

Book 23 of 2023: The Black Ice by Michael Connelly. Continuing my journey into the Bosch universe, this one didn’t work as well as the first one, but I will keep going through the series. This just felt far too predictable or generic. There is no way his actions would be allowed IRL.

[translatedlit]

Book 22 of 2023: Greek Lessons by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith & Emily Yae Won) This is a book about language, poetry and human connection. I was more interested in the stuff about Ancient Greek, more that the rest of the book. I think it was missing the spark I wanted.

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #read in 2023 #translatedlit #women in translation #reading #literature

[translatedlit]

Book 20 of 2023: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald. Apparently I’ve seen the movie, but have no recollection of it and I also have no idea how this would work as a film. This is a novel about the small town bitchiness and not much about the bookshop.

#read in 2023 #reading #literature

[translatedlit]

Book 19 of 2023: This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes) This was absolutely amazing, I love the blend of fiction and reality. If this is a genre, I want to read so much more of it… but then again, maybe I just really love Melchor!

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #translatedlit #women in translation #read in 2023 #reading #literature

[translatedlit]

Murder stories – a cartoon by Irwin Caplan, The Saturday Evening Post, 1948

(via Pin on Book Geek Heaven)

[translatedlit]

Book 18 of 2023: Boulder by Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanches) While I enjoyed this, I think I wanted more from it. It’s strange, a little disturbing and an interesting exploration into a relationship. I just felt like it was a little flat

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #translatedlit #women in translation #read in 2023 #ibp2023 #international booker prize #reading

[translatedlit]

Book 17 of 2023: Furies: The Virago Book of Wild Women. This is an interesting anthology and some of the author’s stories really made me want to read more from them. I want to check out C.N. Lester, Caroline O’Donoghue & Helen Oyeyemi, plus read more from Kamila Shamsie.

#literature #anthology #short story collection #read in 2023 #reading #bookclub

[translatedlit]

Book 16 of 2023: An Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans (translated by David Colmer) This book was amazing, I didn’t know what to expect. An unnamed narrator takes refuge in a grand home in no man’s land and tries to hide from the war. This is a dark, absurd; exploring the pointlessness of war

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #translatedlit #read in 2023

[translatedlit]

Book 15 of 2023: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell) I love her books, but this one took me so long to read because of its length (I’m not good at long books). It makes me want to learn about the political history of Argentina (how awesome is that?)

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #women in translation #translatedlit #read in 2023

[translatedlit]

Book 14 of 2023: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel) I really enjoy this exploration into both memory and Bulgarian history. There is something about this writing style that really appealed to me, it has that old pulp style; it was such a joy to read!

A deserving winner for the International Booker Prize

#translated lit #translated literature #translatedliterature #translatedlit #read in 2023 #ibp2023 #international booker prize

[translatedlit]

Pip Williams. This is entertaining but not really my type of book. I cared more about the book binding techniques and the discussion of translations more than I cared about the people and their relationships. I’m just glad it’s over!

#historical fiction #read in 2023 #reading #book club

[translatedlit]

Book 12 of 2023: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (translated by Rosalind Harvey) turns out I just love reading books about the ambivalence of motherhood and this covered such an amazing range of emotions. I think this makes a perfect companion to the Involuntary Trilogy by Ariana Harwicz

#translated lit #translated literature #women in translation #translatedliterature #translatedlit #read in 2023 #ibp2023 #international booker prize