Translated Works Theme - 2015

[dely]

41) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Japanese to Italian)
42) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Japanese to Italian)

[dely]

43) God Sees the Truth, but Waits by Leo Tolstoy (Russian to English)
44) The Shades, A Fantasy by Vladimir Korolenko (Russian to English)
45) A Red Flower: A Story by Vsevolod Garshin (Russian to English)
46) Hide and Seek by Fyodor Sologub (Russian to English)

[Dhanaraj]

32. The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos (from French to English).

Translated works read in 2015:
1. Mother Departs by Tadeusz Różewicz (From Polish to English).
2. Revenge by Yoko Ogawa (From Japanese to English).

[Leslie]

My last book for this theme in 2014 was a short story, the audiobook edition of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (Danish to English)

2015 started with the audiobook of The Three Musketeers (French to English) {reread}. I think that I will restart my numbering for the new year, so this is #1.

[LauraT]

My "translated books of 2015:
1 Emile Zola The Ladies' Paradise ****
2 Jean Thompson, La casa dei racconti segreti ***
3 Margaret Doody Aristotele detective Reading Now
4 Adriano Petta Assiotea: La donna che sfidò Platone e l'Accademia Reading Now
5 Sebald Austerlitz Reading Now

[Alice]

For 2015:-

1. Guy de Maupassant - Bel-Ami ★★★★★

[Dhanaraj]

Thank you Sandy. By the way, I completed reading Yoko Ogawa's REVENGE and I liked it.

[Leslie]

January roundup:

3 books in translation:
The Three Musketeers (French -> English)
Austerlitz (German -> English)
Heidi (German -> English)

[LauraT]

3 Adriano Petta Assiotea: La donna che sfidò Platone e l'Accademia ***
4 Sebald Austerlitz ***
5 P. G. Wodehouse,  Perfetto, Jeeves! ***
6 Douglas Adam,  Ristorante al termine dell'Universo ****
7 Margaret Doody Aristotele detective ****
8 Clarissa Pinkola Estes Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia Reading now

[Dhanaraj]

3. Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter (From German to English).

[Chrissie]

Gora

[LauraT]

8 Gerard Donovan Morte a Dublino ***
9 Clarissa Pinkola Estes Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia Reading now
10 Lev Tolstoi Anna Karenina Reading now

[Katie]

1. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch (German to English)

[Leslie]

Katie wrote: "1. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch (German to English)"

Oh that was a Book of the Month here a while back! Feel free to add your comments to the thread below:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[LauraT]

9 George Simenon, Il gatto ***
10 Clarissa Pinkola Estes Donne che corrono coi lupi. Il mito della Donna Selvaggia ***
11 Lev Tolstoi Anna Karenina Reading now
12 Peter  May  L'isola dei cacciatori di uccelli Reading now

[LauraT]

11 Peter  May  L'isola dei cacciatori di uccelli ****
12 Pierre Hadot,  Esercizi spirituali e filosofia antica ****
13 Jan Guillou, La moglie straniera ****
14 Aruki Murakami 1Q84 ***
15 Lev Tolstoi Anna Karenina Reading now
16 M. C. Beaton, L'avaro di Mayfair Reading now

[Benjamin]

1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
2. Notre-Dame de Paris (Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo
3. The Three Musketeers
4. Twenty Years After
5. Le Vicomte de Bragelonne
6. Ten Years Later
7. Louise de la Valliere
8. The Man in the Iron Mask (3-8 by Alexandre Dumas)
9. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
(All French to English)
10. The Odyssey by Homer (Greek to English)

[LauraT]

15 Lev Tolstoi Anna Karenina *****
16 James Rolling,  L'ombra del re Reading now
17 Laurent Seksik, Il caso Eduard Einstein Reading now
18 M. C. Beaton, L'avaro di Mayfair Reading now

[Leslie]

I forgot to do a February round-up so this is for both February and March.

February - 3
Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri (Italian -> English)
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant (French -> English)
The Narrow Gate by André Gide (French -> English)

March - 4
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason (Icelandic -> English)
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (French -> English)
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong (Chinese -> English)
Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri (Italian -> English)

[Alice]

2. Emile Zola - The Belly of Paris - 4 stars

[LauraT]

16 James Rolling,  L'ombra del re ***
17 Laurent Seksik, Il caso Eduard Einstein Reading now
18 M. C. Beaton, L'avaro di Mayfair Reading now
19 Victor Hugo,  The Joy of Life Reading now

[Leslie]

Benjamin wrote: "1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
2. Notre-Dame de Paris (Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo
3. The Three Musketeers
4. Twenty Years After
5. Le Vicomte de Bragelonne
6. Ten Years Later
7. Loui..."

I don't know how I missed this. Benjamin, did you read the entire d'Artagnan series last March? or is this covering a longer period? I ask because I am in the process of reading that series and those books are looong!!

[Benjamin]

Leslie- I read them during January and February.
I agree. They do take a long time. There's only so much of the French court that I can stand in a day :)

[Leslie]

Benjamin wrote: "Leslie- I read them during January and February.
I agree. They do take a long time. There's only so much of the French court that I can stand in a day :)"

That is still pretty impressive to have completed all 6 in 2 months :)

[LauraT]

16 James Rolling,  L'ombra del re ***
17 Laurent Seksik, Il caso Eduard Einstein ***
18 Victor Hugo,  The Joy of Life ****
19 M. C. Beaton, L'avaro di Mayfair ***
20 Miriam  Petrosjan, La casa del tempo sospeso Reading now

[Alice]

3. Guy de Maupassant - A Woman's Life - 4 stars

[Leslie]

Here is my April roundup: 5 books in translation

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Italian -> English)
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide (Japanese -> English)
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (Russian -> English)
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez (Spanish -> English)
The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Danish -> English)

[Tom]

@Leslie Strong choices there. Garcia Marquez and Calvino are particular favorites of mine.

[LauraT]

20 Miriam  Petrosjan, La casa del tempo sospeso ***
21 Stefan Bollmann Le donne che pensano sono pericolose ***
22 Jennifer Scott,  Il club delle lettrici ***
23 Pulkkinen Rikka L'armadio dei vestiti dimenticati Reading now

[Leslie]

Tom wrote: "@Leslie Strong choices there. Garcia Marquez and Calvino are particular favorites of mine."

Which makes me embarrassed to admit that for me the best of the bunch was the Danish mystery :(

[Dhanaraj]

4. Absolutely! Perhaps by Luigi Pirandello (From Italian to English).

[Alice]

4. Guy de Maupassant - The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume V: Une Vie and Other Stories - 4 stars for the short stories

[Leslie]

Alice wrote: "4. Guy de Maupassant - The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume V: Une Vie and Other Stories - 4 stars for the short stories"

Alice, so glad you liked the short stories!

[Alice]

Leslie wrote: "Alice wrote: "4. Guy de Maupassant - The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume V: Une Vie and Other Stories - 4 stars for the short stories"

Alice, so glad you liked the short stories!"

Leslie, I'll definitely want to read more!

[LauraT]

23 Pulkkinen Rikka L'armadio dei vestiti dimenticati ***
24 Deborah Mayerl Lo strano caso dell'apprendista libraia ***
25 Bill Brysion Il mondo è un teatro: La vita e l'epoca di William Shakespeare ***
26 Tove Jannson Il libro dell'estate ***
27 Emile Zola, Germinale Reading Now

[Dhanaraj]

5. The Dark Domain by Stefan Grabinski (From Polish to English).

[Jenny]

So far this year:

1. The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (English - German)
2. The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola (French - German)
3. Die Perspektive des Gärtners by Håkan Nesser - (Swedish - German)
4. Die Lebensfreude by Émile Zola (French - German)
5. Winter in Maine by Gerard Donovan (English - German)
6. Snowdrops by A.D. Miller (English - German)
7. The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai (Hungarian - German)
8. Die Grande Beune by Pierre Michon (French - German)
9. Rendezvous in Venice by Philippe Beaussant (French - English)
10. Pensées by Blaise Pascal (French - German)
11. Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (Russian - German)

[Gill]

Oh, I didn't realise you'd read Snowdrops, Jenny. What did you think of it?

[Jenny]

It's interesting that last time this year the list would have been much longer, but on top of having a slow start this year I also have a real craving for German literature again and most of English books I've read in original language.

[Jenny]

Gill wrote: "Oh, I didn't realise you'd read Snowdrops, Jenny. What did you think of it?"

Gill, I've listened to it, which is always a bit different I find than reading myself. I liked it! I've heard it advertised as a thriller but I didn't so much read it as such. Did you? The turn of events (well actually it's fairly clear something is wrong pretty early on) left a very bitter taste in my mouth. How about you?

[Leslie]

May roundup: 3 books in translation

Chéri by Colette (French -> English)
The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas (French -> English)
Right You Are! (If You Think So) by Luigi Pirandello (Italian -> English)

[LauraT]

Did you like Pirandella Leslie? That's not one of his easiest!

[Leslie]

LauraT wrote: "Did you like Pirandella Leslie? That's not one of his easiest!"

I liked it a lot! I actually found this easier than Six Characters in Search of an Author.

[Dhanaraj]

6. You Shall Know Them by Vercors (Fiction - France).

[LauraT]

27 Emile Zola, Germinale ****
28 Sara Gruen,  Acqua agli elefanti ***
29 Lev Tolstoi,  Il diavolo ***
30 Sepulveda L'avventurosa storia dell'Uzbeko muto ****
31 Mahfuz Naghib Akhenaton: Il faraone eretico ***
32 Adiga La tigre bianca ****
33 Nadine Gordimer Beethoven era per un sedicesimo nero ***
34 Charlotte Link La casa delle sorelle ****
35 Mikhail Bulgakov,  Diavoleide **
36 Emile Zola, L'opera Reading Now
37 Graeme Simsion L'amore è un difetto meraviglioso Reading Now

[Katie]

2. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Japanese to English)

[Leslie]

June roundup: 3 books in translation

C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems (Greek -> English)
The King's Hounds by Martin Jensen (Danish -> English)
Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas (French -> English)

[LauraT]

Was I so behind updating??? Incredible!
Anyway, here I stay:
36 Graeme Simsion L'amore è un difetto meraviglioso ***
37 Isabel Allende  Il mio paese inventato ****
38 Emile Zola, L'opera ****
39 E. L. Doctorow La marcia ***
40 Camilla Lakberg L'uccello del malaugurio ****
41 Henning Mankell La falsa pista ****
42 Mario Benedetti La tregua ***
43 Rachel Field Tempo immemorabile ***
44 Kathy Reichs Corpi freddi ****
45 Henning Mankell Delitto di mezza estate ****
46 Camilla Lakberg Il bambino segreto ****
47 Hawkins Paula  La ragazza del treno ****
48 Izner Claude Il mistero di Rue des Saints-Perès: Un'indagine di Victor Legris libraio investigatore ***
49 Zadie Smith L'Ambasciata di Cambogia ****
50 Lisa Marklund, Delitto a Stoccolma ***
51 Jean-Michel Guenassia Il club degli incorreggibili ottimisti ****
52 Donald Westlake, Come ti rapisco il pupo ***
53 Jennifer Worth Chiamate la levatrice ****
54 Bill Bryson  L'estate in cui accadde tutto ***
55 AAVV  La scuola in giallo ***
56 Peter Hoeg I quasi adatti ***
57 Peter May L'uomo di Lewis ****
58 Emile Zola, The Earth ****
59 Peter May L'uomo di Lewis ***
60 Charlotte Links Oltre le apparenze ***
61 Susan Vreeland Una ragazza da Tiffany ****
62 Alan Bennet, La pazzia di re Giorgio Reading now

[LauraT]

62 Alan Bennet, La pazzia di re Giorgio ***
63 Emile Zola, Il sogno ***
64 Suzanne Fagence Cooper  Effie: Storia di uno scandalo Reading now

[Dhanaraj]

7. அம்மாவின் ரகசியம்-AMMAVIN RAGASIYAM - (From Sinhala to Tamil).
8. Two Faces of Eve: Two Provocative Novels dealing with Love by Amrita Pritam (From Punjabi to English).