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Viv wrote: "12 January 2019Translated from French
The Strange by Jérôme Ruillier"
This one looks interesting Viv! Did you enjoy it?
Cheryl wrote: "Viv wrote: "12 January 2019Translated from French
The Strange by Jérôme Ruillier"
This one looks interesting Viv! Did you enjoy it?"
I am not sure enjoy is the right word! It is very good, but rather sad. The artwork is very sparse and effective.
Viv wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Viv wrote: "12 January 2019Translated from French
The Strange by Jérôme Ruillier"
This one looks interesting Viv! Did you enjoy it?"
I am not sur..."
Thanks Viv. Yes, I didn't pick my words very well! I'm adding it to my TBR.
19 January 2019Translated from Japanese
Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
Translated by Cathy Hirano
21 January 2019Translated from Icelandic
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Translated by Bernard Scudder
3 February 2019Translated from Korean
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim
Translated by Chi-Young Kim
27 March 2019Translated from Ukrainian
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko
Translated by Nina Shevchuk-Murray
Language level unlocked: Translator :-)
17 April 2019Translated from Spanish
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
Translated by Edith Grossman
21 April 2019Translated from the Welsh
The Life of Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price
Translated by Lloyd Jones
30 August 2019Translated from Persian
Sin: Selected Poems by Forough Farrokhzad, translated by Sholeh Wolpe
9 September 2019Translated from Finnish
The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto translated by David Hickston
29 September 2019Translated from Czech
Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light by Ivan Klíma translated by Paul E Wilson
6 October 2019Translated from Indonesian
Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha translated by Stephen J Epstein
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In 2018, approximately 40% of the books I have read have been in translation so for 2019 I think I will aim for 50%. I didn't track how may different languages, so that will add an extra element!
Languages:
1. French The Strange by Jérôme Ruillier
2. Japanese Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
3. Icelandic Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
4. Korean The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim
5. Ukrainian The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko
6. Spanish The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
7. Welsh The Life of Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price
8. Greenlandic Crimson byNiviaq Korneliussen
9. Swedish Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson
10. Arabic Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
11. German The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
12. Polish Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
13. Persian Sin: Selected Poems by Forough Farrokhzad
14. Finnish The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto
15. Czech Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light by Ivan Klíma
16. Indonesia Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha
17. Italian The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
18. DutchThe Dinner by Herman Koch
19. Portuguese The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector