A Book That was Originally Written in a Different Language

[Elizabeth]

Hello! This is one of the pages for the 2015 PopSugar reading challenge, especially for the pick, 'A Book That was Originally Written in a Different Language'. Post what you're reading for this one down below, and discuss with others, share your thoughts on your pick, give suggestions for others, etc.

[Nadiah]

The Book Riot challenge (which I'm doing) has the same prompt, and I chose Let the Right One In (originally in Swedish) by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

But I've read a lot of books that were originally in another language - books by Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood, 1Q84, After Dark, etc.) and Stieg Larsson (the Millennium trilogy) are some really good ones.

[Jemma]

Any ideas? I do not know what to read for this one...

[Katie]

Jemma wrote: "Any ideas? I do not know what to read for this one..."

The publisher Europa Editions has mostly books that are written in different languages. I definitely recommend The Elegance of the Hedgehog. ;D

[Nerdish]

I'll be reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu

[Lydia]

I'm choosing Beowulf for this - old English is quite different from English now. :)

[Elizabeth]

Lydia wrote: "I'm choosing Beowulf for this - old English is quite different from English now. :)"

Beowulf is a good idea! I might consider it, but right now I have Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto set aside.

[Jennifer]

Someone should have a go at read Trainspotting or A Clockwork Orange for this topic.

Both of them are particularly a foreign language still, and are very good.

[Fay]

@jennifer - that just made me actually LOL - true dat!

[Jennifer]

It took me ages to tead Trainspotting. I had to read it out loud so I could work out what the words were!

[Fay]

@jennifer, I read it when the movie come out when I was 14 or so and remember thinking it was like Shakespeare, which we were doing at school - get a few pages in and it becomes second nature but have a break and you have to start from scratch. Same with clockwork orange which I read when I was 19 or so. Clockwork Orange was worth it but I can't really remember whether trainspotting was or not, I know I never bothered with any of his others though!

[Lydia]

@Jennifer A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorites. I love how Burgess utilized made up words + Russian to create Nadsat.

[Jodez]

Currently reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank for this.

[Jennifer]

I read 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami. Originally published in Japanese.

I usually really love Murakami's books even though when asked about the plot there never really seems to be anything happening. Which is the same for this one.

I guess it must be the writing style that keeps me interested and turning the pages.

This one was a bit too long though, 600 pages of not much happening.

[Elizabeth]

I read Kitchen for this challenge, and it was breathtaking....the amount of emotions I felt while reading this were such a whirlwind, but a good one. I love how Yoshimoto writes - her words are simple, but powerful enough to pack a punch or to make a person sob. So, so good. The stories are simple but complex enough for anyone to relate to. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.

[Myrthe]

I read The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (originally in Swedish). It is a book for every book lover, which I'm sure everyone here is. So, if you're not sure yet what book to read, give this one a try!

[Amber]

It took me quite awhile to find a book for this one, but I settled on The Dinner