Karen B. Translated Language Challenge 2021

[Karen]

I will start with the easy level. I want to go into depth in a country/language, rather than reading multiple languages. Last year I focused on Indonesia, this year I want to focus on Russia. The plan is to read 5 - 10 books on Russia.

I have to read at least one history, one classic, and one book that everyone in a country would have read. I have many books in my mind. It will really depend on when I become bored.

Languages:
1. Russian
2. Danish
3. Norwegian
4. Spanish
5. German
6. Japanese
7. Dutch
8. Georgian
9. Gikuyu
10. Italian
11. Korean
12. Albanian
13. Norwegian

[Karen]

1. Russian: Rudin by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories, by Alexander Pushkin (translated by Rosemary Edmonds), 317 pages

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, translated by J.H. Wisdom and Mary Murray

[Cheryl]

Karen wrote: "I will start with the easy level. I want to go into depth in a country/language, rather than reading multiple languages. Last year I focused on Indonesia, this year I want to focus on Russia. The p..."

I like your angle on this challenge, Karen. There are so many great books for Russia!

[Karen]

Cheryl wrote: "Karen wrote: "I will start with the easy level. I want to go into depth in a country/language, rather than reading multiple languages. Last year I focused on Indonesia, this year I want to focus on..."

Thanks Cheryl!

[Karen]

Adding to message 2 (Russian) A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

Pushkin and Lermontov are considered the best and second best poets respectively in Russia, and they both wrote in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, they both died young in duels.

[Karen]

2. Danish: Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen, (translated by Tiina Nunnally)

[Karen]

Adding to message 6: Danish Youth by Tove Ditlevsen, (translation by Tiina Nunnally)

Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen, (translation by Michael Favala Goldman)

[Karen]

3. Norwegian: The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas, (translation by Torbjorn Stoverud and Michael Barnes).

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

[Karen]

4. Spanish: Ordesa by Manuel Vilas, (translation by Andrea Rosenberg)

Some Days by María Wernicke (translation by Lawrence Schimel)

The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira (translated by Rosalie Knecht)

[Oma]

I wish you a beautiful journey into the wanderful world of the chosen books!

[Karen]

Oma wrote: "I wish you a beautiful journey into the wanderful world of the chosen books!"

Thank you Oma!

[Karen]

5. German: Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl by Uwe Johnson, (translated by Damion Searles)

Finished the Language Learner Level

[Karen]

6. Japanese: First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami, (translated by Phillip Gabriel)

The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata (translated by Edward Seidensticker

[Karen]

7. Dutch: The Assault by Harry Mulisch (translated by Claire Nicolas White)

[Karen]

8. Georgian: The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili (translated by Elizabeth Heighway)

[Karen]

9. Gikuyu: The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (translated by the author)

[Karen]

Adding to message 9: Spanish: Some Days by María Wernicke

This is one of the books offered free by Amazon for World Book Day.

I loved it. I find myself thinking about and rereading a number of times. It's a children's picture book.

[Karen]

10. Italian: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani, translated by Jamie McKendrick

What is it about Italian literature that just draws me in?

Finished the Translator Level

[Karen]

11. Korean: I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu

Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah, (translated by Deborah Smith), Sept 2021

[Karen]

Adding to message 9, Spanish: The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira (translated by Rosalie Knecht)

[Karen]

Adding to message 13: Japanese: The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata (translated by Edward Seidensticker)

[Karen]

12. Albanian: The Doll by [author:Ismail Kadare|10838 (translated by John Hodgson)

[Karen]

Adding to message 19, Korean: Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah (translated by Deborah Smith)

[Karen]

Adding to message 8: Norwegian: The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokken

[Karen]

Adding to message 13: Japanese: The Women in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe (translated by E. Dale Saunders)