Hard to Find List Books

[Drew]

I recently purchased several books from the first edition of the 1,001 list that I couldn't get through my library or ILL. I'd love to pass these on to someone else working through the list, since I'm not sure anyone else would really appreciate or want these. I'd like to just send the lot to one person given shipping. Please let me know if you'd like it and we can coordinate!

Uwe Timm "The Invention of Curried Sausage"
David Gemmell "Legend"
Sam Selvon "The Lonely Londoners"
Alberto Moravia "Disobedience"
Edna O'brien "Girl with Green Eyes"
Edna O'Brien "August is a Wicked Month"
B.S. Johnson "House Mother Normal"
Patrick White "The Living and the Dead"
Ardal O'Hanlon "The Talk of the Town"
Alan Warner "Morvern Callar"
John mcGahern "That They May Face the Rising Sun"
Theodor Fontane "The Stechlin"
Primo Levi "If This is a Man"
Iain Sinclair "London Orbital"
Iain Sinclair "Dining on Stones"

[Yrinsyde]

Wow, Ian Sinclair is on the list? Wow! I met him 2 years ago - he is a relative of mine. I saw London Orbital in the local bookshop and bought it - husband is currently reading it.

Where are you posting from?

[Steven]

Judith wrote: "George P. wrote: "Steven wrote: "Manon des Sources - Marcel Pagnol
I found this one in the Link+ system - A wonderful book."

Is Manon of the Spring hard to find? If so, I have a copy which includ..."

Judith, I borrowed it through the Link+ system which is in California/Nevada. Do not have it myself.

[Steven]

Diane wrote: "There are 10 list books not translated to English:

The Port - Antun Soljan
Back to Oegstgeest - Jan Wolkers
Camera Obscura - Hildebrand
Gimmick! - Joost Zwagerman
Halbzeit - Martin Walser
Margot a..."

We should come up with an alternate for each of the books that are not translated into English.

I am sure that there is either another important book by the author that is translated or a similar book from that language that could take the place.

Fortunately, only one of the core is not available in English.

Anybody know of a good alternative to The Taebaek Mountains? Perhaps some other significant Korean work?

Steven

[Debbie]

You don’t need books to be in English if you use Google Translate. I use my Fire kindle and phone. I have been trying to get the Taebaek Mountains - the French translation directly from the Korean Library but I have to use Google Translate on my phone when I’m on the website on my fire tablet m. I have not been successful with the first book because they didn’t have it stock, but my point is a translation app should work if there is a book in a language you don’t know.

[George]

Thanks for this information. I had not known this was a possible option.

[Genia]

Also, if there is another language you do know, you should look for translations there. Anything that I can't find in English I have an almost 100% chance of locating in Russian because Russia has an excellent translator school.

[Debbie]

I think the only book I won’t be able to read is a serious of ten books in Korean. They have been translated Into French but I’m having a hard time getting all ten of the French translations.

[George P.]

Yrinsyde wrote: "Wow, Ian Sinclair is on the list? Wow! I met him 2 years ago - he is a relative of mine. I saw London Orbital in the local bookshop and bought it - husband is currently reading it.

Where are you p..."

I see Dru hasn't responded yet. if you click on her name, it shows her being in Maryland, U.S. And you're apparently in Australia.

The two Ian Sinclair books mentioned and his book Downriver were all in the 1st edition of 1001 Books, but dropped from the next. London Orbital has the highest avg Goodreads rating of those three (3.68). Looks like Mr. Sinclair would be 77 yrs old now.

[JenniferAustin]

Debbie McGreevy wrote: "I think the only book I won’t be able to read is a serious of ten books in Korean. They have been translated Into French but I’m having a hard time getting all ten of the French translations."

Wow! What's the series of ten books?