2015 Reading Challenge discussion
a book that was originally written in another language
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-City of the Beasts-The Prince of Mist
both of them written originally in Spanish
or maybe you can try with a book by Julio Cortázar
Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography about WWII and the Holocaust. It was originally written in Yiddish, then a shorter version in French then translated to English.
A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman has been getting a lot of acclaim and some excellent reviews. It was translated from Swedish, I think. I might look that one up.
I just completed Our Holocaust. It's a fact-based novel in which the son of Holocaust survivors documents the experiences of his family and neighbors. It was originally written in Hebrew, and translated by Jessica Cohen.
Leisa wrote: "Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography about WWII and the Holocaust. It was originally written in Yiddish, then a shorter version in French then translated to English."
I find that book to be a good account of the Holocaust. I am reading the 2nd book of that trilogy
Tiffani - me too! I just finished reading Night for the second time. I'm going to start Dawn tonight.
I feel like that Dawn is not as good as Night. I mean it doesn't give in deepth how the camps were, I was a bit disappointed. But I guess it is from another prospective point of view.
Books mentioned in this topic
Our Holocaust (other topics)City of the Beasts (other topics)
The Prince of Mist (other topics)
Unwanted (other topics)





I just read this it was good and you can read it in a weekend. It was Swedish originally.