2022 Authors from Around the World Monthly Reads

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Here is the reading schedule for 2022:

January: Émile Zola

February: Marlen Haushofer/Nelly Sachs

March: Giovanni Guareschi

April: George Sand

May: Nevil Shute

June: Alessandro Manzoni

July: Jean-Paul Sartre/Simone de Beauvoir

August: Robert Walser/Hermann Hesse

September: Magda Szabó

October: S.Y. Agnon

November: Nikolai Leskov/Madame de La Fayette

December: Charles Baudelaire and Poetry of your Choice

[Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile]

Looking forward to looking into these Authors.
Thank you Rosemarie!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

You're welcome. I look forward to trying some new authors suggested by our members.

[Peter]

A colourful selection, some known, some will be new discoveries. Thank you, Rosemarie. I am looking forward to the reading year 2022.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Thanks, Peter.

[Piyangie, Classical Princess]

Thanks, Rosemarie. An exciting schedule. I'm new to most of them, so it will be intersting to explore them.

[Kathy]

Looking forward to these, Rosemarie. Thanks!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

You're welcome!

[Tr1sha]

This will be quite a challenge!

[John]

An awesome selection - some old friends and some new acquaintances! And I agree with Trisha - its quite a challenge.

[Brian E]

Nevil Shute for May? I like him but only in English.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

For our non-English reading members, it will be a work in translation for them.

[Brian E]

Rosemarie wrote: "For our non-English reading members, it will be a work in translation for them."

Got it. I went back and read your message in the other thread.
Shute's works can be very enjoyable - A Town Called Alice really grabbed me emotionally, and I heard Pied Piper does too. On the Beach is a little slower, serious and depressing rather than enjoyable but is still well-done.

Trustee from the Toolroom is one I'm interested in. Maybe I'll brush up on my French before then - are you going to try one in German or French, Rosemarie?

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

I'll stick to English. I read a lot of Russian books in translation, though.

[Parmida R. A.]

Wow! I can't wait for 2022 challenge!

[Tracey]

Do the Emile Zola books have to be read in a particular order? I am interested in reading Germinal

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Germinal was the first Zola book I read in university. It worked well as a stand alone.

[Tracey]

Rosemarie wrote: "Germinal was the first Zola book I read in university. It worked well as a stand alone."

Thanks.

[John]

Germinal is my choice for January also.

[Jazzy]

Here is a nice article
https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/pa...

I choose the last one.

[Pam, Southwest Enchanter]

Thanks for the list Jazzy! The Beast Within sounds really interesting! I was planning to read something I own but, if I can find that one at the library, that might be my choice.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Thanks for the list, Jazzy. They are all good!

[Steve]

Emile Zola's book Nana & Teresa Raquin are my two choices for January.
Question, do all these Authors have English additions? Want to read them all, but sadly, can only read English.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Those should be easy to find in English, Steve, since they are two of Zola's most famous books.

[Penelope]

I’ll read L’Assommoir which is the next in my reading of Les Rougon-Macquart novels by Zola in the order he recommended. This is a project I started in January 2021 and will finish in August 2022

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

L'Assomoir is my favourite in the Rougon Macquart series! I hope you enjoy it too, Penny.

[Chad]

This is going to be really fun for me. Thanks RosIemarie. I downloaded the first in the Rougon Macquart series and started reading on the way home today. It seems right up my alley. So I’ll be reading The Fortune of the Rougons in January..

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

I'm reading that one as well, Chad. It will be a reread after quite a number of years.

[Doris]

I respectfully suggest that the English language versions of March's author can be more easily found on Goodreads at Giovannino Guareschi. (On Amazon.com, he *is* listed as Giovanni Guareschi: go figure. Either way, he's wonderful.)

[Samantha, Creole Literary Belle]

That's helpful information, Doris. Thanks for providing everyone with it.

[Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile]

Steve wrote: "Question, do all these Authors have English additions? Want to read them all, but sadly, can only read English."

Rosemarie I think you might have missed part of Steve's question. I think he was asking if all the Authors for "all" the Monthly Reads have English Translations? As he wants to real each Author listed for the year. Well...my interpretation anyways :)

[Jazzy]

What do you recommend for Haushofer?

[John]

I enjoyed The Wall, and next year I'll be reading The Loft.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Lesle, translations should be available, especially for the older works. I know that not everyone lives in big urban centres so most of the authors I've picked are generally known authors.
If a member has difficulty finding a particular author, another author from the same country is a valid option.
We did that with the Polish authors this year, and it worked well.

[Jazzy]

John wrote: "I enjoyed The Wall, and next year I'll be reading The Loft."

Many thanks John!

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Doris wrote: "I respectfully suggest that the English language versions of March's author can be more easily found on Goodreads at Giovannino Guareschi. (On Amazon.com, he *is* listed as Giovanni ..."

Thank you for the link, Doris. It is greatly appreciated!

[Chad]

Rosemarie wrote: "I'm reading that one as well, Chad. It will be a reread after quite a number of years."

Excellent! I don’t usually make character lists when I read but in this instance I may.

[Karen]

Looking forward to participating! I've only read two of the authors listed. This will be fun.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

That's good to hear, Karen. Happy to have you reading with us.

[Brian E]

I have been having difficulty finding a reasonably priced copy of Marlen Haushofer's The Wall for the February read. I'd rather not spend $40+ on a used edition. Has anybody found a source?
The only affordable ones I found were from Book Depository but won't be available until July.

[Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile]

https://archive.org/details/wall00hau...

To read online. Kind of a odd layout but might help till you get a real book?

[Chad]

Same here Brian. I thought it would be available at my library. It is not.

[Penelope]

Mine's a kindle copy but bought a couple of years ago.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Since members are having difficulty finding reasonably priced or library books by Marlen Haushofer, I am adding a second female author who writes in German as a moderator's choice-Nelly Sachs.
She shared the Nobel Prize with S.Y. Agnon in 1966. Her books should be easier to find.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

The Wall is available for $11.99 as an ebook, for those who don't mind that format.