Susan's 2022 WiT Challenge

[Susan]

Looking forward to this challenge. I am going to concentrate on the books on my shelves as well as the many translated titles sitting on my Kindle. I'm loosely planning to read one title a month, but would like to see if I can do better than that.

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1. Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood by Maryse Condé (Guadaloupe), translated from French by Richard Philcox

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2. Amora: Stories by Natalia Borges Polesso (Brazil), translated from Portuguese by Julia Sanches

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3. The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante (Italy), translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein

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4. The Writer's Cats by Muriel Barbery (France), translated from French by Alison Anderson

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5. The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen (Denmark), translated from Danish by Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman

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6. Imminence by Mariana Dimópulos (Argentina), translated from Spanish by Alice Whitmore

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7. Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth (Norway), translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund

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8. Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (Japan), translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

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9. The Child by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold (Norway), translated from Norwegian by Martin Aitken

[Carol]

You've read an awesome range of books to-date! What did you think of Long Live the Post Horn! and The Child? Thumbs up? down?

[Susan]

Thanks, Carol! Long Live the Post Horn was a bit too weird for me. It's very wrapped up in EU machinations, which seemed like an odd topic. I loved The Child - it was thought provoking and beautifully written.

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10. Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (Argentina), translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle

[Carol]

Susan wrote: "Thanks, Carol! Long Live the Post Horn was a bit too weird for me. It's very wrapped up in EU machinations, which seemed like an odd topic. I loved The Child - it was thought provoking and beautifu..."

Thank you, Susan. I'll look for The Child.

I see you just finished a Pineiro. I've only read one - Betty Boo - which I thought was more successful as a description of the culture than as a mystery, and I'm tempted by Elena Knows.

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I thought Elena Knows was fantastic and immediately requested the only other Pineiro my library system has, Thursday Night Widows. It will be interesting to see how it compares.

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11. The Music Game by Stéfanie Clermont (Canada), translated from French by JC Sutcliffe

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12. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Sweden), translated from Swedish by Marlaine Delargy

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13. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (Finland), translated from Swedish by Thomas Teal.

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14. The Tenant by Katrine Engberg (Denmark), translated from Danish by Tara Chace.

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15. Bad Handwriting by Sara Mesa (Spain), translated from Spanish by Katie Whittemore.

[Alwynne]

Do you have links to reviews Susan? Would be interested to know more about your thoughts on your choices, such a fascinating selection.

[Susan]

Thanks for your comment, Alwynne. I don't write reviews but I rated the following WiT titles either 4 or 5 stars:
The Lost Daughter
Imminence
The Child
Elena Knows

The rest were either 3 or 3.5 stars. I haven't really disliked any WiT titles so far this year and have been enjoying exploring so many new authors.

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16. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Oman), translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

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17. Betrayal by Lilja Sigurðardóttir (Iceland), translated from Icelandic by Quentin Bates.

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18. Mothers Don’t by Katixa Agirre (Spain), translated from Spanish by Katie Whittemore.