ReadinginTranslation Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Translations reviewed by translators. Online journal edited by @MilkovaStiliana. ISSN 2770-7989
The Words That Remain
Stênio GardelReadinginTranslation"THE WORDS THAT REMAIN is not just a love story but an expression of queer desire, struggle, and resilience in spaces outside of romantic love." Juliana Gaspar reviews Gardel's novel translated by @bdantaslobato. @NewVesselPress https://t.co/nnkkFeI36T
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strega
Johanne Lykke HolmReadinginTranslationWhen narrative itself, literature itself, has been complicit in constructing oppression, how can it be escaped, resisted, unmade? Translation might be one answer. Sherilyn Hellberg on Johanne Lykke Holm's STREGA transl. by Saskia Vogel. @LolliEditions https://t.co/dvFgnG97Gi
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Time Shelter
Georgi GospodinovReadinginTranslationCONGRATULATIONS to Angela Rodel and @Gospodinov68 for TIME SHELTER! A translation from Bulgarian is for the first time on the longlist of the @TheBookerPrizes! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬👏👏👏 Read our review of Gospodinov's THE PHYSICS OF SORROW, transl. by Angela Rodel. https://t.co/X5U49ZViSF
Paperback, 2024
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Starting from Scratch: The Life-Changing Lessons of Aeneas
Andrea MarcolongoReadinginTranslation"Four months of war in #Ukraine️ make it almost recommended reading." @ilariadagninibr reviews @AndreaMarcolong's STARTING FROM SCRATCH, transl. by Will Schutt. @EuropaEditions https://t.co/t5m3ynRV7E
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Havana Year Zero
Karla SuárezReadinginTranslationA female mathematics professor in 1990s Cuba complicates (and annuls) the meaning of "zero." Karla Suárez's HAVANA YEAR ZERO, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, reviewed by @DorothyPS. @CharcoPress Happy International Women's Day! https://t.co/kk8GDDDf58
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Family Lexicon
Natalia GinzburgReadinginTranslationNatalia Ginzburg's incomparable LESSICO FAMIGLIARE was published 60 years ago, in April 1963. We celebrate with this interview with @Jennymcphee, translator of FAMILY LEXICON. @nyrbclassics https://t.co/EvuabWnw95
Paperback, 2017
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Phenotypes
Paulo ScottReadinginTranslation"The book in English reads as tormented and complex as it does in Portuguese." @lucycolli reviews Paulo Scott's PHENOTYPES translated by @danielhahn02. @andothertweets https://t.co/4RN8jCiOWS
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blue
Emmelie ProphèteReadinginTranslationHappy International Women's Day! “Women live better in memory” or the power of women's storytelling. On Emmelie Prophète's BLUE translated from French by @tinakover https://t.co/8shLGlOR3o
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Girl with the Leica: Based on the True Story of the Woman Behind the Name Robert Capa
Helena JaneczekReadinginTranslation"Meticulously researched, Janeczek’s novel takes advantage of its creative license to fill in the gaps left in the historical record." @sebasfaber reviews Helena Janeczek's THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA, transl. by Ann Goldstein. @EuropaEditions https://t.co/ekHEPr1WXQ
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Silence Shared
Lalla RomanoReadinginTranslationHow glorious! TWO of our contributors, @BrianRobMoore and @EnricaFerrara in conversation about Lalla Romano's novel A SILENCE SHARED. Read our interview with translator @BrianRobMoore. https://t.co/zQ0eDQoFKW https://t.co/mLwC2cKBK3
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book