Sacha Idell 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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Writer/Translator/太陽の塔. Still rooting for the Hanshin Tigers. Coeditor & Prose Editor @southern_review. He/him.
Malacqua: Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples, Waiting for the Occurrence of an Extraordinary Event
Nicola PuglieseSacha IdellSome favorite new and comparatively unsung fiction in English this year: The Seventh Function of Language by Laurent Binet, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Paperback, 2017
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seventh Function of Language
Laurent BinetSacha IdellSome favorite new and comparatively unsung fiction in English this year: The Seventh Function of Language by Laurent Binet, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Paperback, 2018
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
Olga TokarczukSacha IdellPicking favorite books is such a herculean task this year, so here's just some translations I loved recently: FLIGHTS by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Jennifer Croft MOVING PARTS by Prabda Yoon, trans. Mui Poopoksakul MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL by Dorthe Nors, trans. Misha Hoekstra
Paperback, 2019
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Water Beetles
Michael KaanSacha IdellSome favorite new and comparatively unsung fiction in English this year: The Seventh Function of Language by Laurent Binet, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Paperback, 2017
$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Boat: Stories
Nam LeSacha IdellI'm not ashamed of it, but when people ask me for book recommendations, it's basically always Natsume Soseki or Ogawa, and then I'll mention Zambra's MY DOCUMENTS or Nam Le's THE BOAT to seem contemporary, but I think that no longer sounds current. So. Stay tuned for new books?
Paperback, 2009
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And Then
Soseki NatsumeSacha IdellI'm not ashamed of it, but when people ask me for book recommendations, it's basically always Natsume Soseki or Ogawa, and then I'll mention Zambra's MY DOCUMENTS or Nam Le's THE BOAT to seem contemporary, but I think that no longer sounds current. So. Stay tuned for new books?
Paperback, 2011
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World Goes on
László KrasznahorkaiSacha IdellSome favorite new and comparatively unsung fiction in English this year: The Seventh Function of Language by Laurent Binet, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Hardcover, 2017
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
Dorthe NorsSacha IdellPicking favorite books is such a herculean task this year, so here's just some translations I loved recently: FLIGHTS by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Jennifer Croft MOVING PARTS by Prabda Yoon, trans. Mui Poopoksakul MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL by Dorthe Nors, trans. Misha Hoekstra
Paperback, 2018
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Spring Garden
Tomoka ShibasakiSacha IdellA first example might be Tomoka Shibasaki's Spring Garden, in which basically nothing happens for the first fifty pages. About 120 pages in, we suddenly learn that the protagonist used to be a hairstylist and is obsessed with chairs.
Paperback, 2017
$13.95Member price:$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book