Tony Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Tony on X
Championing the wonders of translated fiction, one review at a time. Slightly older and more haggard than the photos suggest. Bitter at most things, really.
The Three Clerks. By: Anthony Trollope: Novel
Anthony TrollopeTonyJust finished a leisurely reread of Anthony Trollope's 'Dr Wortle's School', a late (short) novel about a school owner standing up for his beliefs - see my 2019 review here: https://t.co/eLfNIl2DTI
Paperback, 2017
$17.47$8.73 + Free shipping50% off your first book
World Shadow
Nir BaramTonyMy latest review looks at Nir Baram's novel 'World Shadow' (translated by Jessica Cohen, courtesy of @text_publishing): https://t.co/tYlGrU7Ujt
Out of stock
Longing and Other Stories
Jun'ichirō. TanizakiTonyJust arrived, my ARC of three new stories in English by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki! 'Longing and Other Stories' (translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy) will be out from @ColumbiaUP on the 4th of January next year - definitely one for my #JanuaryInJapan reading :) https://t.co/Fd5wSCot9z
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ninth Building
Zou JingzhiTonyReview number ten from the International Booker Prize longlist looks at Zou Jingzhi's 'Ninth Building' (translated by Jeremy Tiang, courtesy of @honfordstar): https://t.co/8QA7frLaAM
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Austral
Carlos FonsecaTonyICYMI: my look at Carlos Fonseca's 'Austral', translated by Megan McDowell, courtesy of @maclehosepress :) https://t.co/faOt21STlF
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boulder: Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize
Eva BaltasarTonyWe're off and running with new IBP longlist reviews - here's my take on Eva Baltasar's 'Boulder' (translated by Julia Sanches, courtesy of @andothertweets)! https://t.co/7aijm7ZSKE
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Recollections ..
Charles Wright MacaraTony#JanuaryInJapan review number four sees me venturing further afield in my Natsume Sōseki travels, this time to... France? My review of 'Choses dont je me souviens' ('Recollections'), translated by Elisabeth Suetsugu: https://t.co/bn7f4nFDRq
Hardcover, 2015
$33.95$16.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vista Chinesa
Tatiana Salem LevyTonyReview number seven for #WITMonth (Women in Translation Month) takes us to Brazil with Tatiana Salem Levy's 'Vista Chinesa' (translated by Alison Entrekin, published by @scribepub): https://t.co/iDl9PuIR2f
Paperback, 2023
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Translating Myself and Others
Jhumpa LahiriTonyA little late in the year for most, but here's my latest review, this time of Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Translating Myself and Others', courtesy of @PrincetonUPress: https://t.co/nwjZePeqG3
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dislocations
Sylvia MolloyTonyPerhaps aptly given the football result, my latest review looks at a book from Argentina, Sylvia Molloy's ' Desarticulaciones', courtesy of @CharcoPress - also available in English under the title 'Dislocations' in @jenniferlcroft's translation :) https://t.co/3DfyLd3sLL
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book