WordsWithoutBorders 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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Kibogo
Scholastique MukasongaWordsWithoutBordersIn a review of Scholastique Mukasonga's KIBOGO (tr Mark Polizzotti), @DavidVarno writes that the "powerful and playful" book featuring four versions of one story "looks into a very dark night and imagines distant stars containing beautiful possibilities." https://t.co/07NTDBkzUe
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Epic Annette: A Heroine's Tale
Anne WeberWordsWithoutBordersFrom @PressIndigoThe, a true story of the French Resistance and Algeria’s independence movement—in epic poem form. “Annette: A Heroine’s Tale” is by Anne Weber, tr. from German & French by @tesslewis94. https://t.co/lgUnT43F0q
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Naked Woman
Armonía SomersWordsWithoutBordersAnd an essay on translating Armonía Somers’s “The Naked Woman” by Kit Maude! https://t.co/yz71rieIyx
Paperback, 2018
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Twilight Zone
Nona FernándezWordsWithoutBordersRead an excerpt from "The Twilight Zone," the latest novel by Nona Fernández in English translation, tr. Natasha Wimmer and out this March from @GraywolfPress. https://t.co/pYDjSScC3q
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pina
Titaua PeuWordsWithoutBordersIn 2003, Titaua Peu became the youngest Tahitian author to publish a book. This #WITMonth, @RestlessBooks releases her English-language debut, PINA, which depicts poverty and the legacy of colonialism in Polynesia. Read an excerpt now, tr. @J_Zuckerman: https://t.co/v6RsOcJqSD
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lost Daughter
Elena FerranteWordsWithoutBordersElena Ferrante’s “The Lost Daughter” (tr. Ann Goldstein, from @EuropaEditions), is now modern translated classic. This summer, revisit this novel of beachside reckoning with a 2008 review by Joseph V. Tirella. https://t.co/hjteP3t9ne https://t.co/yDW6E9wbmI
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Movement
Petra HůlováWordsWithoutBordersHappy pub day to Petra Hůlová’s THE MOVEMENT! Translated by @alexjzucker and published by @WorldEdBooks, this dystopian novel is set in a world in which gender roles have been turned upside down. Read an excerpt now: https://bit.ly/3BzsQOs
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Translating Myself and Others
Jhumpa LahiriWordsWithoutBorders"The myth of Echo and Narcissus is particularly resonant when considered from a translator's point of view": Jhumpa Lahiri on translation and metamorphosis, from her "Translating Myself and Others," out today: https://t.co/nAEnhI0tuv @PrincetonUPress
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Migratory Birds
Mariana OliverWordsWithoutBordersCongratulations to Mariana Oliver and @sanschaises, Firecracker finalists for "Migratory Birds"! @transitbooks https://t.co/krCW8jHyFf
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hard Like Water
Yan LiankeWordsWithoutBorders“My heart seemed to stop, and my hands became so wet with sweat a ship could have sailed through them.” Check out an excerpt from Yan Lianke’s new novel, HARD LIKE WATER, tr. Carlos Rojas, out now from @GroveAtlantic. Read now on @LitHub. https://t.co/yyp1fMZ0N6
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book