Help! Book vouchers received and feel I have a translated-fiction shaped gap in my reading... what have you loved this year? - ThreadSky

About ThreadSky

fouroclockcup.bsky.social • 434 days ago

Help! Book vouchers received and feel I have a translated-fiction shaped gap in my reading... what have you loved this year?

Comments

mungo2434.bsky.social•434 days ago

I can only offer a few @backlisted.bsky.social books you have probably already read:

The Ice Palace - Tarjei Vesaas
The Evenings - Gerard Reve
Of Walking In Ice - Werner Herzog

fouroclockcup.bsky.social•434 days ago

Thanks Gordon. Actually have only read the Ive Palace. I am thinking about the Evenings… totally forgot about Herzog!

thechesilbeach.bsky.social•434 days ago

My top three (in no particular order) would be:

The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer

The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse

fouroclockcup.bsky.social•434 days ago

Thank you Claire. I have read the Fosse there - really good - and will have a look at those other two. 🙏🏻

mariephillips.bsky.social•434 days ago

Alone by Carlota Gurt - first novel I have ever read translated from Catalan. Woman loses her mind while trying to write a novel in an isolated house…

malcombowie.bsky.social•433 days ago

Thanks from a catalan speaker 😍

fouroclockcup.bsky.social•434 days ago

This sounds great! Thank you Marie.

alisonm.bsky.social•434 days ago

Highly recommend Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan. Funny, sad, and strange.

gogrygbi.bsky.social•434 days ago

Yes, another vote for Whale here. Thought it was brilliant and bonkers!

radzpandit.bsky.social•434 days ago

Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes
The Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger
The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernandez
Salka Valka by Haldor Laxness
Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum

fouroclockcup.bsky.social•434 days ago

You remind me of Laxness as I did enjoy Fish Can Sing. Thank you for these! 🙏🏻

Posting Rules

Be respectful to others
No spam or self-promotion
Stay on topic
Follow Bluesky's terms of service

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply