Around the World in 80 Books discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
Four Minutes (other topics)The Invisible Guardian (other topics)
Bezoar & Other Unsettling Stories (other topics)
When Women Kill (other topics)
La Bastarda (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Nataliya Deleva (other topics)Izidora Angel (other topics)
Dolores Redondo (other topics)
Isabelle Kaufeler (other topics)
Guadalupe Nettel (other topics)
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Four Minutes by Nataliya Deleva, trans. from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel (Bulgaria)
The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo, trans. from the Spanish by Isabelle Kaufeler (Spain)
Bezoar & Other Unsettling Stories by Guadalupe Nettel, trans. from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine (Mexico)
When Women Kill by Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (Chile)
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, trans. from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel (Equatorial Guinea)
Father May Be An Elephant and Mother a Small Basket, But… by Gogu Shyamala, trans. from the Tegulu by Diia Rajan, Sashi Kumar, A. Suneetha, N. Manohar Reddy, R. Srivatsan, Gita Ramaswamy, Uma Bhrugubanda, P. Pavana, & Duggirala Vasanta (India)
You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems by Maayaa Abau Al-Ohayyaat, trans. from the Arabic by Fady Joudah (Palestine/West Bank)
From the 100 Best Books, I've read:
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Door by Magda Szabó
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Tentacle by Rita Indiana
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono
People in the Room by Norah Lange
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
From the 100 Best Books, I tried but abandoned:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes
The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook
Out by Natsuo Kirino