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Tag Archives: books in translation

Benjamín Labatut: When We Cease to Understand the World (Chile) – review no 153

A work of fictional non-fiction that captivated even this physics-averse reader

Posted byimogenglad17th May 202117th May 2021Posted inbookTags: americas and the caribbean, books, books in translation, chile, International Man Booker, science, translated literature6 Comments on Benjamín Labatut: When We Cease to Understand the World (Chile) – review no 153

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop: Review no 151

Disturbing and powerful International Man Booker-shortlisted novel

Posted byimogenglad30th Apr 20212nd Jun 2021Posted inbookTags: africa, African writers, books in translation, conflict, fiction, historical fiction, International Man Booker, Senegal, war2 Comments on At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop: Review no 151

Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate (Peru): Review no 150

A call for action to curb the ill-use of both people and the natural world in Peru.

Posted byimogenglad25th Apr 2021Posted inbookTags: Americas, americas and the caribbean, books, books in translation, environment, journalism, non-fiction, peru, polemic, reportage, the americas and the caribbean8 Comments on Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate (Peru): Review no 150

Review no 146: Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev (Russia)

Topical, Novichok-influenced new Russian political thriller by Sergei Lebedev

Posted byimogenglad5th Apr 20215th Apr 2021Posted inbookTags: books in translation, Europe, europe and central asia, european fiction, russia, russian literature, sergei lebedev, translated literature, untraceable1 Comment on Review no 146: Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev (Russia)

Review no 132: Ali and Nino by Kurban Said (Azerbaijan)

Epic war romance set in war-torn Baku

Posted byimogenglad25th Jan 20212nd Feb 2021Posted inbookTags: Azerbaijan, books in translation, conflict, europe and central asia, european fiction, fiction, romance, South Caucasus, translated literature, war1 Comment on Review no 132: Ali and Nino by Kurban Said (Azerbaijan)

Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)

a choose your own adventure book from Indonesia

Posted byimogenglad15th Jan 202126th Jan 2021Posted inbookTags: book review, books in translation, Far East South Asia and Australasia, fiction, Indonesia, womenintranslation, women_in_translation2 Comments on Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)

Reading plans for January 2021 and blog plans for 2021

A look ahead at January 2021 … and the year ahead

Posted byimogenglad2nd Jan 20214th Jan 2021Posted inbookTags: books, books in translation, reading plans, tbr, translated lit, translated literature5 Comments on Reading plans for January 2021 and blog plans for 2021

Review no 124: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)

A wide-ranging, best-selling novel set in Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt that is more socially conservative than it thinks it is

Posted byimogenglad11th Dec 202013th Dec 2020Posted inbookTags: book, book review, books in translation, Egypt, middle east and north africa, novel, translated literature3 Comments on Review no 124: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)

Review no 107: On Time and Water by Andri Snaer Magnason (Iceland)

Uncomfortable read on climate change in Iceland and the likelihood of impending environmental disaster

Posted byimogenglad29th Sep 2020Posted inbookTags: book, books in translation, environment, Europe, iceland, memoir, non-fiction, polemicLeave a comment on Review no 107: On Time and Water by Andri Snaer Magnason (Iceland)

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