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charl08
Singer in the Night | Olja Savicevic
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Wow! Crazy, crazy book.
#ReadingEurope #Croatia #FictioninTranslation

Great end to the online translated fiction bookgroup (which it turns out, is going to carry on, just with a new name...)

"He said he would come here, as soon as he could, and paint a mural for the murdered teachers and the bleeding school, Gale did (twenty years ago) but, Helanka said.... There's nothing here that art would not sully..."

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batsy
Zama | Antonio Di Benedetto
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To add to the #top10ofthedecade #fictionedition I'm borrowing an idea from @Lindy and doing an #intranslationedition #fictionintranslation

Feel very lucky to be able to have access to a fantastically diverse selection of fiction translated into English; so many brilliant books 💙

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alisiakae Great idea! And I‘m stacking a lot of these! 😄 4y
Cinfhen Love this!!! Thanks for the additional #TBRexplosion 💥heads up @Kalalalatja 4y
Billypar Great list! Schweblin is at the top of my must-try authors for 2020. Really want to try those Miaojin and Lispector choices. And Strange Weather... @Reggie convinced me on @ReadingEnvy podcast. So basically everything on this list is a must-read for me (except Vegetarian- already read and loved) 😁 4y
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Lindy Thanks for sharing your list! 2020 might be the year that I finally pick up Clarice Lispector. 😊 4y
batsy @Billypar I'd definitely encourage you to try them all 😁 Lispector's stories I reread over a period of a year or so... There's something about how she sees the world. And Strange Weather is just one of the loveliest books in terms of being life-affirming. Fever Dream on the other hand messed with me 😭 4y
batsy @Lindy My pleasure! I've only read Lispector's shorts and the novella The Hour of the Star. She's pretty special. Would love to see what you think if you give her a try. 4y
Suet624 I‘ve only read Vegetarian but I did a screenshot so I can find the others. Thanks for sharing! 4y
Kalalalatja Oh, so many new to me books! Definitely a big #TBRexplosion @Cinfhen 💥💥💥 4y
BarbaraBB I may like this one even more 😍😍 4y
ReadingEnvy Eve out of her ruins is so good! 4y
batsy @ReadingEnvy Just brilliant 4y
readordierachel Love your list! Blowing up my tbr as usual 😃 4y
batsy @readordierachel Always a pleasure 😁❤️ 4y
GatheringBooks oh em gee. this is perfect for our #ReadIntlLit2020. Taking note of some of the lesser-known-to-me titles. You are a veritable treasure trove, Suba. 4y
batsy @GatheringBooks 😘 I hope you get a chance to read them and I'd love to know what you think! 4y
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magictoyshop
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I like how this surreal sentence captures the in-betweenness of the protagonist, that straddling of two worlds. #hankang #asianauthors #fictionintranslation

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magictoyshop
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"Before my wife turned vegetarian, I'd always thought of her as unremarkable in every way."

Powerful #firstsentence ! Currently reading this #awardwinning #novella. Using it to cross out the '2016 award winner' tile on the #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge. #asianauthors #fictionintranslation

Yes, I jacket wrap my books! Zero dog ears!

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Moray_Reads
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I saw Oleg Kashin speak with Andrey Kurkov at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival and it was one of my favourite events, two fascinating writers firmly within Russia's satirical-fantastical tradition (a personal favourite). Sadly Fardwor, Russia felt a little too sketchy and undeveloped to make the most of its potential. I'd still like to read Kashin's nonfiction #fictionintranslation #Russia #satire