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Eurovision of books 2013 what to read from the final15 comments

winstonsdad wrote 5 days ago: Well tonight sees the 2013 Eurovision competition ,I see this as a good chance to do a Europe wide r … more →

Tags: A Life in Books, Eurovision 2013, 2013, dutch lit, eastern european, Finnish, German Lit, Italy, Translations

The President,s hat by Antoine Laurain5 comments

winstonsdad wrote 3 weeks ago: The president’s hat by Antoine Laurain French literature Original title – Le chapeau de … more →

Tags: France, 2013, Antoine Laurain, Gallic Books, New Books, New Voices, Translations

Best of the world under 40 in English translation 14 comments

winstonsdad wrote 1 month ago: Best writers under 40 2013 list ~(not British but from round the world ) Well as one would expect th … more →

Tags: #translationthurs, A Life in Books, best under 40, Favourites, first novel, 2013, African fiction, ARAB FICTION, German Lit

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Natasha wrote 2 months ago: I picked this book out of the shelf at Basement Books on a whim – I have a certain preference … more →

Tags: Literature, literature, Jean Paul Sartre, Sartre, penguin classics, French Literature, Lit., Nausea, Classics

Where I left my soul by Jérôme Ferrari9 comments

winstonsdad wrote 2 months ago: Where I left my soul by Jérôme Ferrari French Fiction Original title - Où j’ai laissé mon âme … more →

Tags: european fiction, Translations, France, #translationthurs, Prize Winners, New Voices, 2012, Jérôme Ferrari

The Eleven by Pierre Michon6 comments

winstonsdad wrote 3 months ago: The Elven by Pierre Michon French Fiction Translators Jody Gadding and Elizabeth Deshays Original ti … more →

Tags: european fiction, Translations, France, Prize Winners, 2013, Pierre Michon, Archipelago Books

Autoportrait

TheGanges wrote 3 months ago: Reading Edouard Leve’s Autoportrait made me wish there was a search function for printed books … more →

Tags: Books, Writing, Craft, autoportrait, Dalkey Press, edouard levé, Lorin Stein, Review, Suicide, translation

The A26 by Pascal Garnier 16 comments

winstonsdad wrote 4 months ago: The A26 by Pascal Garnier French Noir fiction original  title L’a 26 Translator by Melanie Flo … more →

Tags: european fiction, Translations, France, 2013

The Confidant

the_bookshelf wrote 4 months ago: Hélène Grémillon — Penguin, 2012 — 9780143121565 A quick read, but one that failed to ho … more →

Tags: Books, Reading Log, Fiction, Read, Penguin, 2012

The confidant by Helene Gremillon plus Helene's favourite books 9 comments

winstonsdad wrote 7 months ago: The confidant by Helene Gremillon French Fiction Translator – Alison Anderson Source review co … more →

Tags: european fiction, France, Translations, 2012

How to Gain Confidence in Speaking a Foreign Language5 comments

Jordan wrote 7 months ago: Because writing is distracting and there are other memories from this year worth preserving. Let’s s … more →

Tags: Reading about Reading, Food, Paris, Hugo, Oxford, Lists, french language, Foreign Languages, Travel

Pimp my book the Patagionian hare in pictures 2 comments

winstonsdad wrote 8 months ago: Claude Lanzmann A life his biography the Patagionian hare  translated by Frank Wynne … more →

Tags: Translations, A Life in Books, BBAW 2012, 2012

Three strong women by Marie NDiaye 15 comments

winstonsdad wrote 8 months ago: Three strong women by Marie NDiaye French fiction Prix Goncourt winner 2009 Translator – John … more →

Tags: european fiction, France, #translationthurs, Prize Winners, New Voices, Translations, 2012

Where tigers are at home by Jean-Marie Blas De Robles9 comments

winstonsdad wrote 9 months ago: Where tigers are at home by Jean-Marie Blas De Robles French fiction Translated by Mike Mitchell Sou … more →

Tags: France, what are we missing, 2012, New Books, New Voices, Translations

MADAME BOVARY

theclassicsreader wrote 9 months ago: Good heavens! why did I marry? And there’s the tale of woe in a sentence by Madame Emma Bovary … more →

Tags: Realism, French Literature, Gustave Flaubert, Realistic Fiction, Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary, Part 22 comments

smkelly8 wrote 9 months ago: I felt reading this time to have more sympathy for Charles (and Berthe, who pays the highest price i … more →

Tags: Classic, World Lit, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, Mario Vargas Llosa, Perpetual Orgy, Emma, Vargas Llosa, Flaubert

Madame Bovary, Part 11 comment

smkelly8 wrote 9 months ago: My online book club read Madame Bovary for July. This was my third time through the novel and each t … more →

Tags: Classic, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, Mario Vargas Llosa, aaron sorkin, Rouen, Perpetual Orgy, French Literature

What Are You Reading? Monday2 comments

smkelly8 wrote 9 months ago:  Book Journey‘s author ” love[s] being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of … more →

Tags: Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Classic, Contemporary, Book Lovers, wwii, War, Love

A journey to nowhere by Jean-Paul Kauffmann11 comments

winstonsdad wrote 10 months ago: A journey to nowhere (detours and riddles in the lands and history of Courland) by Jean-Paul Kuaffma … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, Translations, France, 2012


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