Hosted by Ellie at Curiosity Killed the Bookworm.
Read one translated book a month.
Tbr in 2013:
Red Sorghum by Mo Yan (China)
The Bathing Women Tie Ning (China)
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia)
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki (Japan)
Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz (Hungary)
Raised from the Ground by Jose Saramago (Portugal)
Climates by André Maurois (France)
The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg (Denmark)
Hostage by Elie Wiesel (France)
The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Columbia)
From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjon (Iceland)
Comments, reading suggestions, links to reviews, or requests for brief reviews are always welcomed.
Good luck!
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