Showing posts with label books in translation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books in translation. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Review: Tata (by Valerie Perrin, translated by Hildegarde Serle)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars When I first read the premise for Valerie Perrin’s latest novel Tata , I was greatly intrigued.   Agnes Dugain receiv...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Review: Everyday Movement (by Gigi L. Leung, translated by Jennifer Feeley)

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My Rating: 3.5 stars As the city of my birth, Hong Kong has always occupied a special place in my heart.   Of course, I still have relativ...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Review: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (by Satoshi Yagisawa)

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My Rating:  3 stars I was drawn to this story initially because of the bookish premise.  After twenty five year old Takako loses her boyfrie...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Review: The Postcard (by Anne Berest)

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My Rating: 4 stars This was a unique read for me — not in terms of subject matter of course, as I've read plenty of books over the year...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Review: The Piano Tuner (by Chiang-Sheng Kuo)

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My Rating:  3 stars I don't remember how this book got onto my radar, as I'm not as familiar with Taiwanese literature as I am with...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Review: A Single Swallow (by Zhang Ling) - translated by Shelly Bryant

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 My Rating: 4 stars   I'm not much of a "themed" reader (not deliberately anyway), so I consider it pure coincidence that I h...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Review: The Eight Mountains (by Paolo Cognetti)

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  My Rating:  4 stars This was a beautifully written story about the friendship of two young Italian boys, Pietro and Bruno – both...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Review: Little Reunions (by Eileen Chang, translated by Martin Mertz & Jane Weizhan Pan)

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 My Rating: 3.5 stars Let me start off by saying that Eileen Chang is one of my favorite Chinese authors.  I was an Asian Studi...