Your Spring 2019 Reading List: 15 Books in Translation We’re Excited About!
Tentacle(opens in a new tab) by Rita Indiana, translated from Spanish by Achy Obejas (And Other Stories, January). An excerpt of the poem was published in Two Lines issue 29.
All My Goodbyes(opens in a new tab) by Mariana Dimópulos, translated from Spanish by Alice Whitmore (Transit Books, February)
Rain and Other Stories(opens in a new tab) by Mia Couto, translated from Portuguese by Eric Becker (Biblioasis, February)
River of Fire(opens in a new tab) by Qurratulain Hyder, translated from Urdu by the author (New Directions, March)
Good Will Come From the Sea(opens in a new tab) by Christos Ikonomou, translated from Greek by Karen Emmerich (Archipelago Books, March)
Thirteen Months of Sunrise(opens in a new tab) by Rania Mamoun, translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (Comma Press, March)
Optic Nerve(opens in a new tab) by Maria Gainza, translated from Spanish by Thomas Bunstead (Catapult, April)
Princess Bari(opens in a new tab) by Hwang Sok-yong, translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell (Scribe, April)
The Besieged City (opens in a new tab)by Clarice Lispector, translated from Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz (New Directions, April)
The Dinner Guest(opens in a new tab) by Gabriela Ybarra, translated from Spanish by Natasha Wimmer (Transit Books, May)
Happiness, As Such(opens in a new tab) by Natalia Ginzburg, translated from Italian by Minna Proctor (New Directions, June)
The Word of the Speechless(opens in a new tab): Selected Stories by Julio Ribeyro, translated from Spanish by Katherine Silver (NYRB, August)
Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming(opens in a new tab) by László Krasznahorkai, translated from Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (New Directions, September)
The Mutations(opens in a new tab) by Jorge Comensal, translated from Spanish by Charlotte Whittle (FSG, November)
A Dream Come True(opens in a new tab): The Collected Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, translated from Spanish by Katherine Silver (Archipelago Books, November)
Let us know what books you’re excited about this spring!
Erin Branagan has a lifelong interest in languages, literature, and the interrelation of countries and cultures. She speaks Spanish, French, and Japanese and has lived and traveled extensively outside the U.S.
